Guan Shu
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Guan Shu was an ancient Zhou dynasty noble and younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, known for his role in early Zhou politics and the Rebellion of the Three Guards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Guan Shu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9780084 — 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: Guan Shu Context triple: [King Wen of Zhou, child, Guan Shu]
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A.
Guan Ping
Guan Ping was a historical figure of the late Eastern Han dynasty, best known as the adopted son and loyal military aide of the famed general Guan Yu, and is also celebrated as a warrior in the classic novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
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B.
Zhuge Jin
Zhuge Jin was a prominent statesman and military general of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known also as the elder brother of the famed strategist Zhuge Liang.
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C.
Sima Zhao
Sima Zhao was a powerful late Three Kingdoms-era statesman and general of the Cao Wei state whose dominance paved the way for his son Sima Yan to found the Jin dynasty.
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D.
Zhuge Zhan
Zhuge Zhan was a military general and official of the state of Shu Han during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known as the son and heir of the famed strategist Zhuge Liang.
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E.
Guo Jia
Guo Jia was a renowned strategist and advisor to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty, celebrated for his keen foresight and pivotal role in early Three Kingdoms-era campaigns.
- 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: Guan Shu Target entity description: Guan Shu was an ancient Zhou dynasty noble and younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, known for his role in early Zhou politics and the Rebellion of the Three Guards.
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A.
Guan Ping
Guan Ping was a historical figure of the late Eastern Han dynasty, best known as the adopted son and loyal military aide of the famed general Guan Yu, and is also celebrated as a warrior in the classic novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
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B.
Zhuge Jin
Zhuge Jin was a prominent statesman and military general of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known also as the elder brother of the famed strategist Zhuge Liang.
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C.
Sima Zhao
Sima Zhao was a powerful late Three Kingdoms-era statesman and general of the Cao Wei state whose dominance paved the way for his son Sima Yan to found the Jin dynasty.
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D.
Zhuge Zhan
Zhuge Zhan was a military general and official of the state of Shu Han during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known as the son and heir of the famed strategist Zhuge Liang.
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E.
Guo Jia
Guo Jia was a renowned strategist and advisor to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty, celebrated for his keen foresight and pivotal role in early Three Kingdoms-era campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zhou dynasty noble
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ancient Chinese politician ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Duke of Zhou
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Wu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Zhou culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 11th century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Zhou Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| government | feudal aristocracy of the Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | ancient China ⓘ |
| historicalRole | member of the royal house of Zhou ⓘ |
| knownFor |
opposition to the regency of the Duke of Zhou
ⓘ
participation in the Rebellion of the Three Guards ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Documents
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Zuo Zhuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Ji clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | conflict with the Duke of Zhou ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | faction opposed to the Duke of Zhou ⓘ |
| positionHeld | regional lord under the Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| relative |
King Cheng of Zhou
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Wen of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | Rebellion of the Three Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | King Wu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | hereditary aristocrat ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Western Zhou period ⓘ |
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: Guan Shu Description of subject: Guan Shu was an ancient Zhou dynasty noble and younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, known for his role in early Zhou politics and the Rebellion of the Three Guards.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.