State of Guo
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The State of Guo was a small ancient Chinese vassal state that existed during the early Zhou dynasty period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| State of Guo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4949120 — 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 Guo Context triple: [Guo, derivedFromState, State of Guo]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
State of Han
The State of Han was a minor Warring States–period kingdom in ancient China, situated in central China and often overshadowed and pressured by more powerful neighbors such as Qin and Chu.
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D.
state of Yan
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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E.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
- 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 Guo Target entity description: The State of Guo was a small ancient Chinese vassal state that existed during the early Zhou dynasty period.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
State of Han
The State of Han was a minor Warring States–period kingdom in ancient China, situated in central China and often overshadowed and pressured by more powerful neighbors such as Qin and Chu.
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D.
state of Yan
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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E.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese state
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vassal state ⓘ |
| civilization | Ancient China ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culture | Zhou culture ⓘ |
| currencyForm | pre-coinage commodity exchange ⓘ |
| diplomaticRelations | other Zhou vassal states ⓘ |
| economy | agriculture-based economy ⓘ |
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Zhou Chinese nobility ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalSystem | enfeoffment system of Zhou ⓘ |
| heritage | part of Chinese Bronze Age states ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Central Plains of China
ⓘ
linked to:
North China Plain
|
| historicalSignificance | example of small Zhou vassal polity ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| legalSystem | customary aristocratic law ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod |
Western Zhou period
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early Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| militaryObligation | provided troops to Zhou king ⓘ |
| militarySystem | noble-led chariot warfare ⓘ |
| militaryTechnology | bronze weapons ⓘ |
| partOf |
Zhou dynasty feudal system
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Zhou ritual and political order ⓘ Zhou royal domain sphere of influence ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | city-state centered polity ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | vassal of Zhou king ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
animal husbandry
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grain cultivation ⓘ |
| recordedIn | traditional Chinese historical texts ⓘ |
| region | North China Plain ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese ancestral worship
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early Chinese folk religion ⓘ |
| socialClass |
artisans
ⓘ
peasant farmers ⓘ ruling aristocratic clan ⓘ slaves or bonded laborers ⓘ |
| socialStructure | feudal aristocracy ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Zhou dynasty vassal state ⓘ |
| succession | patrilineal hereditary succession ⓘ |
| timeOfExistence | early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| tributaryPractice | offered tribute to Zhou king ⓘ |
| tributaryTo | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| usedCalendar | traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
bronze technology
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iron technology (late phase) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese 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
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 Guo Description of subject: The State of Guo was a small ancient Chinese vassal state that existed during the early Zhou dynasty period.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.