Xiong clan
E184513
The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xiong clan canonical | 8 |
| Xiong family rulers | 1 |
| xing (clan name) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1625097 — 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: Xiong clan Context triple: [State of Chu, rulingClan, Xiong clan]
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A.
Chan family
The Chan family is the family of American pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan, known in part for its association with major charitable and educational initiatives.
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B.
Xue
Xue is a Chinese surname borne by various notable historical and contemporary figures.
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C.
Chiang family
The Chiang family is a prominent Chinese political dynasty best known for producing Chiang Kai-shek and playing a central role in 20th-century Chinese and Taiwanese history.
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D.
Shi
Shi is a Chinese surname historically associated with members of the Jewish community in Kaifeng, China.
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E.
Xiang
Xiang is the standard abbreviation and common short name used to refer to China’s Hunan Province.
- 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: Xiong clan Target entity description: The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
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A.
Chan family
The Chan family is the family of American pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan, known in part for its association with major charitable and educational initiatives.
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B.
Xue
Xue is a Chinese surname borne by various notable historical and contemporary figures.
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C.
Chiang family
The Chiang family is a prominent Chinese political dynasty best known for producing Chiang Kai-shek and playing a central role in 20th-century Chinese and Taiwanese history.
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D.
Shi
Shi is a Chinese surname historically associated with members of the Jewish community in Kaifeng, China.
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E.
Xiang
Xiang is the standard abbreviation and common short name used to refer to China’s Hunan Province.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
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: Xiong clan Description of subject: The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Xiong clan
linked to: Xiong clan