state of Zhao
E185649
The state of Zhao was a major Chinese feudal kingdom during the Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and role in the political fragmentation preceding the Qin unification.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Zhao | 21 |
| state of Zhao canonical | 2 |
| State of Zhao (neighbor) | 1 |
| Zhao (state) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1647457 — 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: state of Zhao Context triple: [Warring States period, hasPart, state of Zhao]
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A.
State of Qi
The State of Qi was a powerful ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, noted for its economic strength, political reforms, and cultural influence among the Warring States.
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B.
state of Qin
The state of Qin was an ancient Chinese kingdom in the western region of China that rose to power during the Warring States period and ultimately unified China, laying the foundation for the Qin dynasty.
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C.
State of Chu
The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
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D.
Hebei–Chahar political and military affairs
Hebei–Chahar political and military affairs refers to the regional governing and military administrative structure that oversaw political control and defense coordination in the Hebei and Chahar areas of northern China during the Republican era.
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E.
Zhenjin
Zhenjin was the designated heir and favored son of Kublai Khan, known for his Confucian education and role in the early Yuan dynasty’s administration before his premature death.
- 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: state of Zhao Target entity description: The state of Zhao was a major Chinese feudal kingdom during the Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and role in the political fragmentation preceding the Qin unification.
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A.
State of Qi
The State of Qi was a powerful ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, noted for its economic strength, political reforms, and cultural influence among the Warring States.
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B.
state of Qin
The state of Qin was an ancient Chinese kingdom in the western region of China that rose to power during the Warring States period and ultimately unified China, laying the foundation for the Qin dynasty.
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C.
State of Chu
The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
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D.
Hebei–Chahar political and military affairs
Hebei–Chahar political and military affairs refers to the regional governing and military administrative structure that oversaw political control and defense coordination in the Hebei and Chahar areas of northern China during the Republican era.
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E.
Zhenjin
Zhenjin was the designated heir and favored son of Kublai Khan, known for his Confucian education and role in the early Yuan dynasty’s administration before his premature death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Warring States period polity
ⓘ
ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| ally |
State of Han
ⓘ
State of Wei ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
|
| borderedBy |
State of Han
ⓘ
State of Qin ⓘ State of Wei ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
State of Yan ⓘ
linked to:
state of Yan
nomadic tribes to the north ⓘ |
| capital | Handan ⓘ |
| causeOfEnd | conquest by Qin ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| conventionalLongName |
State of Zhao
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Zhao
|
| currency |
Chinese knife money
ⓘ
round coins ⓘ |
| enemy |
State of Qin
ⓘ
State of Wei ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
State of Yan ⓘ
linked to:
state of Yan
|
| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Zhou Chinese ⓘ |
| fellTo |
Qin (state)
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
|
| formedFrom | partition of Jin ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Eastern Zhou dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Zhou
|
| knownFor |
battles against Xiongnu and northern nomads
ⓘ
conflicts with Qin ⓘ military reforms ⓘ powerful cavalry ⓘ role in political fragmentation before Qin unification ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chinese Central Plains region
ⓘ
North China ⓘ |
| majorBattle |
Battle of Changping
ⓘ
Battle of Handan ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Changping
|
| militaryInnovation |
adoption of cavalry
ⓘ
policy of “wearing Hu clothing and shooting from horseback” ⓘ |
| nativeName | 趙 ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
King Daoxiang of Zhao
ⓘ
King Huiwen of Zhao ⓘ King Wuling of Zhao ⓘ King Xiaocheng of Zhao ⓘ King Youmiu of Zhao ⓘ |
| partOf |
Seven Warring States
ⓘ
linked to:
Warring States period
|
| predecessor |
Jin (state)
ⓘ
linked to:
State of Jin
|
| presentLocation |
modern Hebei
ⓘ
modern Inner Mongolia ⓘ modern Shanxi ⓘ |
| reform | King Wuling of Zhao’s military reforms ⓘ |
| rulingHouse | House of Zhao ⓘ |
| successor |
Qin dynasty’s unified empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Qin dynasty
|
| timeEnd | 228 BCE ⓘ |
| timeStart | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
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: state of Zhao Description of subject: The state of Zhao was a major Chinese feudal kingdom during the Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and role in the political fragmentation preceding the Qin unification.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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state of Zhao
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subject linked to:
state of Yan
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subject linked to:
state of Yan
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subject linked to:
state of Wei
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subject linked to:
state of Qin
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