Wu Qi
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Wu Qi was a renowned Warring States–era Chinese military strategist and statesman, famous for his strict discipline, reforms, and influential writings on warfare.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wu Qi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8531046 — 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: Wu Qi Context triple: [State of Wei, militaryLeader, Wu Qi]
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A.
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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B.
Lian Po
Lian Po was a renowned military general of the Warring States period in ancient China, celebrated for his defensive strategies and service to the state of Zhao.
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C.
Wu Zixu
Wu Zixu was a prominent Chinese statesman and military strategist of the late Spring and Autumn period, best known for helping the State of Wu rise to power and for his enduring legacy in Chinese historical and cultural tradition.
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D.
Marquess Cheng of Zhao
Marquess Cheng of Zhao was an early ruler of the State of Zhao during China’s Warring States period, preceding the transformative reign of King Wuling of Zhao.
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E.
King Xiang of Wei
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.
- 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: Wu Qi Target entity description: Wu Qi was a renowned Warring States–era Chinese military strategist and statesman, famous for his strict discipline, reforms, and influential writings on warfare.
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A.
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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B.
Lian Po
Lian Po was a renowned military general of the Warring States period in ancient China, celebrated for his defensive strategies and service to the state of Zhao.
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C.
Duan Gong
Duan Gong was the era name used during part of the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty in imperial China.
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D.
Wu Zixu
Wu Zixu was a prominent Chinese statesman and military strategist of the late Spring and Autumn period, best known for helping the State of Wu rise to power and for his enduring legacy in Chinese historical and cultural tradition.
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E.
Marquess Cheng of Zhao
Marquess Cheng of Zhao was an early ruler of the State of Zhao during China’s Warring States period, preceding the transformative reign of King Wuling of Zhao.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Warring States period person
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historical figure ⓘ military strategist ⓘ military treatise ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| author | Wu Qi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
State of Chu
NERFINISHED
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State of Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
governance
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military theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | military treatise ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Seven Military Classics of Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese military thought
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later Legalist thinkers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sun Tzu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administrative reforms
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military reforms ⓘ strict military discipline ⓘ treatise on warfare Wuzi ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed during political purge ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| nativeName | 吳起 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
equality of officers and soldiers in hardship
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importance of discipline in the army ⓘ integration of civil administration and military affairs ⓘ |
| notableWork | Wuzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
military strategist
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politician ⓘ reformer ⓘ |
| partOf | Seven Military Classics of Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
State of Chu
NERFINISHED
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State of Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chancellor of Chu
NERFINISHED
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general of Wei ⓘ |
| workIncludedIn | Seven Military Classics of Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Wu Qi Description of subject: Wu Qi was a renowned Warring States–era Chinese military strategist and statesman, famous for his strict discipline, reforms, and influential writings on warfare.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
State of Wei