State of Yue
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The State of Yue was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and early Warring States periods, known for its maritime strength and legendary rivalry with the State of Wu.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Yue canonical | 18 |
| Yue state | 1 |
| state of Yue | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1625119 — 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 Yue Context triple: [State of Chu, majorRival, State of Yue]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Zhengyia
Zhengyia is a little-known genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, likely comprising herbaceous species native to East Asia.
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E.
Eastern Wu
Eastern Wu was a powerful kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for its strong naval forces and control of the lower Yangtze River region.
- 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 Yue Target entity description: The State of Yue was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and early Warring States periods, known for its maritime strength and legendary rivalry with the State of Wu.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Zhengyia
Zhengyia is a little-known genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, likely comprising herbaceous species native to East Asia.
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E.
Eastern Wu
Eastern Wu was a powerful kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for its strong naval forces and control of the lower Yangtze River region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese state
ⓘ
vassal state of the Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| approximateStartCentury | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Goujian sword
ⓘ
Yue swords ⓘ idiom “wo xin chang dan” (sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall) ⓘ |
| capital |
Kuaiji
ⓘ
present-day Shaoxing area ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Jiangnan
ⓘ
linked to:
Yangtze River Delta
|
| economy |
bronze working
ⓘ
river and sea trade ⓘ wet-rice agriculture ⓘ |
| endCentury | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition | predominantly Baiyue peoples ⓘ |
| floruitCentury | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| knownFor |
King Goujian’s story of revenge
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maritime strength ⓘ rivalry with the State of Wu ⓘ sword-making tradition ⓘ use of naval warfare ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sinitic-influenced Baiyue languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
lower Yangtze River region
ⓘ
linked to:
Lower reaches of the Yangtze River
southeastern China ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod |
Spring and Autumn period
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early Warring States period ⓘ |
| militarySpecialization |
naval warfare
ⓘ
riverine warfare ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
annexation by State of Chu
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defeat by State of Wu ⓘ later destruction of State of Wu ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
King Goujian of Yue
ⓘ
King Wuyu of Yue ⓘ King Yunchang of Yue ⓘ |
| partOf | Zhou dynasty political system ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| regionToday |
Zhejiang Province
ⓘ
parts of Jiangsu Province ⓘ parts of Shanghai municipality ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ |
| rival |
State of Chu
ⓘ
State of Wu ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | King of Yue ⓘ |
| successorState | Chu ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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 Yue Description of subject: The State of Yue was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and early Warring States periods, known for its maritime strength and legendary rivalry with the State of Wu.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: State of Yue
linked to: State of Yue