Yuan Tseh
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Yuan Tseh is a Taiwanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical reaction dynamics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yuan Tseh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2584783 — 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: Yuan Tseh Context triple: [Yuan T. Lee, givenName, Yuan Tseh]
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A.
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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B.
Pai Chung-hsi
Pai Chung-hsi is an alternate romanization of Bai Chongxi, a prominent Chinese Muslim general and political leader of the Nationalist forces in the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Ma Hiao-Tsiun
Ma Hiao-Tsiun was a Chinese-born musician and music educator best known as the father and early musical mentor of renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
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D.
Chang Hsueh-liang
Chang Hsueh-liang was a prominent Chinese warlord and political figure best known for his role in the 1936 Xi'an Incident, which forced Chiang Kai-shek to form a united front with the Communists against Japan.
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E.
Tsai Chongxin
Tsai Chongxin, better known as Joe Tsai, is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman and co-founder of Alibaba Group.
- 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: Yuan Tseh Target entity description: Yuan Tseh is a Taiwanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical reaction dynamics.
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A.
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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B.
Pai Chung-hsi
Pai Chung-hsi is an alternate romanization of Bai Chongxi, a prominent Chinese Muslim general and political leader of the Nationalist forces in the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Ma Hiao-Tsiun
Ma Hiao-Tsiun was a Chinese-born musician and music educator best known as the father and early musical mentor of renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
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D.
Chang Hsueh-liang
Chang Hsueh-liang was a prominent Chinese warlord and political figure best known for his role in the 1936 Xi'an Incident, which forced Chiang Kai-shek to form a united front with the Communists against Japan.
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E.
Tsai Chongxin
Tsai Chongxin, better known as Joe Tsai, is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman and co-founder of Alibaba Group.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ physical chemist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD in chemistry
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bachelor's degree in science ⓘ master's degree in science ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Ernest O. Lawrence Award
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Faraday Lectureship Prize ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ Wolf Prize in Chemistry ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1936-11-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hsinchu City
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linked to:
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Taiwan
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linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| doctoralAdvisor | Bruce H. Mahan ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
National Taiwan University
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National Tsing Hua University ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer |
Academia Sinica
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Lee ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemical reaction dynamics
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chemistry ⓘ physical chemistry ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Yuan Tseh ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academia Sinica
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ The World Academy of Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
United States National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
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| name |
Yuan Tseh Lee
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linked to:
Yuan T. Lee
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| nationality | Taiwanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 李遠哲 ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
advancement of understanding of energy transfer in chemical reactions
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development and use of crossed molecular beam techniques ⓘ elucidation of detailed mechanisms of chemical reactions at the molecular level ⓘ promotion of science and education policy in Taiwan ⓘ |
| notableWork | pioneering studies of the dynamics of chemical elementary processes ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of Academia Sinica
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professor of chemistry ⓘ |
| residence |
Berkeley, California
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linked to:
Berkeley
Taipei ⓘ
linked to:
Taipei, Taiwan
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