Treaty of Maguan
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The Treaty of Maguan, better known internationally as the Treaty of Shimonoseki, was the 1895 peace agreement that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and forced Qing China to cede Taiwan and other concessions to Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Maguan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1174133 — 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: Treaty of Maguan Context triple: [Treaty of Shimonoseki, alsoKnownAs, Treaty of Maguan]
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A.
Treaty of 23 December 1865
The Treaty of 23 December 1865 was the international agreement through which several European states standardized their coinage systems, laying the foundation for the Latin Monetary Union.
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B.
Treaty of Lagos
The Treaty of Lagos is the 1975 agreement that established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional organization for economic integration and cooperation in West Africa.
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C.
Treaty of Chicago
The Treaty of Chicago was an 1833 agreement in which several Native American tribes, including the Potawatomi, ceded large areas of land around the Great Lakes to the United States, paving the way for extensive American settlement in the region.
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D.
Treaty of El Pardo
The Treaty of El Pardo was an 18th-century agreement between Spain and Portugal that redefined their colonial boundaries, including Spain’s claims in the region that would become Equatorial Guinea.
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E.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
- 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: Treaty of Maguan Target entity description: The Treaty of Maguan, better known internationally as the Treaty of Shimonoseki, was the 1895 peace agreement that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and forced Qing China to cede Taiwan and other concessions to Japan.
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A.
Treaty of 23 December 1865
The Treaty of 23 December 1865 was the international agreement through which several European states standardized their coinage systems, laying the foundation for the Latin Monetary Union.
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B.
Treaty of Lagos
The Treaty of Lagos is the 1975 agreement that established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional organization for economic integration and cooperation in West Africa.
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C.
Treaty of Chicago
The Treaty of Chicago was an 1833 agreement in which several Native American tribes, including the Potawatomi, ceded large areas of land around the Great Lakes to the United States, paving the way for extensive American settlement in the region.
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D.
Treaty of El Pardo
The Treaty of El Pardo was an 18th-century agreement between Spain and Portugal that redefined their colonial boundaries, including Spain’s claims in the region that would become Equatorial Guinea.
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E.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilateral treaty
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ |
| affectedTerritory |
Liaodong Peninsula
ⓘ
Penghu Islands ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Maguan Tiaoyue
ⓘ
Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ
surface form:
Shimonoseki Treaty
Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| cause | Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| citySigned | Shimonoseki ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Qing China
|
| countrySignedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1895-04-17 ⓘ |
| endOfConflict | First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
expansion of Japanese influence in East Asia
ⓘ
rise of anti-foreign sentiment in China ⓘ weakening of Qing dynasty authority ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Meiji era
ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
late Qing dynasty
|
| imposedOn | Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| language |
Chinese
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locationSigned |
Maguan
ⓘ
Shimonoseki ⓘ |
| partOf | unequal treaties in modern Chinese history ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Triple Intervention ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Korean Empire ⓘ |
| result |
cession of Liaodong Peninsula to Japan
ⓘ
cession of Penghu Islands to Japan ⓘ cession of Taiwan to Japan ⓘ granting of industrial and commercial privileges to Japan in China ⓘ opening of additional Chinese treaty ports ⓘ recognition of Korean independence from China ⓘ war indemnity paid by Qing China to Japan ⓘ |
| signatory |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ |
| signedBy |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Sino-Japanese diplomatic history
ⓘ
studies of imperialism in East Asia ⓘ |
| typeOfConcession |
commercial privileges
ⓘ
financial indemnity ⓘ territorial cession ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 1895 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treaty of Maguan Description of subject: The Treaty of Maguan, better known internationally as the Treaty of Shimonoseki, was the 1895 peace agreement that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and forced Qing China to cede Taiwan and other concessions to Japan.
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