Ma Tie
E673477
Ma Tie was a historical figure of the Three Kingdoms period in China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu Han general Ma Su.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7524083 — 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: Ma Tie Context triple: [Ma Su, sibling, Ma Tie]
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A.
Lu Muzhen
Lu Muzhen was the first wife of Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen, known primarily for her connection to his early life and career.
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B.
Mao Buyi
Mao Buyi is a Chinese singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics and breakout success after winning the talent show "The Coming One."
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C.
Tang Shaoyi
Tang Shaoyi was a Chinese statesman and diplomat who briefly served as the first premier of the Republic of China in the early 20th century.
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D.
Tang Jiyao
Tang Jiyao was a prominent early 20th-century Chinese warlord and politician who controlled Yunnan province during the Warlord Era of the Republic of China.
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E.
Mao Yuanxin
Mao Yuanxin is a Chinese political figure known as Mao Zedong’s nephew who briefly held influential positions during the final years of the Cultural Revolution.
- 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: Ma Tie Target entity description: Ma Tie was a historical figure of the Three Kingdoms period in China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu Han general Ma Su.
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A.
Lu Muzhen
Lu Muzhen was the first wife of Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen, known primarily for her connection to his early life and career.
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B.
Mao Buyi
Mao Buyi is a Chinese singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics and breakout success after winning the talent show "The Coming One."
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C.
Tang Shaoyi
Tang Shaoyi was a Chinese statesman and diplomat who briefly served as the first premier of the Republic of China in the early 20th century.
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D.
Tang Jiyao
Tang Jiyao was a prominent early 20th-century Chinese warlord and politician who controlled Yunnan province during the Warlord Era of the Republic of China.
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E.
Mao Yuanxin
Mao Yuanxin is a Chinese political figure known as Mao Zedong’s nephew who briefly held influential positions during the final years of the Cultural Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shu Han general
ⓘ
Three Kingdoms period person ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Shu Han military elite ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | Shu Han ⓘ |
| chronologicalPlacement |
after late Eastern Han dynasty
ⓘ
before Western Jin dynasty ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Shu Han ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| era | 3rd century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Ma ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Tie ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Three Kingdoms of China
ⓘ
linked to:
Three Kingdoms period
|
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| lifeStatus | deceased ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | historical records of the Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the younger brother of Ma Su ⓘ |
| region | China ⓘ |
| relative | Ma Su ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ma Su
ⓘ
Ma Tie ⓘ |
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: Ma Tie Description of subject: Ma Tie was a historical figure of the Three Kingdoms period in China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu Han general Ma Su.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.