Sui dynasty
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The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but pivotal Chinese imperial dynasty (581–618 CE) that reunified China after centuries of division and laid the foundations for the subsequent Tang dynasty through major administrative and infrastructural reforms.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sui dynasty canonical | 24 |
| Sui dynasty China | 1 |
| Sui dynasty period | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T696922 — 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: Sui dynasty Context triple: [Great Wall of China, rebuiltBy, Sui dynasty]
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A.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty was a powerful and culturally flourishing imperial era of China (618–907 CE) renowned for its advances in art, literature, technology, and cosmopolitan trade along the Silk Road.
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Jin dynasty
The Jin dynasty was a Jurchen-led imperial dynasty that ruled northern China from the early 12th to the early 13th century, known for its military strength, conflicts with the Song and Mongol empires, and significant architectural and cultural developments.
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Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of a unified China, known for centralizing power, standardizing writing and measurements, and initiating construction of the Great Wall.
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Song dynasty
The Song dynasty was a major Chinese imperial dynasty (960–1279) known for its economic prosperity, urbanization, technological innovation, and flourishing arts and culture.
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E.
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty established by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan that ruled China as part of the vast Mongol Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.
- 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: Sui dynasty Target entity description: The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but pivotal Chinese imperial dynasty (581–618 CE) that reunified China after centuries of division and laid the foundations for the subsequent Tang dynasty through major administrative and infrastructural reforms.
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A.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty was a powerful and culturally flourishing imperial era of China (618–907 CE) renowned for its advances in art, literature, technology, and cosmopolitan trade along the Silk Road.
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B.
Jin dynasty
The Jin dynasty was a Jurchen-led imperial dynasty that ruled northern China from the early 12th to the early 13th century, known for its military strength, conflicts with the Song and Mongol empires, and significant architectural and cultural developments.
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C.
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of a unified China, known for centralizing power, standardizing writing and measurements, and initiating construction of the Great Wall.
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D.
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty was a major Chinese imperial dynasty (960–1279) known for its economic prosperity, urbanization, technological innovation, and flourishing arts and culture.
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E.
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty established by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan that ruled China as part of the vast Mongol Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese dynasty
ⓘ
imperial dynasty ⓘ |
| capital |
Daxing District
ⓘ
surface form:
Daxing
Luoyang ⓘ |
| causeOfDecline |
costly Korean campaigns
ⓘ
heavy taxation and corvée labor ⓘ military overextension ⓘ widespread rebellions ⓘ |
| constructed |
Grand Canal of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Canal
defensive fortifications along northern frontier ⓘ extensive road network ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currency | Wu Zhu cash coins ⓘ |
| endTime | 618 ⓘ |
| eraName |
Daye
ⓘ
Kaihuang ⓘ |
| firstEmperor | Emperor Wen of Sui ⓘ |
| followedBy | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| founder | Emperor Wen of Sui ⓘ |
| governmentType |
centralized bureaucracy
ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
6th century
ⓘ
7th century ⓘ |
| introduced | imperial examination system ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administrative reforms
ⓘ
foundation for Tang dynasty institutions ⓘ major infrastructure projects ⓘ reunification of China ⓘ |
| lastEmperor | Emperor Gong of Sui ⓘ |
| linked |
Yangtze River basin
ⓘ
Yellow River basin ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Emperor Wen of Sui
ⓘ
Emperor Yang of Sui ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Imperial China ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Chen dynasty
ⓘ
Northern Zhou ⓘ |
| reform |
centralized administrative structure
ⓘ
equal-field land system ⓘ standardized local administration ⓘ taxation system ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ Daoism ⓘ |
| reunifiedAfter | Northern and Southern dynasties period ⓘ |
| startTime | 581 ⓘ |
| successorState | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| unified |
North China
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern China
southern China ⓘ
surface form:
Southern China
|
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: Sui dynasty Description of subject: The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but pivotal Chinese imperial dynasty (581–618 CE) that reunified China after centuries of division and laid the foundations for the subsequent Tang dynasty through major administrative and infrastructural reforms.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sui dynasty period
subject surface form:
Ichinen sanzen
this entity surface form:
Sui dynasty China
subject surface form:
Tiantai Mountain
subject surface form:
Yang Jian