Wang family of Qin
E697994
The Wang family of Qin was a prominent military clan in the Qin state of ancient China, best known for producing the renowned general Wang Jian and his descendants who played key roles in Qin’s wars of unification.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wang family of Qin canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7922803 — 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: Wang family of Qin Context triple: [Wang Jian, family, Wang family of Qin]
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A.
Liu family
The Liu family was the imperial clan of the Han dynasty in China, from which emperors such as Guangwu of Han descended.
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B.
Xiong clan
The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
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C.
Ji clan
The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
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D.
House of Jiang
The House of Jiang was the ruling clan that established and governed the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty period.
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E.
Lin family
The Lin family is a Chinese lineage or clan to which Lin Gie-Ming belongs.
- 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: Wang family of Qin Target entity description: The Wang family of Qin was a prominent military clan in the Qin state of ancient China, best known for producing the renowned general Wang Jian and his descendants who played key roles in Qin’s wars of unification.
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A.
Liu family
The Liu family was the imperial clan of the Han dynasty in China, from which emperors such as Guangwu of Han descended.
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B.
Xiong clan
The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
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C.
Ji clan
The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
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D.
House of Jiang
The House of Jiang was the ruling clan that established and governed the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty period.
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E.
Lin family
The Lin family is a Chinese lineage or clan to which Lin Gie-Ming belongs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese general
ⓘ
Chinese noble family ⓘ military clan ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Qin dynasty
ⓘ
Warring States period ⓘ Warring States period ⓘ Warring States period ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Qin state
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
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| country |
Qin state
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
Qin state ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
Qin state ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
Qin state ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
|
| employer |
Qin state
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
Qin state ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
Qin state ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
|
| father |
Wang Ben
ⓘ
Wang Jian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military strategy
ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ warfare ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| grandfather | Wang Jian ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Wang Jian ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Wang Ben
ⓘ
Wang Li ⓘ |
| knownFor |
producing prominent generals
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service in Qin wars of unification ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Qin state
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
ancient China ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient China
|
| memberOf |
Wang family of Qin
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Wang family of Qin ⓘ Wang family of Qin ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
commanded major campaigns for Qin unification
ⓘ
led campaigns contributing to Qin expansion ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Wang Ben
ⓘ
Wang Jian ⓘ Wang Li ⓘ |
| notableWork | conquest of Chu by Qin ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
Qin wars of unification
ⓘ
linked to:
Qin conquest of rival states
Qin wars of unification ⓘ
linked to:
Qin conquest of rival states
Qin wars of unification ⓘ
linked to:
Qin conquest of rival states
conquest of the six other Warring States ⓘ late Qin military campaigns ⓘ |
| socialClass | military aristocracy ⓘ |
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: Wang family of Qin Description of subject: The Wang family of Qin was a prominent military clan in the Qin state of ancient China, best known for producing the renowned general Wang Jian and his descendants who played key roles in Qin’s wars of unification.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Wang family of Qin
subject linked to:
Wang family of Qin
subject linked to:
Wang family of Qin