Börte
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Börte was the principal wife of Genghis Khan and the matriarch of the Mongol imperial lineage, from which rulers like Kublai Khan descended.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Börte canonical | 13 |
| Börte Chino | 1 |
| Empress of the Mongols | 1 |
| Great Khatun of the Mongol Empire | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1189284 — 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: Börte Context triple: [Kublai Khan, grandmother, Börte]
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A.
Sorghaghtani Beki
Sorghaghtani Beki was a powerful 13th-century Mongol princess and political strategist who played a crucial role in shaping the early Mongol Empire and the careers of her sons, including Kublai Khan.
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B.
Batu Khan
Batu Khan was a 13th-century Mongol ruler and military commander who founded the Golden Horde and led the Mongol invasions of Eastern Europe.
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C.
Qutlugh Nigar Khanum
Qutlugh Nigar Khanum was a Timurid princess and consort who became historically notable as the mother of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.
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D.
Subutai
Subutai was a brilliant 13th-century Mongol general and primary strategist of Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan, renowned for his far-ranging campaigns and innovative military tactics across Asia and Europe.
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E.
Great Khan
The Great Khan was the supreme ruler of the Mongol Empire, holding ultimate authority over all Mongol khanates and conquests.
- 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: Börte Target entity description: Börte was the principal wife of Genghis Khan and the matriarch of the Mongol imperial lineage, from which rulers like Kublai Khan descended.
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A.
Sorghaghtani Beki
Sorghaghtani Beki was a powerful 13th-century Mongol princess and political strategist who played a crucial role in shaping the early Mongol Empire and the careers of her sons, including Kublai Khan.
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B.
Batu Khan
Batu Khan was a 13th-century Mongol ruler and military commander who founded the Golden Horde and led the Mongol invasions of Eastern Europe.
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C.
Qutlugh Nigar Khanum
Qutlugh Nigar Khanum was a Timurid princess and consort who became historically notable as the mother of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.
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D.
Subutai
Subutai was a brilliant 13th-century Mongol general and primary strategist of Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan, renowned for his far-ranging campaigns and innovative military tactics across Asia and Europe.
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E.
Great Khan
The Great Khan was the supreme ruler of the Mongol Empire, holding ultimate authority over all Mongol khanates and conquests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Empress consort
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Historical figure ⓘ Mongol noblewoman ⓘ Queen consort ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Merkit tribe
ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ Onggirat tribe ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Onggirat territory ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Mongolia (traditional attribution)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mongolia
|
| child |
Chagatai Khan
ⓘ
Jochi ⓘ Tolui ⓘ Ögedei Khan ⓘ |
| clan | Onggirat ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mongol Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Steppe nomadic culture ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Mongol ⓘ |
| father | Dei Sechen ⓘ |
| influenced | Succession of Mongol imperial lineage ⓘ |
| language | Mongolian ⓘ |
| marriage | Arranged marriage to Temüjin ⓘ |
| mother | Chotan ⓘ |
| name | Börte ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Kidnapping by the Merkit tribe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Being the matriarch of the Mongol imperial family
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Being the principal wife of Genghis Khan ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Chagatai Khan
ⓘ
Jochi ⓘ Kublai Khan ⓘ Tolui ⓘ Ögedei Khan ⓘ |
| position |
Great Khatun of the Mongol Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Börte
Principal wife of Genghis Khan ⓘ |
| religion | Tengrism ⓘ |
| role | Matriarch of the Mongol imperial lineage ⓘ |
| sourceMention | The Secret History of the Mongols ⓘ |
| spouse |
Genghis Khan
ⓘ
Temüjin ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ |
| title |
Empress of the Mongols
ⓘ
linked to:
Börte
Great Khatun ⓘ
linked to:
Khatun
|
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: Börte Description of subject: Börte was the principal wife of Genghis Khan and the matriarch of the Mongol imperial lineage, from which rulers like Kublai Khan descended.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.