Ma Lin
E175089
Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player renowned for his Olympic gold medals and exceptional skill in doubles and penhold play.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ma Lin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1524322 — 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: Ma Lin Context triple: [Ma, notableBearer, Ma Lin]
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A.
San Min Chu-i
San Min Chu-i is the national anthem of the Republic of China, expressing the political philosophy of Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the People.
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B.
Chia-Shun Yih
Chia-Shun Yih was a prominent Chinese-American fluid dynamicist known for his influential theoretical work on hydrodynamic stability and stratified flows.
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C.
Ni Kwei-tseng
Ni Kwei-tseng was a Chinese woman best known as the mother of Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) and a matriarch of the influential Soong family.
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D.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
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E.
Shan Zuchang
Shan Zuchang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as chairman of English football club West Bromwich Albion.
- 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: Ma Lin Target entity description: Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player renowned for his Olympic gold medals and exceptional skill in doubles and penhold play.
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A.
San Min Chu-i
San Min Chu-i is the national anthem of the Republic of China, expressing the political philosophy of Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the People.
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B.
Chia-Shun Yih
Chia-Shun Yih was a prominent Chinese-American fluid dynamicist known for his influential theoretical work on hydrodynamic stability and stratified flows.
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C.
Ni Kwei-tseng
Ni Kwei-tseng was a Chinese woman best known as the mother of Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) and a matriarch of the influential Soong family.
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D.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
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E.
Shan Zuchang
Shan Zuchang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as chairman of English football club West Bromwich Albion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic athlete
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human ⓘ table tennis player ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chinese Table Tennis Association ⓘ |
| coached | Chinese table tennis players ⓘ |
| competedIn |
2000 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| continentRepresented | Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | China ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1980-02-19 ⓘ |
| eraOfActivity |
2000s
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early 2010s ⓘ late 1990s ⓘ |
| eventWon |
men's doubles at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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men's doubles at the 2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ men's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ men's team at the 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| familyName | Ma ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Lin ⓘ |
| grip | Chinese penhold ⓘ |
| handedness | right-handed ⓘ |
| hasRole | coach ⓘ |
| isRetired | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
deceptive serves
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exceptional doubles play ⓘ penhold backhand techniques ⓘ strong third-ball attack ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Chinese national table tennis team
ⓘ
linked to:
China national table tennis team
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| name | Ma Lin ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 马琳 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Shenyang ⓘ |
| playingStyle | penhold grip ⓘ |
| provinceOfBirth | Liaoning ⓘ |
| specialization |
doubles
ⓘ
singles ⓘ |
| sport | table tennis ⓘ |
| wonMedal |
Olympic bronze medal
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Olympic gold medal ⓘ Olympic silver medal ⓘ |
| worldChampionIn |
men's doubles
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men's singles ⓘ mixed doubles ⓘ team event ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Ma Lin Description of subject: Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player renowned for his Olympic gold medals and exceptional skill in doubles and penhold play.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.