Xiang Yu
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Xiang Yu was a prominent warlord and military leader of the late Qin dynasty whose rivalry with Liu Bang shaped the founding of the Han dynasty.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xiang Yu canonical | 10 |
| Hegemon-King of Western Chu | 2 |
| Xiangyu | 1 |
| 西楚霸王项羽 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7824688 — 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: Xiang Yu Context triple: [Emperor Gaozu of Han, notableOpponent, Xiang Yu]
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A.
Xiang Ying
Xiang Ying was a prominent Chinese Communist military and political leader who played a key role in organizing and directing guerrilla resistance against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
Li Shang
Li Shang is a disciplined and honorable Chinese army captain who becomes Mulan’s commanding officer and eventual love interest in Disney’s animated film "Mulan."
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C.
Qin Bangxian
Qin Bangxian, better known by his alias Bo Gu, was a prominent early leader and theoretician of the Chinese Communist Party who played a key role in its revolutionary activities during the 1930s.
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D.
King Huai of Chu
King Huai of Chu was a Warring States–period monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu, remembered for his political struggles with the state of Qin and his eventual capture and death in Qin territory.
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E.
Qin Er Shi
Qin Er Shi was the second and last emperor of China’s Qin dynasty, whose short and troubled reign contributed to the dynasty’s rapid collapse.
- 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: Xiang Yu Target entity description: Xiang Yu was a prominent warlord and military leader of the late Qin dynasty whose rivalry with Liu Bang shaped the founding of the Han dynasty.
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A.
Xiang Ying
Xiang Ying was a prominent Chinese Communist military and political leader who played a key role in organizing and directing guerrilla resistance against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
Li Shang
Li Shang is a disciplined and honorable Chinese army captain who becomes Mulan’s commanding officer and eventual love interest in Disney’s animated film "Mulan."
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C.
Qin Bangxian
Qin Bangxian, better known by his alias Bo Gu, was a prominent early leader and theoretician of the Chinese Communist Party who played a key role in its revolutionary activities during the 1930s.
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D.
King Huai of Chu
King Huai of Chu was a Warring States–period monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu, remembered for his political struggles with the state of Qin and his eventual capture and death in Qin territory.
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E.
Qin Er Shi
Qin Er Shi was the second and last emperor of China’s Qin dynasty, whose short and troubled reign contributed to the dynasty’s rapid collapse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chu general
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Western Chu
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Chu (Xiang Yu’s regime)
|
| birthYear | 232 BC ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| conflict |
Chu–Han Contention
ⓘ
Qin dynasty collapse ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Liu Bang
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Gaozu of Han
|
| country | China ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Yu ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Wu River ⓘ |
| deathYear | 202 BC ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Liu Bang at the Battle of Gaixia ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Chu–Han Contention period
ⓘ
linked to:
Chu–Han Contention
Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| era |
early Han dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Han period
late Qin dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Qin dynasty
|
| familyName | Xiang ⓘ |
| givenName | Ji ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| influenced | founding of the Han dynasty ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bravery in battle
ⓘ
personal martial prowess ⓘ strategic but impulsive leadership ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| ledBattle |
Battle of Gaixia
ⓘ
Battle of Julu ⓘ Battle of Pengcheng ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Hegemon-King of Western Chu
ⓘ
linked to:
Xiang Yu
|
| name | Xiang Yu ⓘ |
| nativeOf | Xiaxiang ⓘ |
| nativeRegion | Chu ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Battle of Gaixia
ⓘ
Battle of Julu ⓘ contributing to the fall of the Qin dynasty ⓘ leading rebellion against the Qin dynasty ⓘ rivalry with Liu Bang ⓘ role in the Chu–Han Contention ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
warlord ⓘ |
| opponentInWar |
Liu Bang
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Gaozu of Han
|
| rebelledAgainst | Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| rival |
Liu Bang
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Gaozu of Han
|
| title |
Hegemon-King of Western Chu
ⓘ
linked to:
Xiang Yu
|
| victoryOver | Qin forces at the Battle of Julu ⓘ |
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: Xiang Yu Description of subject: Xiang Yu was a prominent warlord and military leader of the late Qin dynasty whose rivalry with Liu Bang shaped the founding of the Han dynasty.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Xiang Yu
linked to: Xiang Yu