Nine-Dragon Screen
E1036754
The Nine-Dragon Screen is a famous glazed-tile wall in Beijing renowned for its vivid reliefs of nine dragons and exquisite Qing-era craftsmanship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nine-Dragon Screen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13361745 — 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: Nine-Dragon Screen Context triple: [Beihai Park, hasPart, Nine-Dragon Screen]
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A.
Nine Dragons
"Nine Dragons" is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring LAPD detective Harry Bosch as he investigates a case that takes him from Los Angeles to Hong Kong.
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B.
Tianhuang Daowu
Tianhuang Daowu was a prominent Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the Tang dynasty, known as a key successor in the Caodong/Sōtō lineage and an influential figure in classical Zen koan literature.
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C.
The Chinese Dragon
"The Chinese Dragon" is a poem that draws on traditional Chinese dragon imagery and symbolism, likely exploring themes of myth, power, and cultural identity.
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D.
Crouching Dragon
Crouching Dragon is the famous style name of Zhuge Liang, the legendary strategist and statesman of the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history.
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E.
Hangjin Houqi
Hangjin Houqi is a banner-level administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China, known for its desert landscapes and role in regional agriculture and animal husbandry.
- 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: Nine-Dragon Screen Target entity description: The Nine-Dragon Screen is a famous glazed-tile wall in Beijing renowned for its vivid reliefs of nine dragons and exquisite Qing-era craftsmanship.
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A.
Nine Dragons
"Nine Dragons" is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring LAPD detective Harry Bosch as he investigates a case that takes him from Los Angeles to Hong Kong.
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B.
Tianhuang Daowu
Tianhuang Daowu was a prominent Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the Tang dynasty, known as a key successor in the Caodong/Sōtō lineage and an influential figure in classical Zen koan literature.
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C.
The Chinese Dragon
"The Chinese Dragon" is a poem that draws on traditional Chinese dragon imagery and symbolism, likely exploring themes of myth, power, and cultural identity.
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D.
Crouching Dragon
Crouching Dragon is the famous style name of Zhuge Liang, the legendary strategist and statesman of the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history.
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E.
Hangjin Houqi
Hangjin Houqi is a banner-level administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China, known for its desert landscapes and role in regional agriculture and animal husbandry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural structure
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screen wall ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Chinese palace architecture ⓘ |
| artStyle |
polychrome glazed decoration
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relief sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese dragon iconography
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imperial palace complex ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Forbidden City architectural ensemble
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linked to:
Forbidden City
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| category |
Nine-Dragon Walls in China
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linked to:
Nine Dragon Wall
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| color |
blue
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green ⓘ purple ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| colorScheme | multicolored ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| craftsmanship | exquisite Qing-era craftsmanship ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
auspicious symbol in Chinese culture
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symbol of imperial power ⓘ |
| depicts | nine dragons ⓘ |
| era | Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| feature |
cloud and wave motifs
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decorated top rail ⓘ ornamental base ⓘ vivid dragon reliefs ⓘ |
| function |
decorative screen
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spirit wall ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nine-Dragon Wall
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linked to:
Nine Dragon Wall
|
| hasChineseName |
九龙壁
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linked to:
Nine Dragon Wall
|
| hasNumberOfMainFigures | 9 ⓘ |
| heritage | Chinese imperial architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beijing
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Forbidden City ⓘ |
| locatedNear | palace halls of the Forbidden City ⓘ |
| material |
ceramic
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glazed tiles ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | well-preserved ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
photography
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tourist guides ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
authority of the emperor
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good fortune ⓘ power and strength ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction in Beijing ⓘ |
| usedFor | display of imperial aesthetics ⓘ |
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: Nine-Dragon Screen Description of subject: The Nine-Dragon Screen is a famous glazed-tile wall in Beijing renowned for its vivid reliefs of nine dragons and exquisite Qing-era craftsmanship.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.