Huangmei, Hubei, China
E940247
Huangmei is a county in eastern Hubei Province, China, historically noted as a center of Chan (Zen) Buddhist activity and associated with the Fifth Patriarch Hongren.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Huangmei, Hubei, China canonical | 1 |
| eastern Hubei Province | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672862 — 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: Huangmei, Hubei, China Context triple: [Hongren, placeOfActivity, Huangmei, Hubei, China]
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A.
northwestern Hubei Province
Northwestern Hubei Province is a mountainous region of central China known for its rugged terrain, river valleys, and the Danjiangkou Reservoir, an important water source for the South–North Water Transfer Project.
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B.
Hubei Province
Hubei Province is a landlocked region in central China known for its capital city Wuhan, major role in industry and transportation, and significant historical and cultural heritage.
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C.
Huangpi, Hubei, Qing Empire
Huangpi, Hubei, Qing Empire was a historical county-level area in central China that later became part of modern Wuhan in Hubei Province.
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D.
Xingxian, Hubei
Xingxian, Hubei is a locality in China historically notable as the birthplace of the Ming dynasty Jiajing Emperor.
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E.
Hsiangcheng, China
Hsiangcheng, China is a town in Henan Province known as the birthplace of author and social critic Os Guinness.
- 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: Huangmei, Hubei, China Target entity description: Huangmei is a county in eastern Hubei Province, China, historically noted as a center of Chan (Zen) Buddhist activity and associated with the Fifth Patriarch Hongren.
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A.
northwestern Hubei Province
Northwestern Hubei Province is a mountainous region of central China known for its rugged terrain, river valleys, and the Danjiangkou Reservoir, an important water source for the South–North Water Transfer Project.
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B.
Hubei Province
Hubei Province is a landlocked region in central China known for its capital city Wuhan, major role in industry and transportation, and significant historical and cultural heritage.
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C.
Huangpi, Hubei, Qing Empire
Huangpi, Hubei, Qing Empire was a historical county-level area in central China that later became part of modern Wuhan in Hubei Province.
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D.
Xingxian, Hubei
Xingxian, Hubei is a locality in China historically notable as the birthplace of the Ming dynasty Jiajing Emperor.
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E.
Hsiangcheng, China
Hsiangcheng, China is a town in Henan Province known as the birthplace of author and social critic Os Guinness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division of China
ⓘ
county-level division ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Huanggang City ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Fifth Patriarch Hongren ⓘ Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| borders |
Anhui Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Anhui
Jiangxi Province ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature |
Yangtze River plain
ⓘ
linked to:
Jianghan Plain
|
| hasChineseName | 黄梅县 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage |
Buddhist temples
ⓘ
Chan Buddhist monasteries ⓘ |
| hasName | Huangmei ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite | historical Chan monasteries in the area ⓘ |
| historicalRole | center of Chan Buddhist activity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buddhist history
ⓘ
Chan Buddhist lineage of the Fifth Patriarch ⓘ |
| language | Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Huanggang, Hubei
ⓘ
linked to:
Huanggang
Hubei Province ⓘ People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to:
China
eastern Hubei ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | China Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn | north bank of the Yangtze River ⓘ |
| notablePerson | Hongren ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central China region
ⓘ
linked to:
Central China
|
| provinceCapitalDistance | relatively far east of Wuhan ⓘ |
| region | middle reaches of the Yangtze River ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
|
| subdivisionOf | Hubei Province ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | county ⓘ |
| transport | served by regional roads and highways ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +8 ⓘ |
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: Huangmei, Hubei, China Description of subject: Huangmei is a county in eastern Hubei Province, China, historically noted as a center of Chan (Zen) Buddhist activity and associated with the Fifth Patriarch Hongren.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.