Xian
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Xian is the temple name of Emperor Xian of Han, the last ruler of China’s Eastern Han dynasty whose reign marked the dynasty’s final decline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xian canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9943490 — 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: Xian Context triple: [Emperor Xian of Han, templeName, Xian]
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A.
Xi'an
Xi'an is a major historic city in central China, famed as the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and home to the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
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B.
Xi An'an
Xi An'an is a member of the prominent Xi political family in China and a daughter of revolutionary leader Xi Zhongxun.
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C.
Xianyang
Xianyang was the capital city of the Qin dynasty and a major political and cultural center in ancient China.
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D.
Chang'an
Chang'an was the ancient capital of several Chinese dynasties and a major political, cultural, and trade center along the Silk Road.
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E.
Tai Yuan
The Tai Yuan are a Tai-speaking ethnic group native to Northern Thailand, historically associated with the former Lanna Kingdom and known for their distinct language, culture, and traditions.
- 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: Xian Target entity description: Xian is the temple name of Emperor Xian of Han, the last ruler of China’s Eastern Han dynasty whose reign marked the dynasty’s final decline.
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A.
Xi'an
Xi'an is a major historic city in central China, famed as the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and home to the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
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B.
Xi An'an
Xi An'an is a member of the prominent Xi political family in China and a daughter of revolutionary leader Xi Zhongxun.
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C.
Xianyang
Xianyang was the capital city of the Qin dynasty and a major political and cultural center in ancient China.
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D.
Chang'an
Chang'an was the ancient capital of several Chinese dynasties and a major political, cultural, and trade center along the Silk Road.
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E.
Tai Yuan
The Tai Yuan are a Tai-speaking ethnic group native to Northern Thailand, historically associated with the former Lanna Kingdom and known for their distinct language, culture, and traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese emperor
ⓘ
last emperor of a dynasty ⓘ temple name ⓘ |
| abdicatedTo | Cao Pi ⓘ |
| ascendedThroneAtAge | 8 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 181 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Luoyang ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Shouyang Mausoleum ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Cao Cao
ⓘ
Dong Zhuo ⓘ Guo Si ⓘ Li Jue ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Bohe ⓘ |
| deathDate | 234 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Luoyang ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Eastern Han
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Han dynasty
|
| era | end of Eastern Han ⓘ |
| eraName |
Chuping
ⓘ
Jian'an ⓘ
linked to:
Jian’an era of Emperor Xian of Han
Xiping ⓘ |
| father | Liu Hong ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
his reign marked the final decline of the Han dynasty
ⓘ
last ruler of the Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| house | House of Liu ⓘ |
| mother | Empress He ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Dong Zhuo’s control of the Han court
ⓘ
abdication in favor of Cao Pi ⓘ coalition against Dong Zhuo ⓘ relocation of the capital to Chang'an ⓘ return of the capital to Luoyang ⓘ rise of Cao Cao as de facto ruler ⓘ |
| personalName | Liu Xie ⓘ |
| posthumousName |
Ling
ⓘ
Xian ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Emperor Shao of Han
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Zhi of Han
|
| reasonForAbdication | establishment of the state of Cao Wei ⓘ |
| refersTo | Emperor Xian of Han ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 220 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 189 ⓘ |
| spouse |
Empress Cao Jie
ⓘ
Empress Fu Shou ⓘ |
| successor | Cao Pi ⓘ |
| templeName |
Ling
ⓘ
Xian ⓘ |
| title |
Duke of Shanyang
ⓘ
Emperor of the Han dynasty ⓘ |
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: Xian Description of subject: Xian is the temple name of Emperor Xian of Han, the last ruler of China’s Eastern Han dynasty whose reign marked the dynasty’s final decline.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.