King Xian of Zhou
E252014
King Xian of Zhou was a late monarch of China’s Zhou dynasty who ruled during its declining Eastern Zhou period.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Xian of Zhou canonical | 6 |
| King Huan of Zhou | 1 |
| King Nan of Zhou | 1 |
| King Shenjing of Zhou | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2105367 — 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: King Xian of Zhou Context triple: [Zhou dynasty, notableFigure, King Xian of Zhou]
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A.
King You of Zhou
King You of Zhou was the last king of the Western Zhou dynasty, infamous for his misrule and the events that led to the dynasty’s collapse.
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B.
King Ping of Zhou
King Ping of Zhou was an early Eastern Zhou monarch who moved the capital east to Luoyang, marking the decline of royal power and the start of the Eastern Zhou period in ancient China.
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C.
King Wen of Zhou
King Wen of Zhou was an early Zhou ruler revered as a sage-king whose leadership and reforms laid the groundwork for the Zhou dynasty’s overthrow of the Shang and the establishment of a new political order in ancient China.
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D.
King Wu of Zhou
King Wu of Zhou was the founding king of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, renowned for leading the conquest that ended the Shang dynasty and established a new royal order.
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E.
Duke of Zhou
The Duke of Zhou was an influential early Zhou dynasty statesman and regent renowned for consolidating royal power, codifying rituals, and shaping the foundations of Chinese political philosophy.
- 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: King Xian of Zhou Target entity description: King Xian of Zhou was a late monarch of China’s Zhou dynasty who ruled during its declining Eastern Zhou period.
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A.
King You of Zhou
King You of Zhou was the last king of the Western Zhou dynasty, infamous for his misrule and the events that led to the dynasty’s collapse.
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B.
King Ping of Zhou
King Ping of Zhou was an early Eastern Zhou monarch who moved the capital east to Luoyang, marking the decline of royal power and the start of the Eastern Zhou period in ancient China.
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C.
King Wen of Zhou
King Wen of Zhou was an early Zhou ruler revered as a sage-king whose leadership and reforms laid the groundwork for the Zhou dynasty’s overthrow of the Shang and the establishment of a new political order in ancient China.
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D.
King Wu of Zhou
King Wu of Zhou was the founding king of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, renowned for leading the conquest that ended the Shang dynasty and established a new royal order.
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E.
Duke of Zhou
The Duke of Zhou was an influential early Zhou dynasty statesman and regent renowned for consolidating royal power, codifying rituals, and shaping the foundations of Chinese political philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zhou dynasty king
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| deathDate | 321 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| dynasty | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| familyName | Ji ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ji Bian ⓘ |
| hasTitle | King Xian of Zhou ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
China
ⓘ
Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | King of Zhou ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Zhou period
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Zhou
Zhou dynasty kings ⓘ
linked to:
King of Zhou
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| positionHeld | King of Zhou ⓘ |
| predecessor | King Lie of Zhou ⓘ |
| region | Ancient China ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 321 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | 368 BC ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| ruledDuring |
decline of the Eastern Zhou
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late Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| stateRuled | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| successor |
King Shenjing of Zhou
ⓘ
linked to:
King Xian of Zhou
|
| timePeriod | 4th century BC ⓘ |
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: King Xian of Zhou Description of subject: King Xian of Zhou was a late monarch of China’s Zhou dynasty who ruled during its declining Eastern Zhou period.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: King Xian of Zhou
linked to: King Xian of Zhou
linked to: King Xian of Zhou