Tolui
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Tolui was a prominent Mongol general and the fourth son of Genghis Khan, known for his key role in expanding and consolidating the Mongol Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tolui canonical | 25 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1189281 — 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: Tolui Context triple: [Kublai Khan, father, Tolui]
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A.
Subutai
Subutai was a brilliant 13th-century Mongol general and primary strategist of Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan, renowned for his far-ranging campaigns and innovative military tactics across Asia and Europe.
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B.
Batu Khan
Batu Khan was a 13th-century Mongol ruler and military commander who founded the Golden Horde and led the Mongol invasions of Eastern Europe.
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C.
Ögedei Khan
Ögedei Khan was the third son of Genghis Khan and the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, under whose rule the empire reached its greatest territorial extent into Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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D.
Shungnak
Shungnak is a small Inupiat village in northwestern Alaska known for its remote location above the Arctic Circle and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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E.
Urga
Urga is the historical name of Mongolia’s capital city, now known as Ulaanbaatar.
- 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: Tolui Target entity description: Tolui was a prominent Mongol general and the fourth son of Genghis Khan, known for his key role in expanding and consolidating the Mongol Empire.
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A.
Subutai
Subutai was a brilliant 13th-century Mongol general and primary strategist of Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan, renowned for his far-ranging campaigns and innovative military tactics across Asia and Europe.
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B.
Batu Khan
Batu Khan was a 13th-century Mongol ruler and military commander who founded the Golden Horde and led the Mongol invasions of Eastern Europe.
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C.
Ögedei Khan
Ögedei Khan was the third son of Genghis Khan and the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, under whose rule the empire reached its greatest territorial extent into Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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D.
Shungnak
Shungnak is a small Inupiat village in northwestern Alaska known for its remote location above the Arctic Circle and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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E.
Urga
Urga is the historical name of Mongolia’s capital city, now known as Ulaanbaatar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mongol general
ⓘ
Mongol prince ⓘ historical figure ⓘ member of the Borjigin clan ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mongolia ⓘ |
| child |
Ariq Böke
ⓘ
Hülegü Khan ⓘ Kublai Khan ⓘ Möngke Khan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mongol Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Mongol nomadic aristocracy ⓘ |
| dynasty | Borjigin ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mongol ⓘ |
| father | Genghis Khan ⓘ |
| fullName | Tolui self-link ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Mongol conquest of the Khwarezmian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire
Mongol–Jin War ⓘ
surface form:
Mongol invasion of Northern China
Mongol–Jin War ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| mother | Börte ⓘ |
| notableAction |
led rear guard during Mongol campaigns in Central Asia
ⓘ
oversaw campaigns against the Jin dynasty ⓘ played key role in succession after Genghis Khan ⓘ |
| notableCommanderFor |
Genghis Khan
ⓘ
Ögedei Khan ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Ariq Böke
ⓘ
Börte ⓘ Genghis Khan ⓘ Hülegü Khan ⓘ Kublai Khan ⓘ Möngke Khan ⓘ Sorghaghtani Beki ⓘ |
| notableWork |
consolidation of the Mongol Empire
ⓘ
expansion of the Mongol Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld | regent of the Mongol Empire ⓘ |
| regencyFor |
Mongol Empire
ⓘ
Ögedei Khan ⓘ |
| religion | traditional Mongol religion ⓘ |
| roleInSuccession | supported Ögedei as Great Khan ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Chagatai Khanate
ⓘ
surface form:
Chagatai
Jochi ⓘ Ögedei Khan ⓘ
surface form:
Ögedei
|
| spouse | Sorghaghtani Beki ⓘ |
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: Tolui Description of subject: Tolui was a prominent Mongol general and the fourth son of Genghis Khan, known for his key role in expanding and consolidating the Mongol Empire.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Möngke Khan
subject surface form:
Ögedei Khan