King Di Yi
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King Di Yi was a late Shang dynasty ruler in ancient China, known as the father and predecessor of the infamous last Shang king, King Zhou.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Di Yi canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8202613 — 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 Di Yi Context triple: [King Zhou of Shang, predecessor, King Di Yi]
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A.
King Di Xin
King Di Xin was the last ruler of China’s Shang dynasty, historically portrayed as a tyrant whose misrule led to the dynasty’s downfall and replacement by the Zhou.
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B.
King of Yue
The King of Yue was the monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Yue, best known from the Spring and Autumn period for rulers like Goujian who famously rebuilt their power after defeat by the state of Wu.
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C.
Zhaolie Emperor
Zhaolie Emperor is the posthumous imperial title of Liu Bei, the founding ruler of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
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D.
Prince of Jin
Prince of Jin was the princely title held by Zhao Guangyi before he ascended the throne as Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty.
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E.
Prince of Gui
Prince of Gui was the noble title held by Zhu Youlang before he became the Yongli Emperor, the last sovereign of the Southern Ming dynasty in 17th-century China.
- 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 Di Yi Target entity description: King Di Yi was a late Shang dynasty ruler in ancient China, known as the father and predecessor of the infamous last Shang king, King Zhou.
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A.
King Di Xin
King Di Xin was the last ruler of China’s Shang dynasty, historically portrayed as a tyrant whose misrule led to the dynasty’s downfall and replacement by the Zhou.
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B.
King of Yue
The King of Yue was the monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Yue, best known from the Spring and Autumn period for rulers like Goujian who famously rebuilt their power after defeat by the state of Wu.
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C.
Zhaolie Emperor
Zhaolie Emperor is the posthumous imperial title of Liu Bei, the founding ruler of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
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D.
Prince of Jin
Prince of Jin was the princely title held by Zhao Guangyi before he ascended the throne as Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty.
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E.
Prince of Gui
Prince of Gui was the noble title held by Zhu Youlang before he became the Yongli Emperor, the last sovereign of the Southern Ming dynasty in 17th-century China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese monarch
ⓘ
Shang dynasty king ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yin (Shang capital)
ⓘ
linked to:
Yinxu
|
| country | ancient China ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| deathPlace | territory of late Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| dynasty | Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| eraAfter | reign of King Zhou of Shang ⓘ |
| eraBefore |
Western Zhou dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Zhou period
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| fatherOf | King Zhou of Shang ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a late Shang ruler
ⓘ
being the father of the last Shang king ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| partOf | line of Shang kings ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Shang ⓘ |
| practicedDivination | oracle bone divination ⓘ |
| predecessor |
King Di Xin’s predecessor as Shang king
ⓘ
linked to:
Di Xin of Shang
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| reignInPeriod | late Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| religion | Shang religion ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Zi clan ⓘ |
| successor | King Zhou of Shang ⓘ |
| timeOfDeath | before the fall of Shang dynasty at Muye ⓘ |
| title |
Di Yi
ⓘ
King Di Yi ⓘ |
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 Di Yi Description of subject: King Di Yi was a late Shang dynasty ruler in ancient China, known as the father and predecessor of the infamous last Shang king, King Zhou.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.