Xiao Qiao
E731366
Xiao Qiao was a famed beauty of the late Eastern Han dynasty, historically remembered as one of the "Two Qiaos" and later romanticized in the classic Chinese novel *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8407350 — 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: Xiao Qiao Context triple: [Zhou Yu, spouse, Xiao Qiao]
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A.
Xue Fei
Xue Fei is a person notable for bearing the Chinese surname Xue.
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B.
Xingqing
Xingqing was the principal city and political center of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
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C.
Xue Jiye
Xue Jiye is a notable individual who bears the Chinese surname Xue, recognized as one of its distinguished carriers.
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D.
Sun Wan
Sun Wan is a lesser-known member of the prominent Sun family of modern Chinese politics, related to Sun Fo and thus part of the lineage of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen.
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E.
Shaoqi
Shaoqi is the given name of Liu Shaoqi, a prominent Chinese revolutionary leader and former President of the People’s Republic of 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: Xiao Qiao Target entity description: Xiao Qiao was a famed beauty of the late Eastern Han dynasty, historically remembered as one of the "Two Qiaos" and later romanticized in the classic Chinese novel *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.
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A.
Xue Fei
Xue Fei is a person notable for bearing the Chinese surname Xue.
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B.
Xingqing
Xingqing was the principal city and political center of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
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C.
Xue Jiye
Xue Jiye is a notable individual who bears the Chinese surname Xue, recognized as one of its distinguished carriers.
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D.
Sun Wan
Sun Wan is a lesser-known member of the prominent Sun family of modern Chinese politics, related to Sun Fo and thus part of the lineage of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen.
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E.
Shaoqi
Shaoqi is the given name of Liu Shaoqi, a prominent Chinese revolutionary leader and former President of the People’s Republic of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese woman
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beauty ⓘ character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Chinese films about the Three Kingdoms
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Chinese television dramas about the Three Kingdoms ⓘ Peking opera adaptations of Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Battle of Red Cliffs (in Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
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linked to:
Battle of Red Cliffs
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| associatedWithRegion |
Yangtze River delta
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linked to:
Yangtze River Delta
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| associatedWithState |
Eastern Wu (through marriage to Zhou Yu)
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linked to:
Sun family of Eastern Wu
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| category |
Chinese legendary beauties
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People of the Three Kingdoms era in popular culture ⓘ Women of the Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| culture | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| era | late 2nd century CE China ⓘ |
| familyOrigin |
Qiao family of Qiao Xuan’s lineage (traditional view)
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linked to:
Qiao family
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| fictionalizationLevel | partly historical, heavily fictionalized in Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| floruit | late Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| genreOfRepresentation | Chinese historical romance ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Qiao Xuan (possible ancestor or clan elder, traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | sparsely documented in historical records ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | highly romanticized in later literature ⓘ |
| memberOfGroup | Two Qiaos ⓘ |
| mentionedInSource |
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) – as one of the Two Qiaos
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linked to:
Records of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguo Yanyi) ⓘ
linked to:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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| nameInChineseCharacters |
小乔
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linked to:
Xiao Qiao
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| notableFor |
appearance in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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association with Zhou Yu ⓘ great beauty ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
devoted wife of Zhou Yu
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symbol of feminine beauty in Jiangdong ⓘ |
| residence |
Jiangdong
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Wu territory ⓘ |
| roleInRomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms |
motivation in some plots involving Cao Cao’s desire for the Two Qiaos
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wife of Wu general Zhou Yu ⓘ |
| sibling | Da Qiao ⓘ |
| spouse | Zhou Yu ⓘ |
| timePeriod | end of 2nd century to early 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| transliteration |
Xiǎo Qiáo
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linked to:
Xiao Qiao
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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: Xiao Qiao Description of subject: Xiao Qiao was a famed beauty of the late Eastern Han dynasty, historically remembered as one of the "Two Qiaos" and later romanticized in the classic Chinese novel *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Xiao Qiao
linked to: Xiao Qiao