Lu Bu
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Lu Bu is a legendary Chinese warlord and warrior of the late Eastern Han dynasty, famed for his exceptional martial prowess, volatile loyalties, and dramatic portrayal in the classic novel *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lu Bu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7947751 — 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: Lu Bu Context triple: [Romance of the Three Kingdoms, featuresHistoricalFigure, Lu Bu]
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A.
Zhang Fei
Zhang Fei was a famed military general and sworn brother of Liu Bei who served the state of Shu Han during China’s Three Kingdoms era, renowned for his bravery, ferocity in battle, and larger-than-life personality.
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B.
Lin Chong
Lin Chong is the wife of British comedian and actor Peter Cook, known for her marriage to the influential satirist.
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C.
Kong Lin
Kong Lin is the historic family cemetery of Confucius and his descendants in Qufu, Shandong, and a major Confucian cultural heritage site in China.
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D.
Ba Lu Jun
Ba Lu Jun is the Chinese name for the Eighth Route Army, a major Communist-led force that fought against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Kong Ji
Kong Ji was a Chinese philosopher of the late Spring and Autumn period, the grandson of Confucius, traditionally regarded as the author of the Confucian classic "Doctrine of the Mean."
- 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: Lu Bu Target entity description: Lu Bu is a legendary Chinese warlord and warrior of the late Eastern Han dynasty, famed for his exceptional martial prowess, volatile loyalties, and dramatic portrayal in the classic novel *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.
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A.
Zhang Fei
Zhang Fei was a famed military general and sworn brother of Liu Bei who served the state of Shu Han during China’s Three Kingdoms era, renowned for his bravery, ferocity in battle, and larger-than-life personality.
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B.
Lin Chong
Lin Chong is the wife of British comedian and actor Peter Cook, known for her marriage to the influential satirist.
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C.
Kong Lin
Kong Lin is the historic family cemetery of Confucius and his descendants in Qufu, Shandong, and a major Confucian cultural heritage site in China.
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D.
Ba Lu Jun
Ba Lu Jun is the Chinese name for the Eighth Route Army, a major Communist-led force that fought against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Kong Ji
Kong Ji was a Chinese philosopher of the late Spring and Autumn period, the grandson of Confucius, traditionally regarded as the author of the Confucian classic "Doctrine of the Mean."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Three Kingdoms person
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fictional character ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military general ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Yuan Shu ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Dynasty Warriors series
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linked to:
Dynasty Warriors
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video games) ⓘ Total War: Three Kingdoms ⓘ
linked to:
Total War
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| associatedWith |
Battle of Hulao Pass (in Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
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Dong Zhuo assassination plot ⓘ Three Kingdoms period legends ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical Lü Bu of late Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Cao Cao ⓘ |
| country | Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Fengxian ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction |
symbol of unmatched martial skill
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warning example of disloyalty ⓘ |
| diedIn | Battle of Xiapi ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Cao Cao
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Liu Bei ⓘ Yuan Shao ⓘ |
| era | late Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| executedBy | Cao Cao ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| killed |
Ding Yuan
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Dong Zhuo ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| mount | Red Hare ⓘ |
| name |
Lü Bu
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Lü Fengxian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearance in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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exceptional martial prowess ⓘ unreliable loyalty ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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warlord ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Xiapi ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
impulsive and arrogant
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peerless warrior ⓘ treacherous subordinate ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Cao Cao
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Ding Yuan ⓘ Dong Zhuo ⓘ Yuan Shu ⓘ |
| spouse | Diaochan (in Romance of the Three Kingdoms) ⓘ |
| weapon | Fangtian Huaji (Sky Piercer halberd) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Lu Bu Description of subject: Lu Bu is a legendary Chinese warlord and warrior of the late Eastern Han dynasty, famed for his exceptional martial prowess, volatile loyalties, and dramatic portrayal in the classic novel *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.