Li
E81602
Li is a common Chinese surname, historically borne by some members of the Jewish community of Kaifeng.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Li canonical | 85 |
| Li (Chinese surname) | 2 |
| Li (Kaifeng Jewish surname) | 2 |
| 李 | 2 |
| Chinese surname Li (李) | 1 |
| Li (different characters with same pronunciation) | 1 |
| 黎 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T651194 — 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: Li Context triple: [Chinese Jews of Kaifeng, commonSurnames, Li]
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A.
Lin
Lin is the fugitive Australian protagonist of Gregory David Roberts' novel "Shantaram," who reinvents himself in the underworld of Bombay.
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B.
LI
LI is the Roman numeral representing the number 51.
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C.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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D.
Luo
Luo is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Luo people of East Africa, especially in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
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E.
Le
Le is a common Vietnamese surname shared by many notable figures in the country’s history and culture.
- 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: Li Target entity description: Li is a common Chinese surname, historically borne by some members of the Jewish community of Kaifeng.
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A.
Lin
Lin is the fugitive Australian protagonist of Gregory David Roberts' novel "Shantaram," who reinvents himself in the underworld of Bombay.
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B.
LI
LI is the Roman numeral representing the number 51.
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C.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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D.
Luo
Luo is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Luo people of East Africa, especially in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
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E.
Le
Le is a common Vietnamese surname shared by many notable figures in the country’s history and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese surname
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ |
| cantoneseYaleForm | Lei ⓘ |
| category |
Chinese-language surnames
ⓘ
Surnames of Jewish origin in China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | one of the classic Chinese surnames ⓘ |
| frequencyRankInChina | one of the most common surnames in China ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | gender-neutral surname ⓘ |
| hasHomophonousSurnames |
Li (different characters with same pronunciation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Li
|
| hasVariantSpelling |
Lai
ⓘ
Lee ⓘ Lei ⓘ |
| historicallyBorneBy | members of the Jewish community of Kaifeng ⓘ |
| japaneseOnReading | Ri ⓘ |
| jyutpingForm | Lei5 ⓘ |
| koreanReading | I ⓘ |
| koreanVariant | Lee ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Chinese ⓘ |
| linkedToHistoricalCommunity |
Kaifeng Jewish community
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng
|
| meaning | plum ⓘ |
| notableHistoricalBearersInclude |
Chinese poets
ⓘ
Chinese politicians ⓘ Chinese scientists ⓘ emperors of the Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | ancient Chinese clan names ⓘ |
| regionOfUsage |
Chinese diaspora communities
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ |
| romanizationOf | Chinese character 李 ⓘ |
| romanizationSystem | Hanyu Pinyin ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| transliteratedFrom | Pinyin ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Han Chinese
ⓘ
Hui ⓘ Kaifeng Jews ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng
|
| usedInCountry |
China
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| vietnameseReading | Lý ⓘ |
| WadeGilesForm | Li ⓘ |
| YaleRomanization | Lih ⓘ |
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: Li Description of subject: Li is a common Chinese surname, historically borne by some members of the Jewish community of Kaifeng.
Referenced by (94)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Li
linked to: Li
subject linked to:
Shi
linked to: Li
subject linked to:
Shi
linked to: Li
subject linked to:
Zongren
subject linked to:
Dazhao
subject linked to:
Keqiang
subject linked to:
Chinese Jews
subject linked to:
Yuanhong
subject linked to:
Li Chung-chang
subject linked to:
Lisan
subject linked to:
Weihan
subject linked to:
Mao Na
linked to: Li
subject linked to:
Hundred Family Surnames poem