V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)

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ambassador diplomat human international civil servant jurist politician statesman

V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) was a prominent Chinese diplomat and statesman who played key roles in early 20th-century international negotiations and represented China at major global conferences.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
V. K. Wellington Koo	5
Madame V. K. Wellington Koo	1
V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) canonical	1
Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo	1
Wellington Koo	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2187351 — 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: V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)
Context triple: [Ball, hasNotableBearer, V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)]

A. Louis Ozawa Changchien
Louis Ozawa Changchien is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Predators" and "The Bourne Legacy" as well as various television series.
B. Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
C. Peng Chun Chang
Peng Chun Chang was a Chinese diplomat, philosopher, and educator who played a key role in shaping the philosophical foundations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
D. Lien Chan
Lien Chan is a Taiwanese politician who served as Vice President of the Republic of China and later became chairman of the Kuomintang party.
E. Yap Kim Hock
Yap Kim Hock is a former Malaysian badminton player best known as a world-class men's doubles specialist and Olympic silver medalist.
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: V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)
Target entity description: V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) was a prominent Chinese diplomat and statesman who played key roles in early 20th-century international negotiations and represented China at major global conferences.

A. Louis Ozawa Changchien
Louis Ozawa Changchien is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Predators" and "The Bourne Legacy" as well as various television series.
B. Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
C. Peng Chun Chang
Peng Chun Chang was a Chinese diplomat, philosopher, and educator who played a key role in shaping the philosophical foundations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
D. Lien Chan
Lien Chan is a Taiwanese politician who served as Vice President of the Republic of China and later became chairman of the Kuomintang party.
E. Yap Kim Hock
Yap Kim Hock is a former Malaysian badminton player best known as a world-class men's doubles specialist and Olympic silver medalist.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ambassador ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ international civil servant ⓘ jurist ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ PhD ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gu Weijun ⓘ Wellington Koo Ball ⓘ
burialPlace	New York City ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	China ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1888-01-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1985-11-14 ⓘ
educatedAt	Columbia College ⓘ linked to: Columbia University Columbia Law School ⓘ Columbia University ⓘ
era	Republic of China (1912–1949) ⓘ linked to: Republic of China
ethnicGroup	Han Chinese ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	law ⓘ political science ⓘ
fullName	Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo ⓘ linked to: V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage)
languageSpoken	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ
memberOf	International Court of Justice ⓘ League of Nations commissions ⓘ linked to: League of Nations committee structure
notableFor	advocacy for Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity ⓘ opposition to the transfer of German concessions in Shandong to Japan at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ role in early 20th-century international diplomacy ⓘ
notableWork	memoirs on diplomacy and international affairs ⓘ
participatedIn	League of Nations assemblies ⓘ Paris Peace Conference, 1919 ⓘ linked to: Paris Peace Conference United Nations founding negotiations ⓘ linked to: Dumbarton Oaks Conference Washington Naval Conference ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Qing Empire ⓘ linked to: Qing dynasty Shanghai ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Kuomintang-associated diplomat ⓘ
positionHeld	Acting President of the Republic of China ⓘ linked to: President of the Republic of China Chinese Ambassador to France ⓘ Chinese Ambassador to the Court of St James's ⓘ linked to: Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom Chinese Ambassador to the League of Nations ⓘ Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ Chinese Ambassador to the United States ⓘ Judge of the International Court of Justice ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China ⓘ
represented	China at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 ⓘ China at the Washington Naval Conference ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ
residence	Beijing ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England Nanjing ⓘ New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ
spouse	Juliana Koo ⓘ Oei Hui-lan ⓘ Tang Pao-yueh ⓘ Yen Yu-yun ⓘ

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