Grand Commandant of Wei

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government office imperial Chinese office military office

The Grand Commandant of Wei was one of the highest military offices in the state of Cao Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms period, overseeing the empire’s armed forces and strategic command.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Grand Commandant of Cao Wei	4
Grand Commandant of Wei canonical	2
General-in-Chief of Wei	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8148094 — 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: Grand Commandant of Wei
Context triple: [Sima Yi, office, Grand Commandant of Wei]

A. Grand General of Eastern Wu
The Grand General of Eastern Wu was one of the highest military commanders of the Eastern Wu state during China’s Three Kingdoms period, overseeing major strategic and defensive operations.
B. Sima Yi
Sima Yi was a prominent Chinese military strategist and statesman who played a pivotal role in the rise of the Cao Wei state during the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period.
C. Deng Ai
Deng Ai was a prominent Shu-Han–born general of the state of Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms era, best known for his bold campaign that led to the conquest of Shu.
D. Guo Jia
Guo Jia was a renowned strategist and advisor to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty, celebrated for his keen foresight and pivotal role in early Three Kingdoms-era campaigns.
E. Sun Liang
Sun Liang was a young emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period, whose short and turbulent reign was dominated by powerful regents.
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: Grand Commandant of Wei
Target entity description: The Grand Commandant of Wei was one of the highest military offices in the state of Cao Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms period, overseeing the empire’s armed forces and strategic command.

A. Grand General of Eastern Wu
The Grand General of Eastern Wu was one of the highest military commanders of the Eastern Wu state during China’s Three Kingdoms period, overseeing major strategic and defensive operations.
B. Sima Yi
Sima Yi was a prominent Chinese military strategist and statesman who played a pivotal role in the rise of the Cao Wei state during the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period.
C. Deng Ai
Deng Ai was a prominent Shu-Han–born general of the state of Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms era, best known for his bold campaign that led to the conquest of Shu.
D. Guo Jia
Guo Jia was a renowned strategist and advisor to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty, celebrated for his keen foresight and pivotal role in early Three Kingdoms-era campaigns.
E. Sun Liang
Sun Liang was a young emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period, whose short and turbulent reign was dominated by powerful regents.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office ⓘ imperial Chinese office ⓘ military office ⓘ
abolished	late 3rd century ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Cao Wei ⓘ
basedOn	Han dynasty Grand Commandant system ⓘ
confersStatus	top tier of Cao Wei nobility and bureaucracy ⓘ
country	Cao Wei ⓘ
domain	military affairs ⓘ national defense ⓘ
followedBy	equivalent offices in Western Jin ⓘ
hasAlternativeLabel	Grand Commandant of Cao Wei ⓘ linked to: Grand Commandant of Wei Wei Grand Commandant ⓘ linked to: Grand Commandant
hasChineseName	太尉 (in the state of Wei) ⓘ 魏太尉 ⓘ
hasDuty	advising the emperor on military affairs ⓘ coordination of large-scale military campaigns ⓘ overall command of the armed forces of Cao Wei ⓘ strategic military planning ⓘ supervision of generals and military officials ⓘ
hasRank	one of the Three Excellencies ⓘ one of the highest military offices in Cao Wei ⓘ
historicalContext	Cao Wei–Shu Han–Eastern Wu rivalry ⓘ linked to: Cao Wei–Eastern Wu–Shu Han tripartite China Three Kingdoms of China ⓘ linked to: Three Kingdoms period
inception	early 3rd century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Classical Chinese ⓘ
locatedInTime	220–265 ⓘ 3rd century ⓘ
officeHolder	Cao Cao ⓘ Cao Zhen ⓘ Sima Shi ⓘ Sima Yi ⓘ Sima Zhao ⓘ
partOf	Three Excellencies of Cao Wei ⓘ central government of Cao Wei ⓘ
positionHeldInPeriod	Three Kingdoms period ⓘ
precededBy	Grand Commandant of Eastern Han ⓘ
relativeRank	higher than regional military governors ⓘ on par with Grand Minister over the Masses of Wei ⓘ on par with Grand Tutor of Wei ⓘ
reportsTo	emperor of Cao Wei ⓘ
seatOfOffice	Luoyang ⓘ
subclassOf	Grand Commandant ⓘ Sanguo-era military office ⓘ
usedBy	Cao Wei court ⓘ linked to: imperial court of Cao Wei
usedIn	bureaucratic system of Cao Wei ⓘ

How these facts were elicited