Sun Yat-sen
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Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary leader and political thinker widely regarded as the founding father of modern China and a key figure in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sun Yat-sen canonical | 90 |
| Sun Zhongshan | 5 |
| 孙中山 | 2 |
| 孫中山 | 2 |
| 孫逸仙 | 2 |
| Sun Yat‑sen | 1 |
| Three Principles of the People | 1 |
| 孙逸仙 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T233706 — 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: Sun Yat-sen Context triple: [Chiang Kai-shek, predecessor, Sun Yat-sen]
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A.
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was the founding father of the People's Republic of China and the leader of the Chinese Communist Party whose political, military, and ideological leadership reshaped 20th-century China.
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B.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was the Nationalist Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China for decades and led its forces against both Japanese invasion and Chinese Communist revolutionaries.
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C.
Chiang Wei-kuo
Chiang Wei-kuo was a Chinese military officer and the adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek, noted for his service in both the German Wehrmacht during World War II and later in Taiwan’s armed forces.
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D.
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was the revolutionary leader and president of North Vietnam who led the communist struggle for Vietnamese independence and unification during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Chiang Chieh-shih
Chiang Chieh-shih is the birth name of Chiang Kai-shek, the influential 20th-century Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China.
- 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: Sun Yat-sen Target entity description: Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary leader and political thinker widely regarded as the founding father of modern China and a key figure in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.
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A.
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was the founding father of the People's Republic of China and the leader of the Chinese Communist Party whose political, military, and ideological leadership reshaped 20th-century China.
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B.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was the Nationalist Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China for decades and led its forces against both Japanese invasion and Chinese Communist revolutionaries.
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C.
Chiang Wei-kuo
Chiang Wei-kuo was a Chinese military officer and the adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek, noted for his service in both the German Wehrmacht during World War II and later in Taiwan’s armed forces.
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D.
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was the revolutionary leader and president of North Vietnam who led the communist struggle for Vietnamese independence and unification during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Chiang Chieh-shih
Chiang Chieh-shih is the birth name of Chiang Kai-shek, the influential 20th-century Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
physician ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sun I-hsien
ⓘ
Sun Wen ⓘ Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
surface form:
Sun Zhongshan
|
| birthDate | 1866-11-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan, Guangdong, Qing Empire
ⓘ
Xiangshan County, Guangdong, Qing Empire ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | liver cancer ⓘ |
| child | Sun Fo ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
ⓘ
surface form:
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Guangzhou ⓘ Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall ⓘ
surface form:
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei
Sun Yat-sen University ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Qing Empire
Republic of China ⓘ |
| courtesyName |
Démíng
ⓘ
Yìxiān ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1925-03-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Republic of China ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Father of the Nation in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Forerunner of the Revolution in the People's Republic of China ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sun Yat-sen University
ⓘ
surface form:
Guangzhou Boji Hospital Medical School
Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese ⓘ Queen's College, Hong Kong ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Cantonese
ⓘ
Hakka ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
political theory
ⓘ
revolutionary politics ⓘ state-building ⓘ |
| founderOf |
Kuomintang
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ Revive China Society ⓘ Tongmenghui ⓘ |
| ideology |
Chinese nationalism
ⓘ
Three Principles of the People ⓘ democracy ⓘ people's livelihood ⓘ republicanism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chiang Kai-shek
ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Nationalist Party
Chinese republican movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Western liberalism
ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Cantonese
ⓘ
English ⓘ Standard Chinese ⓘ
surface form:
Mandarin Chinese
|
| movement |
1911 Wuchang Uprising
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Revolution of 1911
1911 Wuchang Uprising ⓘ
surface form:
Xinhai Revolution
|
| name | Sun Yat-sen self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Sun Yat-sen
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
孙中山
Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
孙逸仙
Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
孫中山
Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
孫逸仙
|
| notableWork | Three Principles of the People ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
ⓘ
politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director-General of the Kuomintang
ⓘ
Provisional President of the Republic of China ⓘ
surface form:
Extraordinary President of the Republic of China
Provisional President of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
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Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence |
Guangzhou
ⓘ
Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Honolulu, Hawaii
Shanghai ⓘ |
| restingPlace |
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
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surface form:
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing
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| significantEvent |
Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in 1912
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Overthrow of the Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lu Muzhen
ⓘ
Soong Ching-ling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sun Yat-sen Description of subject: Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary leader and political thinker widely regarded as the founding father of modern China and a key figure in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.
Referenced by (104)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zhongshan Park (Beijing)
subject surface form:
Zhongshan Park (Beijing)