V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)
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V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) was a prominent Chinese diplomat and statesman who played key roles in early 20th-century international negotiations and represented China at major global conferences.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) canonical | 1 |
| Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo | 1 |
| Wellington Koo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2187351 — 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: V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) Context triple: [Ball, hasNotableBearer, V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)]
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A.
Louis Ozawa Changchien
Louis Ozawa Changchien is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Predators" and "The Bourne Legacy" as well as various television series.
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B.
Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
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C.
Peng Chun Chang
Peng Chun Chang was a Chinese diplomat, philosopher, and educator who played a key role in shaping the philosophical foundations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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D.
Lien Chan
Lien Chan is a Taiwanese politician who served as Vice President of the Republic of China and later became chairman of the Kuomintang party.
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E.
Yap Kim Hock
Yap Kim Hock is a former Malaysian badminton player best known as a world-class men's doubles specialist and Olympic silver medalist.
- 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: V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) Target entity description: V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) was a prominent Chinese diplomat and statesman who played key roles in early 20th-century international negotiations and represented China at major global conferences.
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A.
Louis Ozawa Changchien
Louis Ozawa Changchien is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Predators" and "The Bourne Legacy" as well as various television series.
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B.
Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
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C.
Peng Chun Chang
Peng Chun Chang was a Chinese diplomat, philosopher, and educator who played a key role in shaping the philosophical foundations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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D.
Lien Chan
Lien Chan is a Taiwanese politician who served as Vice President of the Republic of China and later became chairman of the Kuomintang party.
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E.
Yap Kim Hock
Yap Kim Hock is a former Malaysian badminton player best known as a world-class men's doubles specialist and Olympic silver medalist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ambassador
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diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ international civil servant ⓘ jurist ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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PhD ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gu Weijun
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Wellington Koo Ball ⓘ |
| burialPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1888-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-11-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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surface form:
Columbia College
Columbia Law School ⓘ Columbia University ⓘ |
| era |
Republic of China
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surface form:
Republic of China (1912–1949)
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| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
law
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political science ⓘ |
| fullName |
V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo
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| languageSpoken |
Chinese
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English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
International Court of Justice
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League of Nations committee structure ⓘ
surface form:
League of Nations commissions
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| notableFor |
advocacy for Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity
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opposition to the transfer of German concessions in Shandong to Japan at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ role in early 20th-century international diplomacy ⓘ |
| notableWork | memoirs on diplomacy and international affairs ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
League of Nations assemblies
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Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
surface form:
Paris Peace Conference, 1919
Dumbarton Oaks Conference ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations founding negotiations
Washington Naval Conference ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Qing dynasty
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surface form:
Qing Empire
Shanghai ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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United States of America ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Kuomintang-associated diplomat ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the Republic of China
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surface form:
Acting President of the Republic of China
Chinese Ambassador to France ⓘ Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Ambassador to the Court of St James's
Chinese Ambassador to the League of Nations ⓘ Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ Chinese Ambassador to the United States ⓘ Judge of the International Court of Justice ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| represented |
China at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919
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China at the Washington Naval Conference ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ |
| residence |
Beijing
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Nanjing ⓘ New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| spouse |
Juliana Koo
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Oei Hui-lan ⓘ Tang Pao-yueh ⓘ Yen Yu-yun ⓘ |
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: V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) Description of subject: V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) was a prominent Chinese diplomat and statesman who played key roles in early 20th-century international negotiations and represented China at major global conferences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Commission on the League of Nations
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hasMember
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V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)
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this entity surface form:
Wellington Koo
V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)
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fullName
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V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
V. K. Wellington Koo
this entity surface form:
Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo