King Xiaocheng of Zhao
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King Xiaocheng of Zhao was a Warring States–period monarch of the Chinese state of Zhao, best known for his reign during which the state suffered the catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Changping against Qin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Xiaocheng of Zhao canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7984239 — 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: King Xiaocheng of Zhao Context triple: [State of Zhao, notableRuler, King Xiaocheng of Zhao]
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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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B.
King Gong of Chu
King Gong of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu who ruled during the Spring and Autumn period, continuing the lineage after the renowned King Zhuang of Chu.
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C.
King Wen of Chu
King Wen of Chu was an early monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty, known for consolidating royal authority and laying foundations for Chu’s later expansion.
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D.
King Huiwen of Zhao
King Huiwen of Zhao was a prominent Warring States-era monarch known for strengthening the Zhao state through military reforms and territorial expansion in ancient China.
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E.
King Jian of Qi
King Jian of Qi was the final monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, ruling during the late Warring States period before its conquest by Qin.
- 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: King Xiaocheng of Zhao Target entity description: King Xiaocheng of Zhao was a Warring States–period monarch of the Chinese state of Zhao, best known for his reign during which the state suffered the catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Changping against Qin.
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A.
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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B.
King Gong of Chu
King Gong of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu who ruled during the Spring and Autumn period, continuing the lineage after the renowned King Zhuang of Chu.
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C.
King Wen of Chu
King Wen of Chu was an early monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty, known for consolidating royal authority and laying foundations for Chu’s later expansion.
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D.
King Huiwen of Zhao
King Huiwen of Zhao was a prominent Warring States-era monarch known for strengthening the Zhao state through military reforms and territorial expansion in ancient China.
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E.
King Jian of Qi
King Jian of Qi was the final monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, ruling during the late Warring States period before its conquest by Qin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Zhao
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Warring States-period ruler ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith | decline of Zhao’s military power after Changping ⓘ |
| conflict | Warring States conflicts ⓘ |
| contemporaneousState |
State of Chu
ⓘ
State of Han ⓘ State of Qi ⓘ State of Qin ⓘ State of Wei ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
State of Yan ⓘ
linked to:
state of Yan
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| country |
State of Zhao
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Zhao
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| deathDate | 245 BC ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Zhao ruling house
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Zhao
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| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| father | King Huiwen of Zhao ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Ancient China ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Zhao ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Battle of Changping ⓘ |
| notableFor | catastrophic defeat of Zhao at the Battle of Changping ⓘ |
| opponentStateAtBattleOfChangping | State of Qin ⓘ |
| period | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| predecessor | King Huiwen of Zhao ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 245 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | 265 BC ⓘ |
| significantMilitaryDefeat | Battle of Changping ⓘ |
| successor | King Daoxiang of Zhao ⓘ |
| title | King of Zhao ⓘ |
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: King Xiaocheng of Zhao Description of subject: King Xiaocheng of Zhao was a Warring States–period monarch of the Chinese state of Zhao, best known for his reign during which the state suffered the catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Changping against Qin.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.