Pak Tai
E1034894
Pak Tai is a revered Taoist sea and martial deity widely worshipped in southern China and Hong Kong, especially as the patron god of Cheung Chau.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pak Tai canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13337485 — 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: Pak Tai Context triple: [Cheung Chau, CheungChauBunFestivalHonorsDeity, Pak Tai]
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A.
San Po Kong
San Po Kong is an urban industrial and residential neighborhood in Kowloon, Hong Kong, known for its factory buildings, redevelopment projects, and proximity to major transport links.
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B.
Ko Tao
Ko Tao is a small island in the Gulf of Thailand renowned for its scuba diving, coral reefs, and laid-back beach tourism.
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C.
Ngọc Sơn Temple
Ngọc Sơn Temple is a historic and picturesque Vietnamese temple situated on a small island in Hanoi’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake, dedicated to national heroes and Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist deities.
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D.
Sha Tau Kok
Sha Tau Kok is a frontier town in northeastern Hong Kong known for its restricted border area status and proximity to the boundary with mainland China.
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E.
Tai Khuen
Tai Khuen is a Tai ethnic group and language primarily associated with the Kengtung region of eastern Myanmar.
- 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: Pak Tai Target entity description: Pak Tai is a revered Taoist sea and martial deity widely worshipped in southern China and Hong Kong, especially as the patron god of Cheung Chau.
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A.
San Po Kong
San Po Kong is an urban industrial and residential neighborhood in Kowloon, Hong Kong, known for its factory buildings, redevelopment projects, and proximity to major transport links.
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B.
Ko Tao
Ko Tao is a small island in the Gulf of Thailand renowned for its scuba diving, coral reefs, and laid-back beach tourism.
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C.
Ngọc Sơn Temple
Ngọc Sơn Temple is a historic and picturesque Vietnamese temple situated on a small island in Hanoi’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake, dedicated to national heroes and Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist deities.
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D.
Sha Tau Kok
Sha Tau Kok is a frontier town in northeastern Hong Kong known for its restricted border area status and proximity to the boundary with mainland China.
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E.
Tai Khuen
Tai Khuen is a Tai ethnic group and language primarily associated with the Kengtung region of eastern Myanmar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Taoist deity
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martial deity ⓘ sea deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
exorcism of demons
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local community protection ⓘ martial protection ⓘ the north ⓘ water ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese folk religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festival | Cheung Chau Bun Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male deity ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
martial strength
ⓘ
protective power ⓘ righteousness ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
protection from evil
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safety at sea ⓘ victory in battle ⓘ |
| hasMajorCultCenter |
Cheung Chau Pak Tai Temple
NERFINISHED
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Guangdong NERFINISHED ⓘ Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Dark Emperor of the North
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorific | Pak Tai Ye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconography |
depicted in armor
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often shown trampling a tortoise and serpent ⓘ |
| patronDeityOf | Cheung Chau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Taoism ⓘ |
| role | patron god of Cheung Chau ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshippedAs |
protector against disasters
ⓘ
protector of fishermen ⓘ protector of seafarers ⓘ |
| worshipTradition |
ritual opera performances
ⓘ
temple processions ⓘ |
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: Pak Tai Description of subject: Pak Tai is a revered Taoist sea and martial deity widely worshipped in southern China and Hong Kong, especially as the patron god of Cheung Chau.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.