Guo Shoujing
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Guo Shoujing was a prominent 13th-century Chinese astronomer, engineer, and mathematician of the Yuan dynasty, renowned for his innovations in calendar reform, hydraulic engineering, and astronomical instruments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Guo Shoujing canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6219881 — 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: Guo Shoujing Context triple: [Dadu, designedBy, Guo Shoujing]
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A.
Shen Kuo
Shen Kuo was an 11th-century Chinese polymath—scientist, statesman, engineer, and writer—renowned for his pioneering work in astronomy, mathematics, geology, and technology during the Song dynasty.
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B.
Xu Guangqi
Xu Guangqi was a prominent late Ming dynasty scholar-official, scientist, and Catholic convert known for his collaboration with Matteo Ricci and his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and agricultural reform in China.
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C.
Xie Qian
Xie Qian was a prominent Ming dynasty statesman and scholar who served as a leading official under the Hongzhi Emperor.
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D.
Tsien Hsue-shen
Tsien Hsue-shen was a pioneering Chinese aerospace engineer and rocket scientist who played a foundational role in both early American rocketry and the development of China’s missile and space programs.
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E.
Zhu Shizhen
Zhu Shizhen was a Ming dynasty nobleman and posthumously honored progenitor of the imperial Zhu family as the father of the Hongwu Emperor, founder of the Ming dynasty.
- 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: Guo Shoujing Target entity description: Guo Shoujing was a prominent 13th-century Chinese astronomer, engineer, and mathematician of the Yuan dynasty, renowned for his innovations in calendar reform, hydraulic engineering, and astronomical instruments.
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A.
Shen Kuo
Shen Kuo was an 11th-century Chinese polymath—scientist, statesman, engineer, and writer—renowned for his pioneering work in astronomy, mathematics, geology, and technology during the Song dynasty.
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B.
Xu Guangqi
Xu Guangqi was a prominent late Ming dynasty scholar-official, scientist, and Catholic convert known for his collaboration with Matteo Ricci and his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and agricultural reform in China.
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C.
Xie Qian
Xie Qian was a prominent Ming dynasty statesman and scholar who served as a leading official under the Hongzhi Emperor.
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D.
Tsien Hsue-shen
Tsien Hsue-shen was a pioneering Chinese aerospace engineer and rocket scientist who played a foundational role in both early American rocketry and the development of China’s missile and space programs.
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E.
Zhu Shizhen
Zhu Shizhen was a Ming dynasty nobleman and posthumously honored progenitor of the imperial Zhu family as the father of the Hongwu Emperor, founder of the Ming dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yuan dynasty scholar
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mathematician ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1231 ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of observational astronomy in East Asia
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development of water supply systems for the Yuan capital ⓘ improvement of calendar accuracy in China ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1316 ⓘ |
| designed |
astronomical instruments for positional measurements
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waterworks and canal systems ⓘ |
| dynasty | Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| employer |
Yuan dynasty government
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linked to:
Yuan dynasty
|
| era |
13th century
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14th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Guo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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calendar science ⓘ hydraulic engineering ⓘ instrument making ⓘ |
| givenName | Shoujing ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the most important astronomers of imperial China ⓘ |
| influenced |
calendar making in East Asia
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later Chinese astronomy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Shoushi calendar
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linked to:
traditional Chinese calendar
astronomical instruments ⓘ calendar reform ⓘ hydraulic engineering projects ⓘ |
| name | Guo Shoujing ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
construction of large-scale waterworks
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design of precise astronomical instruments ⓘ reform of the Yuan dynasty calendar system ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Shoushi calendar
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linked to:
traditional Chinese calendar
|
| occupation |
astronomer
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engineer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Dadu
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Yuan China ⓘ
linked to:
Mongol-ruled China
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| positionHeld |
imperial astronomer
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official in the Yuan astronomical bureau ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
mathematical computation in calendar design
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precise astronomical observation ⓘ |
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: Guo Shoujing Description of subject: Guo Shoujing was a prominent 13th-century Chinese astronomer, engineer, and mathematician of the Yuan dynasty, renowned for his innovations in calendar reform, hydraulic engineering, and astronomical instruments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.