Shou
E719285
Shou is the personal name of King Zhou of Shang, the last ruler of China’s Shang dynasty, often depicted in tradition as a tyrannical and decadent monarch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shou canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8202615 — 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: Shou Context triple: [King Zhou of Shang, personalName, Shou]
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A.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the early Edo period, used for a brief span in the mid-17th century.
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B.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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C.
Shinmei
Shinmei is a divine title associated with Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan revered as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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D.
Shoto
Shoto is an upscale residential neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, known for its quiet streets, cultural institutions, and affluent atmosphere.
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E.
Shinzei
Shinzei was a prominent Japanese Buddhist monk of the Heian period known for his influential role in the development and propagation of Shingon esoteric teachings.
- 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: Shou Target entity description: Shou is the personal name of King Zhou of Shang, the last ruler of China’s Shang dynasty, often depicted in tradition as a tyrannical and decadent monarch.
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A.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the early Edo period, used for a brief span in the mid-17th century.
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B.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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C.
Shinmei
Shinmei is a divine title associated with Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan revered as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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D.
Shoto
Shoto is an upscale residential neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, known for its quiet streets, cultural institutions, and affluent atmosphere.
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E.
Shinzei
Shinzei was a prominent Japanese Buddhist monk of the Heian period known for his influential role in the development and propagation of Shingon esoteric teachings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ChineseMonarch
ⓘ
historicalPerson ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Daji
ⓘ
fall of the Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
ancient China
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient China
|
| deathCause | suicide (traditional accounts) ⓘ |
| depictedIn | Fengshen Yanyi ⓘ |
| dynasticAffiliation | Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| eraEnd | transition from Shang to Zhou ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | negative ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cruelty
ⓘ
extravagance ⓘ misrule ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bamboo Annals
ⓘ
Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ |
| nameUsage | personalName ⓘ |
| notableFor | being last ruler of Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| overthrownBy |
King Wu of Zhou
ⓘ
Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| personalName | Shou ⓘ |
| personalNameOf | King Zhou of Shang ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
debauchedRuler
ⓘ
tyrant ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Shang ⓘ |
| realm | China ⓘ |
| reignCharacteristic |
decadent
ⓘ
tyrannical ⓘ |
| spouse | Daji ⓘ |
| succeededBy | King Wu of Zhou ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
late Shang dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Shang dynasty
|
| title |
King of Shang
ⓘ
Last King of Shang ⓘ |
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: Shou Description of subject: Shou is the personal name of King Zhou of Shang, the last ruler of China’s Shang dynasty, often depicted in tradition as a tyrannical and decadent monarch.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Shou