Han clan
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The Han clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages in ancient China that emerged as a major feudal state following the breakup of the Jin kingdom during the Warring States period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Han clan canonical | 6 |
| Han clan (韓氏) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7984291 — 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: Han clan Context triple: [Partition of Jin, involvedClan, Han clan]
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A.
Ji clan
The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
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B.
Sun clan
The Sun clan was the ruling family of the Eastern Wu state during China’s Three Kingdoms period, producing warlords such as Sun Quan who established and led the regime.
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C.
Sima clan
The Sima clan was a powerful Chinese family that rose to dominance as regents of the Cao Wei state and ultimately founded the Jin dynasty, unifying China in the 3rd century.
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D.
Yang clan
The Yang clan is a historically prominent Chinese family lineage known for producing influential military leaders, scholars, and officials across various dynasties.
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E.
Xiong clan
The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
- 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: Han clan Target entity description: The Han clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages in ancient China that emerged as a major feudal state following the breakup of the Jin kingdom during the Warring States period.
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A.
Ji clan
The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
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B.
Sun clan
The Sun clan was the ruling family of the Eastern Wu state during China’s Three Kingdoms period, producing warlords such as Sun Quan who established and led the regime.
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C.
Sima clan
The Sima clan was a powerful Chinese family that rose to dominance as regents of the Cao Wei state and ultimately founded the Jin dynasty, unifying China in the 3rd century.
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D.
Yang clan
The Yang clan is a historically prominent Chinese family lineage known for producing influential military leaders, scholars, and officials across various dynasties.
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E.
Xiong clan
The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | aristocratic lineage ⓘ |
| concurrentWith |
Wei clan
ⓘ
Zhao clan ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| developedInto | State of Han ⓘ |
| dissolvedWith | conquest of Han by Qin ⓘ |
| emergedAfter | partition of Jin ⓘ |
| emergedFrom |
Jin state
ⓘ
linked to:
Jin (state)
|
| ethnicity | Chinese ⓘ |
| governmentForm | hereditary monarchy in State of Han ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | regional politics in pre-imperial China ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalSystemRole | feudal lords ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Eastern Zhou period
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Zhou
|
| historicalPeriod | Warring States period ⓘ |
| involvedIn | interstate warfare of the Warring States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
control of the State of Han
ⓘ
political power during Warring States period ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
ancient China
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient China
|
| partOf | Zhou dynasty feudal system ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | feudal ruling lineage ⓘ |
| powerBase | landed aristocracy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Jin ruling house ⓘ |
| region |
Central Plains of China
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Plains region of China
Yellow River basin ⓘ |
| socialStatus | hereditary nobility ⓘ |
| sourceOfLegitimacy | Zhou royal enfeoffment ⓘ |
| typeOfNobility | zhuhou (feudal lords) ⓘ |
| wasRulingHouseOf | State of Han ⓘ |
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: Han clan Description of subject: The Han clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages in ancient China that emerged as a major feudal state following the breakup of the Jin kingdom during the Warring States period.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.