Sun Yixian

E688136

founding father human physician politician revolutionary

Sun Yixian, better known as Sun Yat-sen, was a Chinese revolutionary leader and founding father of the Republic of China who played a key role in overthrowing the Qing dynasty.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sun Yat-sen	14
Sun Yixian canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7588442 — 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.

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Target entity: Sun Yixian
Context triple: [Sun I-hsien, alternateName, Sun Yixian]

A. Ye Ting
Ye Ting was a prominent Chinese military leader and revolutionary who played key roles in early Nationalist and Communist movements, including commanding forces in the Northern Expedition and the Nanchang Uprising.
B. Lin Juemin
Lin Juemin was a Chinese revolutionary and early martyr of the 1911 Revolution, best known for his poignant farewell letter to his wife before sacrificing his life in the anti-Qing uprising.
C. Chen Xizeng
Chen Xizeng was a Chinese military officer and notable graduate of the Yunnan Military Academy who participated in early 20th-century military and political affairs in China.
D. Peng Pai
Peng Pai was an influential early 20th-century Chinese communist leader and pioneer of the peasant movement in China.
E. Cai E
Cai E was a prominent early 20th-century Chinese revolutionary and military leader best known for opposing Yuan Shikai’s attempt to restore the monarchy.
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: Sun Yixian
Target entity description: Sun Yixian, better known as Sun Yat-sen, was a Chinese revolutionary leader and founding father of the Republic of China who played a key role in overthrowing the Qing dynasty.

A. Ye Ting
Ye Ting was a prominent Chinese military leader and revolutionary who played key roles in early Nationalist and Communist movements, including commanding forces in the Northern Expedition and the Nanchang Uprising.
B. Lin Juemin
Lin Juemin was a Chinese revolutionary and early martyr of the 1911 Revolution, best known for his poignant farewell letter to his wife before sacrificing his life in the anti-Qing uprising.
C. Chen Xizeng
Chen Xizeng was a Chinese military officer and notable graduate of the Yunnan Military Academy who participated in early 20th-century military and political affairs in China.
D. Peng Pai
Peng Pai was an influential early 20th-century Chinese communist leader and pioneer of the peasant movement in China.
E. Cai E
Cai E was a prominent early 20th-century Chinese revolutionary and military leader best known for opposing Yuan Shikai’s attempt to restore the monarchy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	founding father ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sun Yat-sen NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Zhongshan NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1866-11-12 ⓘ
birthPlace	Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan, Guangdong NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiangshan County, Guangdong, Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Yat-sen University NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1925-03-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Central School, Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	medicine ⓘ revolutionary politics ⓘ
founded	Chinese Revolutionary Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuomintang NERFINISHED ⓘ Tongmenghui NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Wen NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitle	Father of the Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Guofu NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Three Principles of the People NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Chiang Kai-shek NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Nationalist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Western republicanism ⓘ
language	Cantonese ⓘ English ⓘ Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	Chinese nationalist movement ⓘ anti-Qing revolutionary movement ⓘ
notableFor	founding the Republic of China ⓘ leading the Xinhai Revolution ⓘ overthrowing the Qing dynasty ⓘ
occupation	physician ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ
politicalParty	Kuomintang NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China ⓘ Provisional President of the Republic of China ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
spouse	Lu Muzhen NERFINISHED ⓘ Soong Ching-ling NERFINISHED ⓘ
termEnd	1912-03-10 ⓘ
termStart	1912-01-01 ⓘ

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