Yi Jianlian
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Yi Jianlian is a Chinese professional basketball player known for his successful career in the Chinese Basketball Association and his tenure in the NBA.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yi Jianlian canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10372795 — 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: Yi Jianlian Context triple: [Guangdong Southern Tigers, notablePlayer, Yi Jianlian]
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A.
Li Ne
Li Ne is the daughter of former Chinese paramount leader Li Xiannian and the sister of retired Chinese tennis star Li Na.
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B.
Yao Ming
Yao Ming is a retired Chinese basketball center and Hall of Famer who became an NBA superstar with the Houston Rockets and helped globalize the sport.
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C.
Zou Jingzhi
Zou Jingzhi is a Chinese screenwriter and playwright known for his work on acclaimed films and television dramas, including collaborations with director Zhang Yimou.
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D.
Sun Yue
Sun Yue is a Chinese professional basketball player and former NBA champion known for his versatility and playmaking, notably starring for the Beijing Ducks in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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E.
Larry Teng
Larry Teng is an American television director and producer known for his work on numerous network dramas, including serving as an executive producer and frequent director on series such as NCIS: Hawaiʻi.
- 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: Yi Jianlian Target entity description: Yi Jianlian is a Chinese professional basketball player known for his successful career in the Chinese Basketball Association and his tenure in the NBA.
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A.
Li Ne
Li Ne is the daughter of former Chinese paramount leader Li Xiannian and the sister of retired Chinese tennis star Li Na.
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B.
Yao Ming
Yao Ming is a retired Chinese basketball center and Hall of Famer who became an NBA superstar with the Houston Rockets and helped globalize the sport.
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C.
Zou Jingzhi
Zou Jingzhi is a Chinese screenwriter and playwright known for his work on acclaimed films and television dramas, including collaborations with director Zhang Yimou.
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D.
Sun Yue
Sun Yue is a Chinese professional basketball player and former NBA champion known for his versatility and playmaking, notably starring for the Beijing Ducks in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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E.
Larry Teng
Larry Teng is an American television director and producer known for his work on numerous network dramas, including serving as an executive producer and frequent director on series such as NCIS: Hawaiʻi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball player
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| competedIn |
2004 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ 2012 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ 2016 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1987-10-27 ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Milwaukee Bucks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftLeague |
National Basketball Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NBA
|
| draftOverallPick | 6th overall ⓘ |
| draftPickNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| draftRound | 1 ⓘ |
| draftYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jianlian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| handedness | right-handed ⓘ |
| hasWon | CBA championship ⓘ |
| height |
2.13 m
ⓘ
7 ft 0 in ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
career in the Chinese Basketball Association
ⓘ
tenure in the NBA ⓘ |
| leagueParticipation |
Chinese Basketball Association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Basketball Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Dallas Mavericks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guangdong Southern Tigers NERFINISHED ⓘ Milwaukee Bucks NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey Nets NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Wizards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Yi Jianlian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| nationalTeam | China men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | one of the most prominent Chinese basketball players of his generation ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
FIBA Asia Championship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FIBA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Heshan, Guangdong, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Guangdong, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsFor | Guangdong Southern Tigers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsSport | basketball ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
center
ⓘ
power forward ⓘ |
| sportCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | professional athlete ⓘ |
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: Yi Jianlian Description of subject: Yi Jianlian is a Chinese professional basketball player known for his successful career in the Chinese Basketball Association and his tenure in the NBA.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.