刘步蟾
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刘步蟾 was a late Qing Dynasty Chinese naval officer best known as a prominent admiral of the Beiyang Fleet during the First Sino-Japanese War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 刘步蟾 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11802653 — 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: 刘步蟾 Context triple: [Liu Buchan, nameInChinese, 刘步蟾]
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A.
Huang Zunxian
Huang Zunxian was a late Qing dynasty Chinese diplomat, reformist poet, and political thinker whose writings and advocacy significantly influenced modern Chinese literature and early nationalist movements.
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B.
Liu Yongfu
Liu Yongfu was a prominent 19th-century Chinese military leader and head of the Black Flag Army, noted for his resistance against French colonial forces in Vietnam.
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C.
Zuo Zongtang
Zuo Zongtang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman and military leader best known for his role in modernizing China’s military and suppressing major rebellions during the Self-Strengthening Movement.
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D.
Chen Xizeng
Chen Xizeng was a Chinese military officer and notable graduate of the Yunnan Military Academy who participated in early 20th-century military and political affairs in China.
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E.
Li Hongzhang
Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
- 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: 刘步蟾 Target entity description: 刘步蟾 was a late Qing Dynasty Chinese naval officer best known as a prominent admiral of the Beiyang Fleet during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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A.
Huang Zunxian
Huang Zunxian was a late Qing dynasty Chinese diplomat, reformist poet, and political thinker whose writings and advocacy significantly influenced modern Chinese literature and early nationalist movements.
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B.
Liu Yongfu
Liu Yongfu was a prominent 19th-century Chinese military leader and head of the Black Flag Army, noted for his resistance against French colonial forces in Vietnam.
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C.
Zuo Zongtang
Zuo Zongtang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman and military leader best known for his role in modernizing China’s military and suppressing major rebellions during the Self-Strengthening Movement.
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D.
Chen Xizeng
Chen Xizeng was a Chinese military officer and notable graduate of the Yunnan Military Academy who participated in early 20th-century military and political affairs in China.
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E.
Li Hongzhang
Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
人物
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北洋水师将领 ⓘ 海军军官 ⓘ 清朝人物 ⓘ |
| allegiance | 清朝海军 ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| category |
中国海军史人物
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甲午战争人物 ⓘ |
| commanded | 定远舰 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | 大清 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | 自杀 ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1895 ⓘ |
| dynasty | 清朝 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | 福州船政学堂出身 ⓘ |
| era | 中国近代史早期 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | 汉族 ⓘ |
| familyName | 刘 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fateAfterWar | 甲午战争战败后自杀以谢国人 ⓘ |
| gender | 男 ⓘ |
| givenName | 步蟾 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 晚清时期 ⓘ |
| knownAs | 北洋水师名将之一 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | 中文 ⓘ |
| legacy | 被视为尽忠职守的清末海军将领 ⓘ |
| loyalTo | 清政府 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | 北洋水师 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | 中日海军对抗 ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
总兵
ⓘ
提督 ⓘ |
| name | 刘步蟾 ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | 汉语 ⓘ |
| notableFor | 甲午战争期间指挥北洋舰队作战 ⓘ |
| occupation |
海军军官
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舰长 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
威海卫保卫战
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甲午中日战争 ⓘ 黄海海战 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
北洋水师基地
NERFINISHED
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威海卫 NERFINISHED ⓘ 黄海海域 ⓘ |
| roleInFirstSinoJapaneseWar | 北洋舰队主力战舰定远舰舰长 GENERATED ⓘ |
| service | 参与北洋水师组建与训练 ⓘ |
| shipServedOn | 定远舰 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trainedIn | 近代海军军事 ⓘ |
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: 刘步蟾 Description of subject: 刘步蟾 was a late Qing Dynasty Chinese naval officer best known as a prominent admiral of the Beiyang Fleet during the First Sino-Japanese War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.