Xiahou Yuan
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Xiahou Yuan was a prominent general of the Cao Wei state during China’s late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period, known for his rapid cavalry campaigns and service under the warlord Cao Cao.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xiahou Yuan canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10002934 — 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: Xiahou Yuan Context triple: [Zhang Fei, relativeByMarriage, Xiahou Yuan]
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A.
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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B.
Guan Shu
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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C.
Wei Wenhou
Wei Wenhou was an early Warring States-period ruler credited with transforming the State of Wei into a powerful, reform-oriented kingdom in ancient China.
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D.
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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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: Xiahou Yuan Target entity description: Xiahou Yuan was a prominent general of the Cao Wei state during China’s late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period, known for his rapid cavalry campaigns and service under the warlord Cao Cao.
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A.
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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B.
Guan Shu
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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C.
Wei Wenhou
Wei Wenhou was an early Warring States-period ruler credited with transforming the State of Wei into a powerful, reform-oriented kingdom in ancient China.
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D.
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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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 (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cao Wei general
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Three Kingdoms person ⓘ military general ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Cao Cao
ⓘ
Cao Wei ⓘ |
| commandedRegion |
Guanzhong
ⓘ
linked to:
Guanzhong region
Hanzhong ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Miaocai ⓘ |
| deathDate | 219 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Hanzhong
ⓘ
Mount Dingjun ⓘ |
| familyClan | Xiahou clan ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
General of the Vanguard
ⓘ
General of the West ⓘ |
| heldTitle | General Who Pacifies the West ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Book of Jin
ⓘ
Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Liu Bei’s forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Shu forces
|
| killedInBattle | Battle of Mount Dingjun ⓘ |
| knownFor |
campaigns in the northwest frontier
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rapid cavalry campaigns ⓘ service in Cao Cao’s unification wars ⓘ swift forced marches ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | cavalry ⓘ |
| nativeName | 夏侯淵 ⓘ |
| notableCampaign |
defense of Chang’an region
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northwestern frontier expeditions ⓘ |
| opponent |
Huang Zhong
ⓘ
Liu Bei ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Guandu
ⓘ
campaigns against Han Sui ⓘ campaigns against Ma Chao ⓘ campaigns against Yuan Shao ⓘ suppression of western warlords ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | valiant but sometimes rash general ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| rank | senior general under Cao Cao ⓘ |
| relatedByClanTo | Cao Cao ⓘ |
| reputation |
bravery
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speed in mobilization ⓘ strict discipline ⓘ |
| servedState |
Cao Wei
ⓘ
Han ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Cao Cao
ⓘ
Cao Pi ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Three Kingdoms period
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late Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Han dynasty
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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: Xiahou Yuan Description of subject: Xiahou Yuan was a prominent general of the Cao Wei state during China’s late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period, known for his rapid cavalry campaigns and service under the warlord Cao Cao.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.