Zeng state
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The Zeng state was a minor ancient Chinese vassal state during the Zhou dynasty, known primarily from rich archaeological finds such as the Tomb of Marquis Yi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zeng state canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8147983 — 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: Zeng state Context triple: [Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, culture, Zeng state]
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A.
Gao Kingdom
The Gao Kingdom was an early West African state centered on the city of Gao that laid the foundations for the later expansion and dominance of the Songhai Empire.
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B.
Zhou state
The Zhou state was an ancient Chinese polity that rose to prominence in the 11th century BCE, founding the Zhou dynasty and establishing a long-lasting feudal order in early Chinese history.
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C.
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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D.
Kingdom of Jiaoxi
The Kingdom of Jiaoxi was a semi-autonomous vassal state of the Western Han dynasty in ancient China, ruled by a royal clan member and later involved in major regional uprisings against central imperial authority.
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E.
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.
- 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: Zeng state Target entity description: The Zeng state was a minor ancient Chinese vassal state during the Zhou dynasty, known primarily from rich archaeological finds such as the Tomb of Marquis Yi.
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A.
Gao Kingdom
The Gao Kingdom was an early West African state centered on the city of Gao that laid the foundations for the later expansion and dominance of the Songhai Empire.
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B.
Zhou state
The Zhou state was an ancient Chinese polity that rose to prominence in the 11th century BCE, founding the Zhou dynasty and establishing a long-lasting feudal order in early Chinese history.
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C.
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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D.
Kingdom of Jiaoxi
The Kingdom of Jiaoxi was a semi-autonomous vassal state of the Western Han dynasty in ancient China, ruled by a royal clan member and later involved in major regional uprisings against central imperial authority.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese state
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vassal state ⓘ |
| archaeologicalImportance | key source for Zhou ritual and music history ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Suizhou Zeng state tombs
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Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng ⓘ Yejiashan cemetery ⓘ |
| capital |
Suizhou region
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linked to:
Suizhou
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| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culture |
Chu-influenced culture
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Zhou culture ⓘ |
| discoveredThrough | 20th-century archaeological excavations ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
bronze inscriptions
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grave goods ⓘ tomb architecture ⓘ |
| extinction | absorbed by Chu state ⓘ |
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalRecord | poorly documented in transmitted texts ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | minor state ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng
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bronze bells (bianzhong) ⓘ bronze ritual vessels ⓘ inscribed bronzes mentioning Zeng ⓘ rich archaeological finds ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
middle Yangtze River region
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linked to:
middle reaches of the Yangtze River
present-day Suizhou, Hubei, China ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod |
Spring and Autumn period
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Warring States period ⓘ Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| militaryFeature | chariot burials ⓘ |
| musicCulture | large bronze bell sets ⓘ |
| neighboringState |
Cai state
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Chu state ⓘ
linked to:
State of Chu
Jin state ⓘ
linked to:
Jin (state)
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| notableRuler | Marquis Yi of Zeng ⓘ |
| partOf | Zhou dynasty feudal system ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | vassal of Zhou king ⓘ |
| primaryKnowledgeSource | archaeology ⓘ |
| region | southern Zhou cultural sphere ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese ancestral worship
ⓘ
Chinese ritual bronze culture ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | Marquis of Zeng ⓘ |
| tributaryTo | Zhou royal house ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese bronze inscriptions ⓘ |
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: Zeng state Description of subject: The Zeng state was a minor ancient Chinese vassal state during the Zhou dynasty, known primarily from rich archaeological finds such as the Tomb of Marquis Yi.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.