Later Tang
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Later Tang was a short-lived Chinese dynasty of the Five Dynasties period that ruled northern China in the early 10th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Later Tang canonical | 4 |
| Later Tang (Five Dynasties) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7997992 — 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: Later Tang Context triple: [Emperor Taizu of Song, birthPlace, Later Tang]
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Later Jin (Five Dynasties)
Later Jin (Five Dynasties) was a short-lived dynasty in northern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, known for its rule over the Central Plains under significant Khitan (Liao) influence.
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B.
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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C.
Later Han (Five Dynasties)
Later Han (Five Dynasties) was a short-lived Chinese dynasty (947–951) during the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, ruling northern China before being replaced by the Later Zhou.
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Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but pivotal Chinese imperial dynasty (581–618 CE) that reunified China after centuries of division and laid the foundations for the subsequent Tang dynasty through major administrative and infrastructural reforms.
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E.
Liang dynasty
The Liang dynasty was a Southern Chinese imperial dynasty (502–557 CE) known for its flourishing Buddhist culture, literary achievements, and rule from the capital Jiankang during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period.
- 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: Later Tang Target entity description: Later Tang was a short-lived Chinese dynasty of the Five Dynasties period that ruled northern China in the early 10th century.
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A.
Later Jin (Five Dynasties)
Later Jin (Five Dynasties) was a short-lived dynasty in northern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, known for its rule over the Central Plains under significant Khitan (Liao) influence.
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B.
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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C.
Later Han (Five Dynasties)
Later Han (Five Dynasties) was a short-lived Chinese dynasty (947–951) during the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, ruling northern China before being replaced by the Later Zhou.
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D.
Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but pivotal Chinese imperial dynasty (581–618 CE) that reunified China after centuries of division and laid the foundations for the subsequent Tang dynasty through major administrative and infrastructural reforms.
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E.
Liang dynasty
The Liang dynasty was a Southern Chinese imperial dynasty (502–557 CE) known for its flourishing Buddhist culture, literary achievements, and rule from the capital Jiankang during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese dynasty
ⓘ
Five Dynasties period state ⓘ |
| capital |
Kaifeng
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luoyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chineseName | 後唐 ⓘ |
| claimedLegitimacyFrom | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currency | Chinese cash coins ⓘ |
| dynasticHouse | House of Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 937 ⓘ |
| era | 10th century ⓘ |
| ethnicBackgroundOfRulingElite | Shatuo Turk and Han Chinese ⓘ |
| firstEmperor | Li Cunxu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Li Cunxu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType |
hereditary monarchy
ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-Tang fragmentation ⓘ |
| languageOfGovernment | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| lastEmperor | Li Congke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRival |
Khitan Liao dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Later Jin NERFINISHED ⓘ Later Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBaseOfPower | Shatuo Turk forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Li Conghou
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Li Congke NERFINISHED ⓘ Li Cunxu NERFINISHED ⓘ Li Siyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Shi Jingtang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pinyinName | Hòu Táng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Later Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | northern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ Taoism ⓘ |
| shortDescription | short-lived dynasty ruling northern China during the Five Dynasties period ⓘ |
| startTime | 923 ⓘ |
| successor | Later Jin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorStateInNorthChina | Later Jin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncluded |
Hebei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henan NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaanxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanxi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedCalendarSystem | Chinese imperial era names ⓘ |
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: Later Tang Description of subject: Later Tang was a short-lived Chinese dynasty of the Five Dynasties period that ruled northern China in the early 10th century.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.