King Zhao of Yan
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King Zhao of Yan was a Warring States period ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Yan, known for his efforts to strengthen the state and for employing the famous general Yue Yi in campaigns against Qi.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Zhao of Yan canonical | 2 |
| King Wucheng of Yan | 1 |
| 燕王 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8342946 — 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 Zhao of Yan Context triple: [State of Yan, notableFigure, King Zhao of Yan]
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A.
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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B.
King Youmiu of Zhao
King Youmiu of Zhao was a monarch of the Warring States–period Chinese state of Zhao, remembered as one of its later rulers during the decline of the state.
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C.
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.
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D.
King Wei of Qi
King Wei of Qi was a prominent Warring States-era monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, known for strengthening his kingdom’s power and fostering political and military reforms.
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E.
King Daoxiang of Zhao
King Daoxiang of Zhao was a late Warring States period monarch of the Chinese state of Zhao, known for his efforts to maintain the kingdom’s strength amid rising pressure from the Qin state.
- 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 Zhao of Yan Target entity description: King Zhao of Yan was a Warring States period ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Yan, known for his efforts to strengthen the state and for employing the famous general Yue Yi in campaigns against Qi.
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A.
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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B.
King Youmiu of Zhao
King Youmiu of Zhao was a monarch of the Warring States–period Chinese state of Zhao, remembered as one of its later rulers during the decline of the state.
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C.
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.
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D.
King Wei of Qi
King Wei of Qi was a prominent Warring States-era monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, known for strengthening his kingdom’s power and fostering political and military reforms.
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E.
King Daoxiang of Zhao
King Daoxiang of Zhao was a late Warring States period monarch of the Chinese state of Zhao, known for his efforts to maintain the kingdom’s strength amid rising pressure from the Qin state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Warring States period ruler
ⓘ
monarch ⓘ |
| aim | to elevate Yan’s power relative to other Warring States ⓘ |
| civilization | Ancient China ⓘ |
| conflict | Yan–Qi wars ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
State of Yan
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Yan
|
| employed | Yue Yi ⓘ |
| era | pre-imperial China ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 4th–3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | North China Plain ⓘ |
| knownFor |
employing the general Yue Yi
ⓘ
military campaigns against the State of Qi ⓘ strengthening the State of Yan ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Yue Yi ⓘ |
| opponent | State of Qi ⓘ |
| partOf | Warring States period ⓘ |
| policy |
employing capable ministers and generals regardless of origin
ⓘ
military reforms in Yan ⓘ strengthening central authority in Yan ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Yan ⓘ |
| predecessorContext | earlier weaker status of Yan among Warring States ⓘ |
| realmType | feudal state ⓘ |
| regionRuled | northeastern China ⓘ |
| reignOver |
State of Yan
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Yan
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| successorStateContext | Qin dynasty unification of China ⓘ |
| title | King ⓘ |
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 Zhao of Yan Description of subject: King Zhao of Yan was a Warring States period ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Yan, known for his efforts to strengthen the state and for employing the famous general Yue Yi in campaigns against Qi.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
state of Yan
linked to: King Zhao of Yan
subject linked to:
Yan
subject linked to:
Yan
linked to: King Zhao of Yan