Xiangtan
E52036
Xiangtan is a prefecture-level city in central Hunan Province, China, known as an important industrial and commercial hub and for encompassing Shaoshan, the birthplace of Mao Zedong.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xiangtan canonical | 20 |
| Xiangtan City | 11 |
| Xiangtan, Hunan, China | 3 |
| Xiangtan, Hunan, Qing Empire | 3 |
| Xiangtan prefecture-level city | 2 |
| Xiangtan Municipal People's Government | 1 |
| Xiangtan Prefecture-level City | 1 |
| Xiangtan Xiang | 1 |
| Xiangtan city center | 1 |
| Xiangtan, Hunan | 1 |
| city of Xiangtan | 1 |
| 湘潭市 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T323841 — 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: Xiangtan Context triple: [Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Empire, locatedIn, Xiangtan]
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A.
Changsha
Changsha is the capital city of Hunan Province in south-central China, known as a historic cultural center and major regional economic hub.
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B.
Xiangyang
Xiangyang is a historic prefecture-level city in northern Hubei Province, China, known for its strategic location on the Han River and well-preserved ancient city walls.
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C.
Xianning
Xianning is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei Province, China, known for its hot springs, karst landscapes, and historical sites.
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D.
Xiaogan
Xiaogan is a prefecture-level city in central China known for its cultural heritage and proximity to the provincial capital, Wuhan, within Hubei Province.
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E.
Huangshi
Huangshi is an industrial city in eastern Hubei Province, China, known for its steel production and location along the Yangtze River.
- 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: Xiangtan Target entity description: Xiangtan is a prefecture-level city in central Hunan Province, China, known as an important industrial and commercial hub and for encompassing Shaoshan, the birthplace of Mao Zedong.
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A.
Changsha
Changsha is the capital city of Hunan Province in south-central China, known as a historic cultural center and major regional economic hub.
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B.
Xiangyang
Xiangyang is a historic prefecture-level city in northern Hubei Province, China, known for its strategic location on the Han River and well-preserved ancient city walls.
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C.
Xianning
Xianning is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei Province, China, known for its hot springs, karst landscapes, and historical sites.
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D.
Xiaogan
Xiaogan is a prefecture-level city in central China known for its cultural heritage and proximity to the provincial capital, Wuhan, within Hubei Province.
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E.
Huangshi
Huangshi is an industrial city in eastern Hubei Province, China, known for its steel production and location along the Yangtze River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | prefecture-level city ⓘ |
| administrativeLevel | prefecture-level ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan city cluster ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| contains | Mao Zedong-related historical sites in Shaoshan ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| demographicRegion | Han Chinese majority ⓘ |
| economicRole |
important commercial center in Hunan
ⓘ
important industrial center in Hunan ⓘ |
| encompasses | Shaoshan ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Xiangtan
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Xiangtan Municipal People's Government
|
| hasAreaCode | 0732 ⓘ |
| hasHigherEducationInstitution |
Hunan University of Science and Technology
ⓘ
Xiangtan University ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodePrefix | 4111 ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Shaoshan City
ⓘ
Xiangtan County ⓘ Xiangxiang City ⓘ Yuetang District ⓘ Yuhu District ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
highways connecting to other Hunan cities
ⓘ
railway connections to Changsha ⓘ |
| highSpeedRailStation |
Xiangtan Railway Station
ⓘ
surface form:
Xiangtan North Railway Station
|
| historicalRegion | Xiang River basin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commercial hub
ⓘ
encompassing Shaoshan, the birthplace of Mao Zedong ⓘ industrial hub ⓘ |
| language |
Mandarin Chinese
ⓘ
Xiang Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hunan Province
ⓘ
central Hunan ⓘ southern bank of Xiang River region ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Xiang River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Xiang River
|
| majorRiver |
Xiang River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Xiang River
|
| neighboringCity |
Changsha
ⓘ
Zhuzhou ⓘ |
| partOf |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| primaryIndustry |
chemical industry
ⓘ
machinery ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ metallurgy ⓘ |
| provinceCapitalOf | none ⓘ |
| railwayStation | Xiangtan Railway Station ⓘ |
| region |
Central China
ⓘ
surface form:
central China
|
| timeZone | China Standard Time ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction |
Mao Zedong Memorial Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Mao Zedong Memorial sites
Shaoshan ⓘ |
| urbanAgglomeration |
Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan city cluster
ⓘ
surface form:
Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan metropolitan area
|
| utcOffset | +8 ⓘ |
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: Xiangtan Description of subject: Xiangtan is a prefecture-level city in central Hunan Province, China, known as an important industrial and commercial hub and for encompassing Shaoshan, the birthplace of Mao Zedong.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan, Hunan, Qing Empire
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan Municipal People's Government
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan, Hunan, Qing Empire
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan, Hunan, China
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan, Hunan, Qing Empire
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan, Hunan
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan, Hunan, China
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan Xiang
this entity surface form:
湘潭市
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan prefecture-level city
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan Prefecture-level City
this entity surface form:
city of Xiangtan
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan, Hunan, China
subject surface form:
Mao Zetan
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan prefecture-level city
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan city center
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City
this entity surface form:
Xiangtan City