Green Gang
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The Green Gang was a powerful Chinese criminal organization based in Shanghai that wielded significant political influence in the early 20th century through its ties to nationalist leaders and involvement in organized crime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green Gang canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4828272 — 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: Green Gang Context triple: [Shanghai massacre of 1927, mainPerpetrator, Green Gang]
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A.
North Side Gang
The North Side Gang was a powerful Prohibition-era Irish-American organized crime group in Chicago, best known for its violent rivalry with Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit.
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B.
The Gang
The Gang is the dysfunctional central group of friends in the TV sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," known for their selfish schemes and morally questionable antics.
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C.
Cairo Gang
The Cairo Gang was a group of British intelligence officers operating in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence who were assassinated by Michael Collins’s IRA squad on Bloody Sunday in 1920.
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D.
Machine Gun Corps
The Machine Gun Corps was a specialized British Army unit formed during World War I to provide concentrated machine-gun fire support on the battlefield.
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E.
Bannerman Road gang
The Bannerman Road gang is a group of young friends and allies who assist Sarah Jane Smith in investigating alien activity and protecting Earth in the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
- 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: Green Gang Target entity description: The Green Gang was a powerful Chinese criminal organization based in Shanghai that wielded significant political influence in the early 20th century through its ties to nationalist leaders and involvement in organized crime.
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A.
North Side Gang
The North Side Gang was a powerful Prohibition-era Irish-American organized crime group in Chicago, best known for its violent rivalry with Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit.
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B.
The Gang
The Gang is the dysfunctional central group of friends in the TV sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," known for their selfish schemes and morally questionable antics.
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C.
Cairo Gang
The Cairo Gang was a group of British intelligence officers operating in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence who were assassinated by Michael Collins’s IRA squad on Bloody Sunday in 1920.
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D.
Machine Gun Corps
The Machine Gun Corps was a specialized British Army unit formed during World War I to provide concentrated machine-gun fire support on the battlefield.
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E.
Bannerman Road gang
The Bannerman Road gang is a group of young friends and allies who assist Sarah Jane Smith in investigating alien activity and protecting Earth in the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal organization
ⓘ
secret society ⓘ triad-like organization ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Republic of China
ⓘ
Shanghai ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Republican era China
ⓘ
linked to:
Republican era of China
early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ |
| activity |
extortion
ⓘ
gambling ⓘ labor racketeering ⓘ opium trafficking ⓘ political intimidation ⓘ prostitution ⓘ |
| allyOf | Kuomintang ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ |
| basedIn |
French Concession, Shanghai
ⓘ
linked to:
Shanghai French Concession
International Settlement, Shanghai ⓘ
linked to:
Shanghai International Settlement
|
| controlled |
dockworkers in Shanghai
ⓘ
labor unions in Shanghai ⓘ rickshaw pullers in Shanghai ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| declineCause | Communist takeover of Shanghai in 1949 ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late 1940s ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ch’ing Pang
ⓘ
Qing Bang ⓘ |
| incomeSource |
illegal gambling
ⓘ
narcotics trade ⓘ protection rackets ⓘ |
| influence |
Chinese nationalist government
ⓘ
Shanghai municipal politics ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Chinese politics
ⓘ
Shanghai underworld ⓘ |
| involvedInEvent |
1927 Shanghai massacre
ⓘ
linked to:
Shanghai massacre of 1927
|
| knownFor | close ties between organized crime and politics in Shanghai ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| location | Shanghai ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Du Yuesheng
ⓘ
Huang Jinrong ⓘ Zhang Xiaolin ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| origin |
Huizhou salt-smuggling gangs
ⓘ
secret societies in lower Yangtze region ⓘ |
| peakInfluencePeriod |
1920s
ⓘ
1930s ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Kuomintang ⓘ |
| roleIn1927ShanghaiMassacre | suppression of Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| supported | Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Green Gang Description of subject: The Green Gang was a powerful Chinese criminal organization based in Shanghai that wielded significant political influence in the early 20th century through its ties to nationalist leaders and involvement in organized crime.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.