King Wu Ding
E375780
King Wu Ding was a prominent Shang dynasty ruler of ancient China, known for his military campaigns, political consolidation, and the extensive oracle bone inscriptions from his reign.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Wu Ding canonical | 4 |
| Wu Ding | 2 |
| Gaozong of Shang | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3640282 — 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 Wu Ding Context triple: [Anyang, associatedKing, King Wu Ding]
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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 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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C.
King Xian of Zhou
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Wu Ding Target entity description: King Wu Ding was a prominent Shang dynasty ruler of ancient China, known for his military campaigns, political consolidation, and the extensive oracle bone inscriptions from his reign.
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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 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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C.
King Xian of Zhou
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese monarch
ⓘ
Shang dynasty king ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| appointedAsMilitaryCommander | Fu Hao ⓘ |
| appointedAsRitualSpecialist | Fu Hao ⓘ |
| associatedWithSite |
Yinxu archaeological site
ⓘ
linked to:
Yinxu
|
| burialPlace |
Anyang
ⓘ
Yinxu ⓘ |
| capital |
Yin
ⓘ
Yinxu ⓘ |
| conductedCampaignsAgainst |
Guifang
ⓘ
Qiangfang ⓘ Renfang ⓘ Tufang ⓘ Yifang ⓘ
linked to:
Guifang
|
| country | Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| dynasty | Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| era |
Late Shang period
ⓘ
linked to:
Shang dynasty
|
| eraNameInHistoriography |
Gaozong of Shang
ⓘ
linked to:
King Wu Ding
|
| evidenceFrom |
bronze inscriptions
ⓘ
oracle bone inscriptions ⓘ |
| father | Zu Geng ⓘ |
| governedFrom |
Anyang region
ⓘ
linked to:
Anyang
|
| knownFor |
divination practices
ⓘ
extensive oracle bone inscriptions ⓘ military campaigns against surrounding states ⓘ political consolidation of Shang power ⓘ ritual reforms ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese (as spoken form) ⓘ |
| mother | Lady of Xin ⓘ |
| performedRitualsForAncestor |
Shang Tang
ⓘ
linked to:
King of Shang
Zu Yi ⓘ |
| performedRitualsForDeity | Di ⓘ |
| personalName | Zhao ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Shang ⓘ |
| posthumousName |
Wu Ding
ⓘ
linked to:
King Wu Ding
|
| practiced | oracle bone divination ⓘ |
| predecessor | Zu Geng ⓘ |
| reignEnd | c. 1192 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 1250 BCE ⓘ |
| religion |
Shang religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Shang ancestral worship
|
| spouse |
Fu Hao
ⓘ
Fu Hao (Lady Hao) ⓘ
linked to:
Fu Hao
Fu Jing ⓘ Fu Shi ⓘ |
| successor | Zu Jia ⓘ |
| templeName |
Gaozong
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Gaozong of Song
|
| territoryExpandedInto |
regions of the Huai River valley
ⓘ
regions of the Yellow River valley ⓘ |
| usedWritingSystem | oracle bone script ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: King Wu Ding Description of subject: King Wu Ding was a prominent Shang dynasty ruler of ancient China, known for his military campaigns, political consolidation, and the extensive oracle bone inscriptions from his reign.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.