Zhonghang clan (中行氏)
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The Zhonghang clan (中行氏) was a powerful aristocratic lineage in the Spring and Autumn period, known as one of the influential noble families that dominated the politics of the State of Jin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhonghang clan (中行氏) canonical | 1 |
| 中行氏 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8147964 — 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: Zhonghang clan (中行氏) Context triple: [State of Jin, aristocraticClan, Zhonghang clan (中行氏)]
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A.
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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B.
Ronghang clan
The Ronghang clan is a lineage group within the Karbi community of Northeast India, recognized as one of its traditional clans.
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C.
Zhao clan
The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
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D.
Han clan
The Han clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages in ancient China that emerged as a major feudal state following the breakup of the Jin kingdom during the Warring States period.
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E.
Mengsun clan
The Mengsun clan was one of the prominent aristocratic lineages in the ancient Chinese State of Lu, influential in its political and social affairs.
- 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: Zhonghang clan (中行氏) Target entity description: The Zhonghang clan (中行氏) was a powerful aristocratic lineage in the Spring and Autumn period, known as one of the influential noble families that dominated the politics of the State of Jin.
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A.
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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B.
Ronghang clan
The Ronghang clan is a lineage group within the Karbi community of Northeast India, recognized as one of its traditional clans.
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C.
Zhao clan
The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
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D.
Han clan
The Han clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages in ancient China that emerged as a major feudal state following the breakup of the Jin kingdom during the Warring States period.
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E.
Mengsun clan
The Mengsun clan was one of the prominent aristocratic lineages in the ancient Chinese State of Lu, influential in its political and social affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
noble lineage
ⓘ
political faction ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jin aristocratic families ⓘ |
| ChineseName |
中行氏
ⓘ
linked to:
Zhonghang clan (中行氏)
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| country | State of Jin ⓘ |
| culture | Zhou dynasty culture ⓘ |
| exertedInfluenceOn | Jin court politics ⓘ |
| existedBefore | Warring States period ⓘ |
| governedTerritoryType | fiefs within Jin ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity |
Han Chinese (broad cultural sense)
ⓘ
linked to:
Han Chinese
|
| hasLanguage | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Eastern Zhou dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Zhou
|
| influenced | succession and policy decisions in Jin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
participation in Jin power struggles
ⓘ
political influence in the State of Jin ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Ancient China ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | Spring and Autumn period ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jin nobility
ⓘ
great clans of Jin ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | feudal state of Jin ⓘ |
| powerBase | landed estates in Jin ⓘ |
| socialClass | hereditary aristocracy ⓘ |
| typeOfLineage | patrilineal clan ⓘ |
| usedWritingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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: Zhonghang clan (中行氏) Description of subject: The Zhonghang clan (中行氏) was a powerful aristocratic lineage in the Spring and Autumn period, known as one of the influential noble families that dominated the politics of the State of Jin.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Zhonghang clan (中行氏)
linked to: Zhonghang clan (中行氏)