Wei
E827544
Wei was an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period, known for its early strength and later decline before being annexed by the rising Qin dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wei canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889910 — 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: Wei Context triple: [State of Qin, conqueredState, Wei]
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A.
Wei
Wei is a common Chinese surname with historical significance and numerous notable bearers across Chinese history and culture.
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B.
Wen
Wen was the personal given name of Emperor Yizong, a ninth-century ruler of China’s Tang dynasty.
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C.
Wen
Wen is the posthumous title of King Wen of Zhou, the virtuous and foundational ruler traditionally credited with laying the groundwork for the Zhou dynasty in ancient China.
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D.
Wen
Wen is the given name of Sun I-hsien, a person identifiable by this personal name within Chinese naming conventions.
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E.
Wisen
Wisen is a small municipality in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated in a rural, hilly region near the border with the canton of Basel-Landschaft.
- 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: Wei Target entity description: Wei was an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period, known for its early strength and later decline before being annexed by the rising Qin dynasty.
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A.
Wei
Wei is a common Chinese surname with historical significance and numerous notable bearers across Chinese history and culture.
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B.
Wen
Wen was the personal given name of Emperor Yizong, a ninth-century ruler of China’s Tang dynasty.
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C.
Wen
Wen is the posthumous title of King Wen of Zhou, the virtuous and foundational ruler traditionally credited with laying the groundwork for the Zhou dynasty in ancient China.
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D.
Wen
Wen is the given name of Sun I-hsien, a person identifiable by this personal name within Chinese naming conventions.
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E.
Wisen
Wisen is a small municipality in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated in a rural, hilly region near the border with the canton of Basel-Landschaft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| capital |
Anyang
ⓘ
Daliang ⓘ Kaifeng area ⓘ
linked to:
Kaifeng
|
| country | China ⓘ |
| currency |
knife money
ⓘ
spade money ⓘ |
| declineReason |
loss of strategic territories to Qin
ⓘ
military defeats by Qi and Qin ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Qi (state) at Battle of Maling
ⓘ
Qin (state) ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
|
| endCause | annexation by Qin ⓘ |
| endTime | 225 BCE ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| followedBy | Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| founder |
Wei Wenhou (Marquis Wen of Wei)
ⓘ
linked to:
Marquis Wen of Wei
|
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | one of the Seven Warring States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early military strength in Warring States period
ⓘ
employment of Legalist thinkers ⓘ legal and administrative reforms ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North China Plain
ⓘ
Yellow River basin ⓘ |
| militaryEvent |
Battle of Guiling
ⓘ
Battle of Maling ⓘ |
| neighbor |
Chu (state)
ⓘ
linked to:
State of Chu
Han (state) ⓘ
linked to:
Han (ancient Chinese state)
Qi (state) ⓘ Qin (state) ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
Zhao (state) ⓘ
linked to:
state of Zhao
|
| notableFigure |
Li Kui (Legalist reformer)
ⓘ
linked to:
Wu Qi
Shang Yang (served Wei before Qin) ⓘ
linked to:
Shang Yang
Wu Qi (general and reformer) ⓘ
linked to:
Wu Qi
|
| notableRuler |
King Anxi of Wei
ⓘ
King Hui of Wei ⓘ King Xiang of Wei ⓘ Marquis Wen of Wei ⓘ |
| partOf |
Zhou dynasty feudal system
ⓘ
linked to:
Zhou ritual system
|
| predecessor |
Jin (ancient Chinese state)
ⓘ
linked to:
Jin (state)
State of Wei (Spring and Autumn period) ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
|
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ |
| rulingHouse | House of Wei ⓘ |
| startTime |
5th century BCE
ⓘ
after Partition of Jin ⓘ |
| territory |
Henan region
ⓘ
parts of Hebei ⓘ parts of Shanxi ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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: Wei Description of subject: Wei was an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period, known for its early strength and later decline before being annexed by the rising Qin dynasty.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.