Yelü Dashi
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Yelü Dashi was a Khitan noble and military leader who, after the fall of the Liao dynasty, established the Qara Khitai (Western Liao) empire in Central Asia in the 12th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yelü Dashi canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14468691 — 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: Yelü Dashi Context triple: [Qara Khitai, founder, Yelü Dashi]
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A.
Yelü Abaoji
Yelü Abaoji was the Khitan chieftain who became the first emperor of the Liao dynasty, laying the foundations of a powerful multi-ethnic empire in northern China in the 10th century.
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B.
Huzhu Monguor
Huzhu Monguor is a major dialect of the Monguor (Tu) language spoken primarily in Huzhu County of Qinghai Province, China.
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C.
Changshi Khan
Changshi Khan was a 14th-century ruler of the Chagatai Khanate, a Mongol successor state in Central Asia.
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D.
Kerei Khan
Kerei Khan was a 15th-century Kazakh leader recognized as one of the first khans and a founding figure of the Kazakh Khanate.
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E.
Emperor Tianzuo of Liao
Emperor Tianzuo of Liao was the final emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty, whose defeat marked the dynasty’s collapse and the rise of the Jin dynasty in northern China.
- 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: Yelü Dashi Target entity description: Yelü Dashi was a Khitan noble and military leader who, after the fall of the Liao dynasty, established the Qara Khitai (Western Liao) empire in Central Asia in the 12th century.
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A.
Yelü Abaoji
Yelü Abaoji was the Khitan chieftain who became the first emperor of the Liao dynasty, laying the foundations of a powerful multi-ethnic empire in northern China in the 10th century.
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B.
Huzhu Monguor
Huzhu Monguor is a major dialect of the Monguor (Tu) language spoken primarily in Huzhu County of Qinghai Province, China.
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C.
Changshi Khan
Changshi Khan was a 14th-century ruler of the Chagatai Khanate, a Mongol successor state in Central Asia.
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D.
Kerei Khan
Kerei Khan was a 15th-century Kazakh leader recognized as one of the first khans and a founding figure of the Kazakh Khanate.
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E.
Emperor Tianzuo of Liao
Emperor Tianzuo of Liao was the final emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty, whose defeat marked the dynasty’s collapse and the rise of the Jin dynasty in northern China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.