Taishi
E829493
Taishi was the first era name used by Emperor Wu of the Western Han dynasty, marking an important early phase of his long and influential reign in ancient China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taishi canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9918517 — 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: Taishi Context triple: [Emperor Wu of Han, eraName, Taishi]
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A.
Taishi
Taishi is a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical sites and traditional rural character.
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B.
Taihoku
Taihoku was the Japanese colonial-era name for Taipei, which served as the administrative and political center of Taiwan under Japanese rule.
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C.
Tudigong
Tudigong is a widely venerated Chinese earth god and local tutelary deity associated with protecting land, villages, and community welfare.
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D.
Tsu
Tsu is a coastal city in central Japan that serves as the administrative and economic center of Mie Prefecture.
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E.
Dongbi
Dongbi is the courtesy name of Li Shizhen, the renowned Ming dynasty physician and naturalist best known for compiling the monumental herbal pharmacopeia "Compendium of Materia Medica."
- 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: Taishi Target entity description: Taishi was the first era name used by Emperor Wu of the Western Han dynasty, marking an important early phase of his long and influential reign in ancient China.
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A.
Taishi
Taishi is a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical sites and traditional rural character.
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B.
Taihoku
Taihoku was the Japanese colonial-era name for Taipei, which served as the administrative and political center of Taiwan under Japanese rule.
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C.
Tudigong
Tudigong is a widely venerated Chinese earth god and local tutelary deity associated with protecting land, villages, and community welfare.
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D.
Tsu
Tsu is a coastal city in central Japan that serves as the administrative and economic center of Mie Prefecture.
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E.
Dongbi
Dongbi is the courtesy name of Li Shizhen, the renowned Ming dynasty physician and naturalist best known for compiling the monumental herbal pharmacopeia "Compendium of Materia Medica."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese era name
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historical time period ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
centralization of imperial power under Emperor Wu
ⓘ
consolidation of Western Han rule ⓘ early expansionist policies of Emperor Wu ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Chinese lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| capitalDuringEra | Chang'an ⓘ |
| country | Han dynasty ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Western Han dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Han period
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| endYear | 135 BC ⓘ |
| eraSequenceInReign | first era of Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ |
| follows | no named era under Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
marked the beginning of Emperor Wu’s long reign
ⓘ
one of the earliest formally named eras of the Western Han ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
Grand Beginning
ⓘ
Great Inception ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
continuation of policies after Wen and Jing reigns
ⓘ
strengthening of imperial bureaucracy ⓘ |
| precedes | Yuanguang ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Book of Han
ⓘ
Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ |
| region |
ancient China
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient China
|
| rulingEmperorPersonalName |
Liu Che
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Wu of Han
|
| rulingEmperorTempleName | Shizong ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| startReignYearOfEmperorWu | 1st year of Taishi ⓘ |
| startYear | 140 BC ⓘ |
| timeLocation | 2nd century BC ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Emperor Wu of Han
ⓘ
Han Wudi ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Wu of Han
|
| usedFor |
chronological records in imperial annals
ⓘ
dating of official documents ⓘ |
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: Taishi Description of subject: Taishi was the first era name used by Emperor Wu of the Western Han dynasty, marking an important early phase of his long and influential reign in ancient China.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.