Xiong Yi
E190503
Xiong Yi was the legendary early ruler credited with establishing the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xiong Yi canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1625096 — 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 Yi Context triple: [State of Chu, founder, Xiong Yi]
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A.
Younan Xia
Younan Xia is a prominent chemist and materials scientist known for his pioneering work in nanomaterials synthesis and nanotechnology.
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B.
Yao Yecheng
Yao Yecheng was the adoptive mother of Chiang Wei-kuo, the son of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek.
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C.
Lei Yixin
Lei Yixin is a Chinese sculptor internationally known for creating the monumental statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Washington, D.C. memorial.
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D.
Yu Minhong
Yu Minhong is a prominent Chinese entrepreneur and educator best known as the founder of New Oriental Education & Technology Group, one of China’s largest private education companies.
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E.
Ye Qun
Ye Qun was a prominent Chinese Communist political figure and military officer, best known for her influential role in party affairs during the Cultural Revolution and her involvement in the events surrounding the Lin Biao incident.
- 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 Yi Target entity description: Xiong Yi was the legendary early ruler credited with establishing the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
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A.
Younan Xia
Younan Xia is a prominent chemist and materials scientist known for his pioneering work in nanomaterials synthesis and nanotechnology.
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B.
Yao Yecheng
Yao Yecheng was the adoptive mother of Chiang Wei-kuo, the son of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek.
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C.
Lei Yixin
Lei Yixin is a Chinese sculptor internationally known for creating the monumental statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Washington, D.C. memorial.
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D.
Yu Minhong
Yu Minhong is a prominent Chinese entrepreneur and educator best known as the founder of New Oriental Education & Technology Group, one of China’s largest private education companies.
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E.
Ye Qun
Ye Qun was a prominent Chinese Communist political figure and military officer, best known for her influential role in party affairs during the Cultural Revolution and her involvement in the events surrounding the Lin Biao incident.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese figure
ⓘ
founder of state ⓘ legendary ruler ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedState | Chu ⓘ |
| country |
ancient China
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient China
|
| creditedWith | founding the state of Chu ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| eraContext |
Zhou feudal system
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Zhou period
|
| familyName | Xiong ⓘ |
| founderOf | Chu ⓘ |
| givenName | Yi ⓘ |
| historicity | uncertain ⓘ |
| houseOrClan | Xiong clan ⓘ |
| languageContext | Old Chinese historical records ⓘ |
| legacy | ancestor of later Chu kings ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Chinese historical tradition ⓘ |
| mythologyStatus | semi-legendary ⓘ |
| name | Xiong Yi ⓘ |
| positionHeld | early ruler of Chu ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Jingchu region
ⓘ
linked to:
Central China
|
| roleInHistory | progenitor of Chu ruling house ⓘ |
| successorState |
Chu (major Zhou-era state)
ⓘ
linked to:
State of Chu
|
| timePeriod | early Western Zhou period ⓘ |
| title | ruler of Chu ⓘ |
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 Yi Description of subject: Xiong Yi was the legendary early ruler credited with establishing the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.