Chancellor of Qin
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The Chancellor of Qin was the highest-ranking administrative official of the Qin state and later Qin dynasty, overseeing government affairs and assisting the ruler in implementing centralized, Legalist policies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chancellor of Qin canonical | 1 |
| Prime Minister of Qin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889697 — 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: Chancellor of Qin Context triple: [Li Si, servedAs, Chancellor of Qin]
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A.
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.
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B.
Duke Xiao of Qin
Duke Xiao of Qin was a 4th-century BCE ruler of the Qin state who initiated major political and military reforms that laid the groundwork for Qin’s rise to power and eventual unification of China.
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C.
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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D.
Grand Commandant of Wei
The Grand Commandant of Wei was one of the highest military offices in the state of Cao Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms period, overseeing the empire’s armed forces and strategic command.
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E.
Wu Qi
Wu Qi was a renowned Warring States–era Chinese military strategist and statesman, famous for his strict discipline, reforms, and influential writings on warfare.
- 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: Chancellor of Qin Target entity description: The Chancellor of Qin was the highest-ranking administrative official of the Qin state and later Qin dynasty, overseeing government affairs and assisting the ruler in implementing centralized, Legalist policies.
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A.
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.
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B.
Duke Xiao of Qin
Duke Xiao of Qin was a 4th-century BCE ruler of the Qin state who initiated major political and military reforms that laid the groundwork for Qin’s rise to power and eventual unification of China.
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C.
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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D.
Grand Commandant of Wei
The Grand Commandant of Wei was one of the highest military offices in the state of Cao Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms period, overseeing the empire’s armed forces and strategic command.
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E.
Wu Qi
Wu Qi was a renowned Warring States–era Chinese military strategist and statesman, famous for his strict discipline, reforms, and influential writings on warfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government office
ⓘ
political position ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Qin dynasty
ⓘ
Qin state ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
|
| appointedBy |
Emperor of Qin
ⓘ
King of Qin ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
centralization of power
ⓘ
standardization of administration ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology | Legalism ⓘ |
| country |
Qin
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
|
| equivalentOffice | Chancellor (other Chinese states) ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
3rd century BCE
ⓘ
4th century BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy | Chancellor of Han ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | central government of Qin ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Qin dynasty
ⓘ
Warring States period ⓘ |
| inception | Warring States period ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | territory of Qin ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialTitle | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| notableOfficeHolder |
Fan Ju
ⓘ
Li Si ⓘ Lü Buwei ⓘ Shang Yang ⓘ |
| officeHolderRole |
chief minister of Qin
ⓘ
head of civil administration in Qin ⓘ highest-ranking administrative official in Qin ⓘ |
| officeType | civilian office ⓘ |
| partOf |
Qin government
ⓘ
Qin imperial administration ⓘ
linked to:
Qin imperial bureaucracy
|
| playedRoleIn |
implementation of Qin legal codes
ⓘ
unification of China under Qin ⓘ |
| positionHeldIn |
Qin dynasty
ⓘ
State of Qin ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Qin ministerial titles ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
assisting the ruler in governance
ⓘ
coordinating state administration ⓘ implementing Legalist policies ⓘ implementing centralized policies ⓘ overseeing government affairs ⓘ policy execution ⓘ supervising bureaucracy ⓘ |
| seatOfGovernment | Xianyang ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Emperor of Qin
ⓘ
linked to:
Qin Shi Huang
King of Qin ⓘ |
| usedLegalSystem | Legalism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Chancellor of Qin Description of subject: The Chancellor of Qin was the highest-ranking administrative official of the Qin state and later Qin dynasty, overseeing government affairs and assisting the ruler in implementing centralized, Legalist policies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.