Relief of Beijing
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The Relief of Beijing refers to the 1900 military operation during the Boxer Rebellion in which an international coalition of foreign powers fought their way to Beijing to lift the siege of foreign legations and residents.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Relief of Beijing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6395740 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Relief of Beijing Context triple: [Battle of Peking, alsoKnownAs, Relief of Beijing]
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A.
Yiheyuan
Yiheyuan, known in English as the Summer Palace, is a vast imperial garden and former royal retreat in Beijing famed for its lakes, palaces, and classical Chinese landscape design.
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B.
Gubeikou
Gubeikou is a historically significant mountain pass and Great Wall fortification in northern China that has long served as a strategic gateway between the North China Plain and the Mongolian plateau.
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C.
Bianliang
Bianliang is the historical name of the Chinese city that served as the capital during the Northern Song dynasty, now known as Kaifeng.
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D.
Lujiazui
Lujiazui is Shanghai’s major financial district and futuristic skyline area on the east bank of the Huangpu River, known for its cluster of iconic skyscrapers.
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E.
Xinjing
Xinjing was the capital city of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China during the 1930s and early 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Relief of Beijing Target entity description: The Relief of Beijing refers to the 1900 military operation during the Boxer Rebellion in which an international coalition of foreign powers fought their way to Beijing to lift the siege of foreign legations and residents.
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A.
Yiheyuan
Yiheyuan, known in English as the Summer Palace, is a vast imperial garden and former royal retreat in Beijing famed for its lakes, palaces, and classical Chinese landscape design.
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B.
Gubeikou
Gubeikou is a historically significant mountain pass and Great Wall fortification in northern China that has long served as a strategic gateway between the North China Plain and the Mongolian plateau.
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C.
Bianliang
Bianliang is the historical name of the Chinese city that served as the capital during the Northern Song dynasty, now known as Kaifeng.
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D.
Lujiazui
Lujiazui is Shanghai’s major financial district and futuristic skyline area on the east bank of the Huangpu River, known for its cluster of iconic skyscrapers.
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E.
Xinjing
Xinjing was the capital city of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China during the 1930s and early 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| aftermath | increased foreign control and indemnities imposed on Qing China ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Peking Relief Expedition
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Peking
Relief Expedition to Peking ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Peking
|
| belligerent |
Boxer forces
ⓘ
Eight-Nation Alliance ⓘ Qing Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Qing dynasty
|
| casualties | significant casualties on both sides ⓘ |
| commander |
Alfred Gaselee
ⓘ
Edward H. Seymour ⓘ Nikolai Linevich ⓘ Yamaguchi Motomi ⓘ |
| conflict | Boxer Rebellion ⓘ |
| context |
anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising
ⓘ
foreign imperialism in China ⓘ |
| country |
Qing Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Qing dynasty
|
| date | August 1900 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1900-08-14 ⓘ |
| followedBy | occupation of Beijing by foreign forces ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Battle of Beicang
ⓘ
Battle of Tientsin ⓘ Battle of Yangcun ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
late Qing dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Guangxu era
|
| involves |
march from Tianjin to Beijing
ⓘ
multinational coalition ⓘ urban combat in Beijing ⓘ |
| location |
Beijing
ⓘ
Zhili Province ⓘ
linked to:
Zhili province
|
| objective |
relieve the besieged foreign legations in Beijing
ⓘ
rescue foreign civilians and missionaries ⓘ |
| opponent |
Chinese Imperial Army
ⓘ
linked to:
Qing army
Yihetuan (Boxers) ⓘ
linked to:
Yihetuan Movement
|
| participant |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
British Empire ⓘ Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japan
French Third Republic ⓘ German Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| partOf |
Eight-Nation Alliance intervention in China
ⓘ
linked to:
Boxer Rebellion
|
| precededBy |
Siege of the International Legations
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linked to:
Battle of Peking
|
| result |
Allied victory
ⓘ
siege of the Beijing legations lifted ⓘ |
| significance | marked the collapse of effective Qing resistance to the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1900-08-04 ⓘ |
| year | 1900 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Relief of Beijing Description of subject: The Relief of Beijing refers to the 1900 military operation during the Boxer Rebellion in which an international coalition of foreign powers fought their way to Beijing to lift the siege of foreign legations and residents.
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