First Pass Under Heaven
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"First Pass Under Heaven" is the famous inscription carved above the eastern gate of Shanhaiguan, marking its historic status as a key strategic gateway of the Great Wall of China.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Pass Under Heaven canonical | 1 |
| Number One Pass Under Heaven | 1 |
| The First Pass Under Heaven | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3942725 — 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: First Pass Under Heaven Context triple: [Shanhaiguan Pass, hasInscription, First Pass Under Heaven]
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A.
Son of Heaven
The Son of Heaven is the traditional Chinese imperial title signifying the emperor’s role as the divinely sanctioned ruler and intermediary between Heaven and the human realm.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Empress of Heaven
Empress of Heaven is a divine title for Mazu, the revered Chinese sea goddess who protects sailors, fishermen, and coastal communities.
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D.
O Mandarim
O Mandarim is a satirical novella by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that explores greed, morality, and the consequences of wish fulfillment through a fantastical tale about a clerk who can gain a fortune by causing the death of a distant Chinese mandarin.
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E.
Prince of Cheng
The Prince of Cheng was a noble title in the Ming dynasty Chinese imperial hierarchy, held by Zhu Qiyu before he ascended the throne as the Jingtai Emperor.
- 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: First Pass Under Heaven Target entity description: "First Pass Under Heaven" is the famous inscription carved above the eastern gate of Shanhaiguan, marking its historic status as a key strategic gateway of the Great Wall of China.
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A.
Son of Heaven
The Son of Heaven is the traditional Chinese imperial title signifying the emperor’s role as the divinely sanctioned ruler and intermediary between Heaven and the human realm.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Empress of Heaven
Empress of Heaven is a divine title for Mazu, the revered Chinese sea goddess who protects sailors, fishermen, and coastal communities.
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D.
O Mandarim
O Mandarim is a satirical novella by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that explores greed, morality, and the consequences of wish fulfillment through a fantastical tale about a clerk who can gain a fortune by causing the death of a distant Chinese mandarin.
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E.
Prince of Cheng
The Prince of Cheng was a noble title in the Ming dynasty Chinese imperial hierarchy, held by Zhu Qiyu before he ascended the throne as the Jingtai Emperor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
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inscription ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shanhaiguan Pass
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eastern end of the Great Wall of China ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Chinese calligraphic plaques
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Great Wall passes ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
famous scenic and historical inscription in China
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symbolizes military importance of Shanhaiguan ⓘ |
| era | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| governedBy | local cultural heritage authorities of Qinhuangdao ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTranslation |
First Pass Under Heaven
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Number One Pass Under Heaven
First Pass Under Heaven self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The First Pass Under Heaven
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| hasChineseName |
Shanhaiguan Pass
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surface form:
天下第一关
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| hasLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | faces east ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
key strategic gateway of the Great Wall of China
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symbolic first pass of the Great Wall ⓘ |
| hasScript | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| hasTouristInfrastructure |
ticketed scenic area
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viewing platform ⓘ |
| hasWritingDirection | horizontal inscription ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected cultural relic at the national level in China ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | honorific title ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
ⓘ
Hebei ⓘ
surface form:
Hebei Province
Qinhuangdao ⓘ Shanhaiguan Pass ⓘ
surface form:
Shanhaiguan
|
| material | wooden plaque mounted on gate tower ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Chinese historical records
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Chinese travel literature ⓘ |
| near |
Bohai Sea
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surface form:
Bohai Sea coast
Old Dragon Head (Laolongtou) section of the Great Wall ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Wall of China ⓘ |
| positionedAbove | eastern gate of Shanhaiguan ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bohai Sea
ⓘ
defense of Beijing ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
eastern gateway of the Great Wall of China
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strategic entrance to the Central Plains ⓘ |
| theme |
imperial frontier defense
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military prestige ⓘ |
| tourismRole |
major attraction for visitors to the Great Wall
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popular photo spot for tourists ⓘ |
| usedAs | landmark for Shanhaiguan ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
approach roads to Shanhaiguan Pass
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outside Shanhaiguan city wall ⓘ |
| writtenOn | gate tower plaque ⓘ |
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: First Pass Under Heaven Description of subject: "First Pass Under Heaven" is the famous inscription carved above the eastern gate of Shanhaiguan, marking its historic status as a key strategic gateway of the Great Wall of China.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
First Pass Under Heaven
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hasAlternativeTranslation
→
First Pass Under Heaven
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The First Pass Under Heaven
First Pass Under Heaven
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hasAlternativeTranslation
→
First Pass Under Heaven
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Number One Pass Under Heaven