Northern Expedition capture of Nanjing
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The Northern Expedition capture of Nanjing was a key 1927 Nationalist military victory that secured the city as the political center of the Kuomintang government during China’s reunification campaign.
All labels observed (1)
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| Northern Expedition capture of Nanjing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12529768 — 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: Northern Expedition capture of Nanjing Context triple: [Bai Chongxi, participantIn, Northern Expedition capture of Nanjing]
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Northern Expedition capture of Wuhan
The Northern Expedition capture of Wuhan was a key 1927 Nationalist military victory that secured a major central Chinese city and significantly advanced the Kuomintang’s unification of China.
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B.
Battle of Nanjing
The Battle of Nanjing was a major 1937 Second Sino-Japanese War engagement in which Japanese forces captured China’s then-capital Nanjing, leading directly to the Nanjing Massacre.
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C.
Fourth Northern Expedition
The Fourth Northern Expedition was one of Zhuge Liang’s later military campaigns during the Three Kingdoms period, aimed at weakening the rival state of Wei and restoring the Han dynasty under Shu Han.
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D.
First Northern Expedition
The First Northern Expedition was an early Three Kingdoms-era military campaign launched by Shu Han to reclaim northern China from the rival state of Cao Wei.
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E.
Nanjing Uprising
The Nanjing Uprising was a key revolutionary insurrection in Nanjing that helped topple the Qing dynasty and contributed to the establishment of the Republic of China during the Xinhai Revolution.
- 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: Northern Expedition capture of Nanjing Target entity description: The Northern Expedition capture of Nanjing was a key 1927 Nationalist military victory that secured the city as the political center of the Kuomintang government during China’s reunification campaign.
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A.
Northern Expedition capture of Wuhan
The Northern Expedition capture of Wuhan was a key 1927 Nationalist military victory that secured a major central Chinese city and significantly advanced the Kuomintang’s unification of China.
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B.
Battle of Nanjing
The Battle of Nanjing was a major 1937 Second Sino-Japanese War engagement in which Japanese forces captured China’s then-capital Nanjing, leading directly to the Nanjing Massacre.
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C.
Fourth Northern Expedition
The Fourth Northern Expedition was one of Zhuge Liang’s later military campaigns during the Three Kingdoms period, aimed at weakening the rival state of Wei and restoring the Han dynasty under Shu Han.
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D.
First Northern Expedition
The First Northern Expedition was an early Three Kingdoms-era military campaign launched by Shu Han to reclaim northern China from the rival state of Cao Wei.
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E.
Nanjing Uprising
The Nanjing Uprising was a key revolutionary insurrection in Nanjing that helped topple the Qing dynasty and contributed to the establishment of the Republic of China during the Xinhai Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bai Chongxi