Warlord Era of China

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The Warlord Era of China was a turbulent period in the early 20th century when the country was fragmented among competing military cliques and regional strongmen following the fall of the Qing dynasty.

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Label	Occurrences
Warlord Era in China	11
Chinese Warlord Era	8
Warlord Era of China canonical	1
Warlord Era of the Republic of China	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19266830 — 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: Warlord Era of China
Context triple: [He Jian, historicalPeriod, Warlord Era of China]

A. Three Kingdoms period
The Three Kingdoms period was a turbulent era in Chinese history (220–280 CE) marked by the division of China into the rival states of Wei, Shu, and Wu, extensive warfare, and legendary figures later romanticized in classic literature.
B. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was a time of political fragmentation and rapid dynastic change in China between the Tang and Song dynasties, marked by short-lived northern regimes and multiple concurrent southern kingdoms.
C. Later Three Kingdoms
The Later Three Kingdoms was a period of political fragmentation and rival Korean states in the late 9th and early 10th centuries, preceding the unification under the Goryeo dynasty.
D. Tianshun era
The Tianshun era was a brief mid-15th-century period in Ming dynasty China marked by the restored rule of Emperor Yingzong after his return from captivity and political upheaval.
E. Longqing era
The Longqing era was a brief Ming dynasty reign period (1567–1572) marked by moderate reforms and a partial recovery following the tumultuous rule of the Jiajing Emperor.
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: Warlord Era of China
Target entity description: The Warlord Era of China was a turbulent period in the early 20th century when the country was fragmented among competing military cliques and regional strongmen following the fall of the Qing dynasty.

A. Three Kingdoms period
The Three Kingdoms period was a turbulent era in Chinese history (220–280 CE) marked by the division of China into the rival states of Wei, Shu, and Wu, extensive warfare, and legendary figures later romanticized in classic literature.
B. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was a time of political fragmentation and rapid dynastic change in China between the Tang and Song dynasties, marked by short-lived northern regimes and multiple concurrent southern kingdoms.
C. Later Three Kingdoms
The Later Three Kingdoms was a period of political fragmentation and rival Korean states in the late 9th and early 10th centuries, preceding the unification under the Goryeo dynasty.
D. Tianshun era
The Tianshun era was a brief mid-15th-century period in Ming dynasty China marked by the restored rule of Emperor Yingzong after his return from captivity and political upheaval.
E. Longqing era
The Longqing era was a brief Ming dynasty reign period (1567–1572) marked by moderate reforms and a partial recovery following the tumultuous rule of the Jiajing Emperor.
F. None of above. chosen