state of Cao
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The state of Cao was a small Zhou dynasty vassal state in ancient China that existed during the early to middle Eastern Zhou era before being annexed by larger neighboring powers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Cao | 2 |
| state of Cao canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7946710 — 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 Cao Context triple: [Spring and Autumn period, hasPart, state of Cao]
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A.
State of Wu
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
State of Guo
The State of Guo was a small ancient Chinese vassal state that existed during the early Zhou dynasty period.
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D.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
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E.
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.
- 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 Cao Target entity description: The state of Cao was a small Zhou dynasty vassal state in ancient China that existed during the early to middle Eastern Zhou era before being annexed by larger neighboring powers.
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A.
State of Wu
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
State of Guo
The State of Guo was a small ancient Chinese vassal state that existed during the early Zhou dynasty period.
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D.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zhou dynasty vassal state
ⓘ
ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| conflictType | involved in interstate warfare among Zhou states ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
Eastern Zhou period
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Zhou
Spring and Autumn period ⓘ |
| fate | annexed by neighboring states ⓘ |
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
early Eastern Zhou
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Zhou
middle Eastern Zhou ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ancient China ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Chinese historical records ⓘ |
| partOf | Zhou dynasty feudal system ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | vassal state ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | feudal state under Zhou suzerainty ⓘ |
| region |
Central Plains of China
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Plains region of China
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| relativeSize | small state ⓘ |
| role | minor power among Zhou vassal states ⓘ |
| subordinationTo | Zhou royal house ⓘ |
| successorState | larger neighboring powers of Eastern Zhou period ⓘ |
| tributaryTo | Zhou dynasty kings ⓘ |
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 Cao Description of subject: The state of Cao was a small Zhou dynasty vassal state in ancient China that existed during the early to middle Eastern Zhou era before being annexed by larger neighboring powers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.