Warlord Era | DisamKB

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Label	Occurrences
Warlord Era canonical	25
Warlord Era in China	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1391383 — 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: Warlord Era
Context triple: [Northern Expedition, precededBy, Warlord Era]

A. Long War
Long War is the common name for the protracted late 16th–early 17th century conflict between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, fought mainly in Hungary and surrounding regions.
B. Time of Troubles
The Time of Troubles was a chaotic period in Russian history marked by dynastic crisis, foreign intervention, and widespread social unrest in the early 17th century.
C. The Golden Age
The Golden Age is a nostalgic collection of semi-autobiographical childhood essays by British author Kenneth Grahame, celebrating the imaginative inner world of children in a Victorian setting.
D. The Golden Age
The Golden Age is the original title of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious magazine that was later renamed Awake!.
E. Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire is a classic science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that continues the story of his Foundation series, depicting the struggle of a declining Galactic Empire against the rising Foundation and the mysterious figure known as the Mule.
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: Warlord Era
Target entity description: The Warlord Era was a turbulent period in early 20th-century China marked by fragmented regional rule, military cliques, and ongoing civil conflict following the fall of the Qing dynasty.

A. Long War
Long War is the common name for the protracted late 16th–early 17th century conflict between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, fought mainly in Hungary and surrounding regions.
B. Time of Troubles
The Time of Troubles was a chaotic period in Russian history marked by dynastic crisis, foreign intervention, and widespread social unrest in the early 17th century.
C. The Golden Age
The Golden Age is a nostalgic collection of semi-autobiographical childhood essays by British author Kenneth Grahame, celebrating the imaginative inner world of children in a Victorian setting.
D. The Golden Age
The Golden Age is the original title of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious magazine that was later renamed Awake!.
E. Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire is a classic science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that continues the story of his Foundation series, depicting the struggle of a declining Galactic Empire against the rising Foundation and the mysterious figure known as the Mule.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ period of Chinese history ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
endTime	1928 ⓘ
followedBy	Nanjing decade ⓘ Nanjing decade ⓘ surface form: Nanjing decade of the Republic of China
follows	Xinhai Revolution ⓘ surface form: 1911 Revolution Beiyang Government ⓘ surface form: Beiyang Government period under Yuan Shikai Xinhai Revolution ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: late Qing dynasty
hasCause	collapse of centralized authority in the Republic of China ⓘ death of Yuan Shikai ⓘ
hasEffect	conditions favorable to the growth of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ continued regional autonomy despite nominal unification ⓘ growth of local militias ⓘ opportunities for foreign powers to exert influence ⓘ rise of nationalist and revolutionary movements ⓘ social instability in rural China ⓘ weakening of central Republican institutions ⓘ
hasPart	First Zhili–Fengtian War ⓘ Guangdong–Guangxi conflicts ⓘ Guizhou warlord conflicts ⓘ Manchurian warlord rule ⓘ Northern Expedition ⓘ Second Zhili–Fengtian War ⓘ Sichuan warlord conflicts ⓘ Xinjiang warlord rule ⓘ Yunnan warlord conflicts ⓘ Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ
locatedInTime	early 20th century ⓘ
mainCharacteristic	economic disruption ⓘ foreign interference in Chinese politics ⓘ frequent civil wars ⓘ militarization of politics ⓘ political fragmentation ⓘ rule by regional military cliques ⓘ shifting alliances among warlords ⓘ weak central government ⓘ widespread banditry ⓘ
notableFigure	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ Duan Qirui ⓘ Feng Yuxiang ⓘ Long Yun ⓘ Ma clique leaders in Northwest China ⓘ Sun Yat-sen ⓘ Tang Jiyao ⓘ Wu Peifu ⓘ Yan Xishan ⓘ Zhang Zuolin ⓘ
politicalContext	Beiyang Government ⓘ Nationalist Government of China ⓘ surface form: Kuomintang government early Republic of China ⓘ
relatedTo	Beiyang Army ⓘ Chinese Civil War ⓘ Nanjing decade ⓘ Northern Expedition ⓘ Xinhai Revolution ⓘ foreign concessions in China ⓘ
significantEvent	Chiang Kai-shek’s consolidation of power in Nanjing ⓘ Xiangshan County, Guangdong, Qing Empire ⓘ surface form: Guangdong base of Sun Yat-sen First United Front ⓘ surface form: Kuomintang–Communist First United Front Northern Expedition capture of Wuhan ⓘ surface form: Northern Expedition to unify China defeat of major northern warlords by National Revolutionary Army ⓘ establishment of rival governments in Beijing and Guangzhou ⓘ formation of the Anhui clique ⓘ formation of the Fengtian clique ⓘ formation of the Zhili clique ⓘ fragmentation of Beiyang Army ⓘ rise of regional cliques in North China ⓘ
startTime	1916 ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Expedition → precededBy → Warlord Era ⓘ

Beiyang Army factions → dominantDuring → Warlord Era ⓘ

Beiyang Army factions → relatedTo → Warlord Era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Warlord Era in China

Feng Yuxiang → movement → Warlord Era ⓘ

Nanjing decade → follows → Warlord Era ⓘ

Zhang Zuolin → era → Warlord Era ⓘ

Wu Peifu → era → Warlord Era ⓘ

Zhili clique → activeDuring → Warlord Era ⓘ

Sun Chuanfang → era → Warlord Era ⓘ

Beiyang Army → roleIn → Warlord Era ⓘ

Anhui clique → partOfPeriod → Warlord Era ⓘ

Zhili–Anhui War → partOf → Warlord Era ⓘ

Guominjun → activeDuring → Warlord Era ⓘ

First Zhili–Fengtian War → partOf → Warlord Era ⓘ

Feng Guozhang → era → Warlord Era ⓘ

Second Zhili–Fengtian War → era → Warlord Era ⓘ

Guangxi Clique → activeInPeriod → Warlord Era ⓘ

Cao Kun → era → Warlord Era ⓘ

Republican era of China → hasPart → Warlord Era ⓘ

Shanxi provincial army → activeDuring → Warlord Era ⓘ

Shanxi Clique → activeInPeriod → Warlord Era ⓘ

Beiyang Government → locatedInTimePeriod → Warlord Era ⓘ

Northeastern Army → activeDuring → Warlord Era ⓘ

Tang Yulin → activeDuring → Warlord Era ⓘ

Xu Shichang → historicalPeriod → Warlord Era ⓘ

Republican era → hasPart → Warlord Era ⓘ

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