Maguan
E560007
Maguan is a town in Shimonoseki, Japan, historically notable as the site where the Treaty of Shimonoseki (also known as the Treaty of Maguan) was signed, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maguan canonical | 1 |
| Maguan (Chinese name for Shimonoseki in treaty context) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5985496 — 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: Maguan Context triple: [Treaty of Maguan, locationSigned, Maguan]
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A.
Maonan
The Maonan are a small ethnic minority group in southern China known for their distinct Kam–Sui language, traditional rice farming, and rich folk customs.
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B.
Magui
Magui is a common affectionate nickname or diminutive form of the Portuguese given name Margarida.
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C.
Machang
Machang is a town and administrative district in the Malaysian state of Kelantan, known for its semi-urban character and role as a local commercial and educational hub.
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D.
Guguan
Guguan is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain in the western Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Guting
Guting is a key Taipei Metro station in central Taipei that serves as a transfer point between multiple subway lines.
- 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: Maguan Target entity description: Maguan is a town in Shimonoseki, Japan, historically notable as the site where the Treaty of Shimonoseki (also known as the Treaty of Maguan) was signed, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.
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A.
Maonan
The Maonan are a small ethnic minority group in southern China known for their distinct Kam–Sui language, traditional rice farming, and rich folk customs.
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B.
Magui
Magui is a common affectionate nickname or diminutive form of the Portuguese given name Margarida.
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C.
Machang
Machang is a town and administrative district in the Malaysian state of Kelantan, known for its semi-urban character and role as a local commercial and educational hub.
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D.
Guguan
Guguan is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain in the western Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Guting
Guting is a key Taipei Metro station in central Taipei that serves as a transfer point between multiple subway lines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical site
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| alternativeNameForm |
Maguan (Chinese name for Shimonoseki in treaty context)
ⓘ
linked to:
Maguan
|
| associatedWith |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japan
Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| era |
Meiji period
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji era
|
| eventDateOfAssociatedTreaty | 1895 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
Cession of Taiwan and the Pescadores from Qing China to Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Treaty of Shimonoseki
End of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
linked to:
First Sino-Japanese War
Recognition of Korean independence from China ⓘ |
| historicalNameAssociation | Maguan Treaty ⓘ |
| languageOfAlternativeName | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Shimonoseki ⓘ
linked to:
Shimonoseki City
Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnBodyOfWater | Kanmon Straits ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Treaty of Maguan
ⓘ
Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ |
| partOf | Shimonoseki ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Japanese imperial expansion in East Asia
ⓘ
Sino-Japanese relations ⓘ late Qing reforms ⓘ |
| roleIn | First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki
ⓘ
linked to:
Treaty of Shimonoseki
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| treatyEnded | First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| treatyTypeAssociated | peace treaty ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Maguan Description of subject: Maguan is a town in Shimonoseki, Japan, historically notable as the site where the Treaty of Shimonoseki (also known as the Treaty of Maguan) was signed, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maguan