State of Wu
E473424
The State of Wu was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn period, known for its powerful military, naval strength, and rivalry with the State of Yue.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Wu canonical | 6 |
| House of Wu | 1 |
| Kingdom of Wu | 1 |
| state of Wu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4825700 — 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: State of Wu Context triple: [Suzhou, wasCapitalOf, State of Wu]
-
A.
Eastern Wu
Eastern Wu was a powerful kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for its strong naval forces and control of the lower Yangtze River region.
-
B.
State of Han
The State of Han was a minor Warring States–period kingdom in ancient China, situated in central China and often overshadowed and pressured by more powerful neighbors such as Qin and Chu.
-
C.
State of Yue
The State of Yue was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and early Warring States periods, known for its maritime strength and legendary rivalry with the State of Wu.
-
D.
State of Jin
The State of Jin was a powerful feudal state of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, prominent during the Spring and Autumn period for its military strength and complex aristocratic politics.
-
E.
State of Chu
The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
- 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: State of Wu Target entity description: The State of Wu was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn period, known for its powerful military, naval strength, and rivalry with the State of Yue.
-
A.
Eastern Wu
Eastern Wu was a powerful kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for its strong naval forces and control of the lower Yangtze River region.
-
B.
State of Han
The State of Han was a minor Warring States–period kingdom in ancient China, situated in central China and often overshadowed and pressured by more powerful neighbors such as Qin and Chu.
-
C.
State of Yue
The State of Yue was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and early Warring States periods, known for its maritime strength and legendary rivalry with the State of Wu.
-
D.
State of Jin
The State of Jin was a powerful feudal state of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, prominent during the Spring and Autumn period for its military strength and complex aristocratic politics.
-
E.
State of Chu
The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spring and Autumn period state
ⓘ
Zhou dynasty vassal state ⓘ ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kingdom of Wu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Wu dialect region ⓘ |
| associatedWork | The Art of War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Gusu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modern Suzhou ⓘ |
| culture | Jiangnan culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy | State of Yue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
fishing
ⓘ
rice agriculture ⓘ river trade ⓘ |
| endTime | 473 BCE ⓘ |
| era |
Spring and Autumn period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Warring States context ⓘ |
| founder |
Taibo of Wu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhongyong of Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature |
Taihu Lake region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yangtze River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Records of the Grand Historian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zuo Zhuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defeat of Chu capital Ying
ⓘ
naval strength ⓘ powerful military ⓘ rivalry with the State of Yue ⓘ wars with the State of Chu ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jiangnan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lower Yangtze River region NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainRival | State of Yue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryAdvisor | Sun Tzu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryInnovation |
advanced naval warfare
ⓘ
riverine warfare tactics ⓘ use of professional troops ⓘ |
| modernLocation |
Jiangsu Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shanghai area NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhejiang Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 吳 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
King Fuchai of Wu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Helü of Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ King Liao of Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ King Shoumeng of Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originMyth | founded by princes of Zhou fleeing succession dispute ⓘ |
| otherRival |
State of Chu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Jin NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Qi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Zhou dynasty political system ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Ji clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 12th century BCE ⓘ |
| successorState | State of Yue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: State of Wu Description of subject: The State of Wu was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn period, known for its powerful military, naval strength, and rivalry with the State of Yue.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kingdom of Wu
this entity surface form:
state of Wu