King of Chu
E731645
The King of Chu was the hereditary monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu, a powerful kingdom during the Zhou dynasty and Warring States period.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King of Chu canonical | 14 |
| House of Chu | 4 |
| King Fu of Chu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8066497 — 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 of Chu Context triple: [King Kaolie of Chu, title, King of Chu]
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A.
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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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.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 of Chu Target entity description: The King of Chu was the hereditary monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu, a powerful kingdom during the Zhou dynasty and Warring States period.
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A.
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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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.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
ⓘ
hereditary monarch ⓘ royal title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | State of Chu ⓘ |
| country | State of Chu ⓘ |
| endTime | 221 BCE ⓘ |
| follows | Chu succession customs ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Danyang (early Chu capital)
ⓘ
linked to:
Danyang
Ying (later Chu capital) ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSphere | Chu culture ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
conduct diplomacy with other Zhou states
ⓘ
govern Chu territory ⓘ lead Chu armies ⓘ perform state rituals ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Chu military expansion
ⓘ
Warring States diplomacy ⓘ politics of southern China ⓘ |
| hasPart |
King of Chu’s court
ⓘ
King of Chu’s military command ⓘ King of Chu’s royal household ⓘ |
| hasReligion | ancient Chinese religion ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | Chu royal regalia ⓘ |
| heritage | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| inception | early Spring and Autumn period ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedInTime |
Spring and Autumn period
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Warring States period ⓘ Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf |
Warring States period political system
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Zhou dynasty political system ⓘ
linked to:
Zhou ritual system
|
| positionHeldBy |
King Ai of Chu
ⓘ
King Cheng of Chu ⓘ King Fuchu of Chu ⓘ
linked to:
King Fu Chou of Chu
King Huai of Chu ⓘ King Kaolie of Chu ⓘ King Ling of Chu ⓘ King Qingxiang of Chu ⓘ King Wu of Chu ⓘ King Xiong Yi (early ruler of Chu) ⓘ
linked to:
King Wen of Chu
King You of Chu ⓘ King Zhuang of Chu ⓘ Xiong family rulers ⓘ
linked to:
Xiong clan
|
| positionHeldIn | ancient China ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Qin imperial rule ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheSameAs |
King of Chǔ
ⓘ
linked to:
Wang of Chu
楚王 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chu ruling house
ⓘ
Mi clan ⓘ |
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 of Chu Description of subject: The King of Chu was the hereditary monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu, a powerful kingdom during the Zhou dynasty and Warring States period.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: King of Chu
subject linked to:
Huai
linked to: King of Chu
linked to: King of Chu
linked to: King of Chu
linked to: King of Chu