Three Years of Difficulty
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Three Years of Difficulty refers to the catastrophic period of mass starvation and economic hardship in China from 1959 to 1961, largely resulting from the policies of the Great Leap Forward and adverse natural conditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Three Years of Difficulty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11749906 — 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: Three Years of Difficulty Context triple: [Great Chinese Famine, alsoKnownAs, Three Years of Difficulty]
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A.
Three the Hard Way
Three the Hard Way is a 1974 blaxploitation action film in which three tough heroes team up to stop a white supremacist plot to poison the Black population of the United States.
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B.
Troubled Times
"Troubled Times" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their album *Revolution Radio*.
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C.
Seven Year Ache
"Seven Year Ache" is a country song written and originally recorded by Rosanne Cash, known for its introspective lyrics about romantic disillusionment and its success on the country charts in the early 1980s.
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D.
The Hardest Challenge
"The Hardest Challenge" is an episode of the reality competition series "The Hunt," likely featuring one of the show's most demanding and high-stakes survival tasks for its contestants.
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E.
Trouble with the Curve
Trouble with the Curve is a 2012 sports drama film about an aging baseball scout, starring Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams.
- 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: Three Years of Difficulty Target entity description: Three Years of Difficulty refers to the catastrophic period of mass starvation and economic hardship in China from 1959 to 1961, largely resulting from the policies of the Great Leap Forward and adverse natural conditions.
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A.
Three the Hard Way
Three the Hard Way is a 1974 blaxploitation action film in which three tough heroes team up to stop a white supremacist plot to poison the Black population of the United States.
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B.
Troubled Times
"Troubled Times" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their album *Revolution Radio*.
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C.
Seven Year Ache
"Seven Year Ache" is a country song written and originally recorded by Rosanne Cash, known for its introspective lyrics about romantic disillusionment and its success on the country charts in the early 1980s.
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D.
The Hardest Challenge
"The Hardest Challenge" is an episode of the reality competition series "The Hunt," likely featuring one of the show's most demanding and high-stakes survival tasks for its contestants.
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E.
Trouble with the Curve
Trouble with the Curve is a 2012 sports drama film about an aging baseball scout, starring Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic crisis
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famine ⓘ historical period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Three Years of Famine
NERFINISHED
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Three Years of Hardship NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Years of Natural Disasters ⓘ |
| country |
China
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surface form:
People's Republic of China
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| demographicImpact |
drop in birth rates in China
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excess deaths in tens of millions (various estimates) ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
decline in industrial production
ⓘ
disruption of rural communes ⓘ |
| endTime | 1961 ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Chinese history
ⓘ
development economics ⓘ famine studies ⓘ |
| followedBy | policy readjustment in early 1960s China ⓘ |
| governmentNarrative | emphasis on natural disasters as primary cause ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Great Leap Forward
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
adverse weather conditions ⓘ agricultural collectivization policies in China ⓘ excessive grain procurement by the state ⓘ natural disasters in China ⓘ policy failures of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
largest famine in the history of the People’s Republic of China
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major turning point in Chinese economic policy debates ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| mainEffect |
economic hardship in rural China
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increased mortality ⓘ mass starvation ⓘ sharp decline in agricultural output ⓘ widespread malnutrition ⓘ |
| policyResponse |
adjustment of grain procurement quotas
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import of grain from abroad ⓘ partial retreat from radical Great Leap Forward policies ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Chinese Communist Party rule ⓘ |
| politicalLeaderDuringPeriod | Mao Zedong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | launch of the Great Leap Forward in 1958 ⓘ |
| regionMostAffected |
Chinese interior provinces
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rural China ⓘ |
| scholarlyInterpretation | emphasis on policy errors as primary cause ⓘ |
| socialImpact |
erosion of trust in local authorities
ⓘ
increased rural-urban disparities ⓘ |
| startTime | 1959 ⓘ |
| timePeriodWithin |
Great Leap Forward
NERFINISHED
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Mao era ⓘ |
| typeOfCrisis |
agricultural crisis
ⓘ
food security crisis ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Three Years of Difficulty Description of subject: Three Years of Difficulty refers to the catastrophic period of mass starvation and economic hardship in China from 1959 to 1961, largely resulting from the policies of the Great Leap Forward and adverse natural conditions.
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