King Xiang of Wei
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King Xiang of Wei was a Warring States–period monarch of the Chinese state of Wei, known for ruling during a time of intense interstate rivalry and political upheaval in ancient China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Xiang of Wei canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8531040 — 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 Xiang of Wei Context triple: [State of Wei, notableRuler, King Xiang of Wei]
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A.
King Xuan of Chu
King Xuan of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States period, known for ruling after King Huai and continuing Chu’s role as a major regional power.
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B.
Marquis Wen of Wei
Marquis Wen of Wei was a prominent Warring States-era ruler known for his political and military reforms that helped transform the State of Wei into a major regional power in ancient China.
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C.
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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D.
King Zhao of Yan
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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E.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin
King Zhaoxiang of Qin was a powerful Warring States-era monarch whose long reign significantly expanded Qin’s territory and laid crucial groundwork for the eventual unification 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: King Xiang of Wei Target entity description: King Xiang of Wei was a Warring States–period monarch of the Chinese state of Wei, known for ruling during a time of intense interstate rivalry and political upheaval in ancient China.
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A.
King Xuan of Chu
King Xuan of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States period, known for ruling after King Huai and continuing Chu’s role as a major regional power.
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B.
Marquis Wen of Wei
Marquis Wen of Wei was a prominent Warring States-era ruler known for his political and military reforms that helped transform the State of Wei into a major regional power in ancient China.
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C.
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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D.
King Zhao of Yan
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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E.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin
King Zhaoxiang of Qin was a powerful Warring States-era monarch whose long reign significantly expanded Qin’s territory and laid crucial groundwork for the eventual unification of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Wei
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Warring States-period ruler ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Warring States diplomacy
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interstate rivalry among Chinese states ⓘ military conflicts of the Warring States period ⓘ |
| belongsTo | House of Wei ⓘ |
| conflictContext | Warring States interstate warfare ⓘ |
| country |
State of Wei
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
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| culture | Zhou dynasty Chinese culture ⓘ |
| dynasticContext |
Eastern Zhou period
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linked to:
Eastern Zhou
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| ethnicity | Chinese ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Ancient China ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedInTime |
3rd century BC
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4th century BC ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ruling during intense interstate rivalry
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ruling during political upheaval in ancient China ⓘ |
| partOf | Warring States period ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | hereditary ruler ⓘ |
| positionHeld | sovereign of Wei ⓘ |
| powerBase | nobility of Wei ⓘ |
| realm |
State of Wei
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linked to:
state of Wei
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| regionRuled |
Yellow River valley area
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linked to:
Yellow River basin
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| reignPeriod | Warring States period ⓘ |
| sovereignOf | Wei ⓘ |
| successorStateContext | Qin unification of China ⓘ |
| title | King of Wei ⓘ |
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 Xiang of Wei Description of subject: King Xiang of Wei was a Warring States–period monarch of the Chinese state of Wei, known for ruling during a time of intense interstate rivalry and political upheaval in ancient China.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
state of Wei
subject linked to:
Wei