Shi Siming
E782722
Shi Siming was a Tang dynasty general who became a key leader of the An Lushan Rebellion, briefly ruling a breakaway state in northern China against the Tang court.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shi Siming canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9171694 — 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: Shi Siming Context triple: [Emperor Suzong of Tang, opponent, Shi Siming]
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A.
Huang Chao
Huang Chao was a late Tang dynasty rebel leader who led a massive uprising that devastated the empire and hastened its collapse.
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B.
Guangze Zunwang
Guangze Zunwang is a revered Chinese folk deity, especially prominent in southern Fujian and Chaoshan regions, venerated as a powerful protector and patron of local communities and seafarers.
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C.
Zhang Shicheng
Zhang Shicheng was a prominent 14th-century Chinese rebel warlord who rose to power during the late Yuan dynasty, briefly ruling a large territory in eastern China before being defeated by the Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang.
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D.
Song Zheyuan
Song Zheyuan was a Chinese Nationalist general best known for leading forces in North China during the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Suzong
Suzong is the temple name of Emperor Zhang of Han, a ruler of China's Eastern Han dynasty known for consolidating imperial authority and promoting Confucian governance.
- 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: Shi Siming Target entity description: Shi Siming was a Tang dynasty general who became a key leader of the An Lushan Rebellion, briefly ruling a breakaway state in northern China against the Tang court.
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A.
Huang Chao
Huang Chao was a late Tang dynasty rebel leader who led a massive uprising that devastated the empire and hastened its collapse.
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B.
Guangze Zunwang
Guangze Zunwang is a revered Chinese folk deity, especially prominent in southern Fujian and Chaoshan regions, venerated as a powerful protector and patron of local communities and seafarers.
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C.
Zhang Shicheng
Zhang Shicheng was a prominent 14th-century Chinese rebel warlord who rose to power during the late Yuan dynasty, briefly ruling a large territory in eastern China before being defeated by the Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang.
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D.
Song Zheyuan
Song Zheyuan was a Chinese Nationalist general best known for leading forces in North China during the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Suzong
Suzong is the temple name of Emperor Zhang of Han, a ruler of China's Eastern Han dynasty known for consolidating imperial authority and promoting Confucian governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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military general ⓘ person ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ |
| activeYears | 8th century ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Tang dynasty (early career)
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Yan (rebel state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOfHisRegime | Luoyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| child | Shi Chaoyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coLeader | An Qingxu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 703 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 761 ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Sogdian
NERFINISHED
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non-Han ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Yan (rebel state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | mid-Tang period ⓘ |
| knownFor |
capturing Luoyang from Tang forces
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continuing the An Lushan Rebellion after An Lushan's death ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed by his son ⓘ |
| mentor | An Lushan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Tang dynasty army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | jiedushi ⓘ |
| nativeName | 史思明 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | An Lushan Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in the An Lushan Rebellion ⓘ |
| opponent |
Emperor Suzong of Tang
NERFINISHED
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Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn | An Lushan Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Fanyang
NERFINISHED
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Youzhou region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Yingzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
general of the Tang dynasty
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military governor (jiedushi) ⓘ military governor of Fanyang Circuit ⓘ military governor of Hedong Circuit ⓘ military governor of Pinglu Circuit ⓘ |
| predecessor | An Lushan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rebelTitle | emperor of Yan ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 761 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 759 ⓘ |
| relative | Shi Chaoyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruled | Yan (rebel state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Shi Chaoyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Shi Siming Description of subject: Shi Siming was a Tang dynasty general who became a key leader of the An Lushan Rebellion, briefly ruling a breakaway state in northern China against the Tang court.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.