state of Yan
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The state of Yan was an ancient Chinese kingdom located in the northeastern region of China, which played a significant role as one of the major powers during the Warring States period.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Yan | 5 |
| state of Yan canonical | 3 |
| State of Yan (neighbor) | 1 |
| Yan (Zhou vassal state) | 1 |
| Yan (state) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1647455 — 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 Yan Context triple: [Warring States period, hasPart, state of Yan]
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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 Yue
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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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.
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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E.
state of Zhao
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.
- 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 Yan Target entity description: The state of Yan was an ancient Chinese kingdom located in the northeastern region of China, which played a significant role as one of the major powers during the Warring States period.
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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 Yue
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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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.
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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E.
state of Zhao
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Warring States period power
ⓘ
ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Donghu tribes
ⓘ
linked to:
Xianbei
Gojoseon to the northeast ⓘ State of Qi ⓘ State of Zhao ⓘ
linked to:
state of Zhao
|
| capital |
Ji
ⓘ
Xiadu ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | State of Qin ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Sinosphere ⓘ |
| dateOfConquest | 222 BCE ⓘ |
| economy | based on agriculture, animal husbandry, and trade ⓘ |
| era |
Spring and Autumn period
ⓘ
Warring States period ⓘ |
| foundingDynasty |
Ji clan of Zhou royal lineage
ⓘ
linked to:
Ji clan
|
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | one of the Seven Warring States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
frontier state facing nomadic peoples to the north
ⓘ
maritime and overland trade contacts with Korean peninsula ⓘ strong cavalry and frontier defenses ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| legalSystem | influenced by Legalist thought in late Warring States period ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beijing region
ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region
Hebei region ⓘ
linked to:
Hebei
Liaoning region ⓘ
linked to:
Liaoning
northeastern China ⓘ southern Manchuria ⓘ |
| majorRival |
State of Qi
ⓘ
State of Qin ⓘ State of Zhao ⓘ
linked to:
state of Zhao
|
| militaryFeature | frontier fortifications and walls in the north ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
assassination attempt on King Zheng of Qin by Jing Ke
ⓘ
participation in the Battle of Changping era conflicts ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
General Qin Kai
ⓘ
Jing Ke ⓘ King Zhao of Yan ⓘ Prince Dan of Yan ⓘ |
| partOf | Zhou dynasty world ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Yan (Zhou vassal state)
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Yan
|
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ |
| rulingHouse | Ji clan ⓘ |
| strategicRole | buffer state between Central Plains states and northern nomads ⓘ |
| successor | Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| territorialExpansion | expansion into Liaodong region ⓘ |
| 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 Yan Description of subject: The state of Yan was an ancient Chinese kingdom located in the northeastern region of China, which played a significant role as one of the major powers during the Warring States period.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: state of Yan
subject linked to:
state of Zhao
linked to: state of Yan
linked to: state of Yan
subject linked to:
state of Yan
linked to: state of Yan
linked to: state of Yan
subject linked to:
Yan
linked to: state of Yan