Yuan dynasty
E67425
The Yuan dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty established by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan that ruled China as part of the vast Mongol Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yuan dynasty canonical | 110 |
| Yuan dynasty China | 4 |
| Yuan dynasty of China | 2 |
| Borjigin dynasty | 1 |
| Emperor of the Yuan dynasty | 1 |
| Mongol-ruled China | 1 |
| Yuan China | 1 |
| Yuan court | 1 |
| Yuan dynasty (in China) | 1 |
| Yuan dynasty (summer capital) | 1 |
| Yuan dynasty art | 1 |
| Yuan dynasty era | 1 |
| Yuan imperial court | 1 |
| Yüan | 1 |
| early Yuan dynasty | 1 |
| late Yuan dynasty | 1 |
| 大元 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T531509 — 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: Yuan dynasty Context triple: [Mongols, foundedEmpire, Yuan dynasty]
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A.
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty (1368–1644) known for its strong centralized government, flourishing arts and literature, maritime expeditions, and the construction and restoration of major works like the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
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B.
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty was a major Chinese imperial dynasty (960–1279) known for its economic prosperity, urbanization, technological innovation, and flourishing arts and culture.
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C.
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 and overseeing a vast multiethnic empire before its collapse led to the founding of the Republic of China.
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D.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty was a powerful and culturally flourishing imperial era of China (618–907 CE) renowned for its advances in art, literature, technology, and cosmopolitan trade along the Silk Road.
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E.
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty was an ancient Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Shang, introduced the concept of the Mandate of Heaven, and laid much of the cultural and political foundation for later Chinese civilization.
- 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: Yuan dynasty Target entity description: The Yuan dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty established by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan that ruled China as part of the vast Mongol Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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A.
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty (1368–1644) known for its strong centralized government, flourishing arts and literature, maritime expeditions, and the construction and restoration of major works like the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
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B.
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty was a major Chinese imperial dynasty (960–1279) known for its economic prosperity, urbanization, technological innovation, and flourishing arts and culture.
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C.
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 and overseeing a vast multiethnic empire before its collapse led to the founding of the Republic of China.
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D.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty was a powerful and culturally flourishing imperial era of China (618–907 CE) renowned for its advances in art, literature, technology, and cosmopolitan trade along the Silk Road.
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E.
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty was an ancient Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Shang, introduced the concept of the Mandate of Heaven, and laid much of the cultural and political foundation for later Chinese civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese dynasty
ⓘ
Mongol dynasty ⓘ historical state ⓘ imperial dynasty ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Da Yuan
ⓘ
Great Yuan ⓘ |
| capital |
Dadu
ⓘ
Khanbaliq ⓘ present-day Beijing ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
Sinicization of Mongol rulers
ⓘ
spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China ⓘ |
| currency |
chao
ⓘ
paper money ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1368 ⓘ |
| endCause |
Red Turban Rebellions
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Turban Rebellion
|
| endTime | 1368 ⓘ |
| eraName |
Yanyou
ⓘ
Zhiyuan ⓘ Zhizheng ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupInPower |
Mongol
ⓘ
surface form:
Mongols
|
| foundedBy | Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| founder | Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| governmentForm |
absolute monarchy
ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1271 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
integration of China into Mongol Empire
ⓘ
multiethnic administration ⓘ promotion of trade along the Silk Road ⓘ use of paper currency on a large scale ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Yassa-influenced law ⓘ |
| legitimizedBy | Mandate of Heaven ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Yuan dynasty
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
大元
|
| nativeNameLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Buyantu Khan
ⓘ
Kublai Khan ⓘ Külüg Khan ⓘ Temür Khan ⓘ Toghon Temür ⓘ Külüg Khan ⓘ
surface form:
Tugh Temür
|
| officialLanguage |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Mongolian ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf | Mongol Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Jin dynasty
ⓘ
Song dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Song dynasty
|
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Nestorianism ⓘ
surface form:
Nestorian Christianity
Taoism ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| startTime | 1271 ⓘ |
| successor | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
China proper
Mongolia ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form:
Tibet
parts of Manchuria ⓘ parts of Xinjiang ⓘ |
| uses | Four-class system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Yuan dynasty Description of subject: The Yuan dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty established by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan that ruled China as part of the vast Mongol Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Referenced by (130)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mongols
subject surface form:
Mongols
subject surface form:
Classical Gardens of Suzhou
this entity surface form:
Yuan dynasty China
this entity surface form:
大元
this entity surface form:
Borjigin dynasty
this entity surface form:
Emperor of the Yuan dynasty
this entity surface form:
Mongol-ruled China
this entity surface form:
Yuan dynasty of China
this entity surface form:
Yuan dynasty art