Lü Bu
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Lü Bu was a famed but notoriously treacherous warlord and warrior of the late Eastern Han dynasty, celebrated for his unmatched martial prowess and often depicted as the mightiest fighter of the Three Kingdoms era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lü Bu canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7947622 — 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: Lü Bu Context triple: [Liu Bei, servedUnder, Lü Bu]
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A.
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.
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B.
Gongsun Zan
Gongsun Zan was a warlord and military commander during the late Eastern Han dynasty, known for his cavalry forces and early role in the power struggles that preceded the Three Kingdoms period.
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C.
Cao Cao
Cao Cao was a powerful warlord, statesman, and poet who laid the foundations for the state of Cao Wei during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period in China.
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D.
Sun Jian
Sun Jian was a prominent late Eastern Han dynasty warlord and military general, famed as the father of Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who laid the foundations for the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
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E.
Ma Chao
Ma Chao was a famed military general and warlord of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period, renowned for his bravery and role as one of the Five Tiger Generals of Shu.
- 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: Lü Bu Target entity description: Lü Bu was a famed but notoriously treacherous warlord and warrior of the late Eastern Han dynasty, celebrated for his unmatched martial prowess and often depicted as the mightiest fighter of the Three Kingdoms era.
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A.
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.
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B.
Gongsun Zan
Gongsun Zan was a warlord and military commander during the late Eastern Han dynasty, known for his cavalry forces and early role in the power struggles that preceded the Three Kingdoms period.
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C.
Cao Cao
Cao Cao was a powerful warlord, statesman, and poet who laid the foundations for the state of Cao Wei during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period in China.
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D.
Sun Jian
Sun Jian was a prominent late Eastern Han dynasty warlord and military general, famed as the father of Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who laid the foundations for the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
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E.
Ma Chao
Ma Chao was a famed military general and warlord of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period, renowned for his bravery and role as one of the Five Tiger Generals of Shu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Three Kingdoms person
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ military general ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Ding Yuan
ⓘ
Dong Zhuo ⓘ Yuan Shu ⓘ himself ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (novel)
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linked to:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
various Chinese operas ⓘ video games based on Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Bing Province
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linked to:
Yan Province
Jiuyuan Commandery ⓘ near modern Baotou, Inner Mongolia ⓘ |
| child | Lü Lingqi ⓘ |
| country | Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Fengxian ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese folklore ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Xiapi
ⓘ
Xu Province ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Cao Cao
ⓘ
Liu Bei ⓘ Yuan Shu ⓘ |
| era | late Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Lü ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Bu ⓘ |
| killed |
Ding Yuan
ⓘ
Dong Zhuo ⓘ |
| killedBy | Cao Cao ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| mount | Red Hare ⓘ |
| name | Lü Bu ⓘ |
| notableFor |
archery skill
ⓘ
changing allegiances ⓘ horsemanship ⓘ martial prowess ⓘ treachery ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
Cavalry Commandant
ⓘ
General of the Household ⓘ Governor of Xu Province ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Hulao Pass
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Battle of Xiapi ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
mightiest warrior of the Three Kingdoms
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treacherous and fickle ⓘ unmatched fighter ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Yan ⓘ |
| weapon |
Fangtian huaji
ⓘ
halberd ⓘ |
| yearOfDeath | 199 ⓘ |
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: Lü Bu Description of subject: Lü Bu was a famed but notoriously treacherous warlord and warrior of the late Eastern Han dynasty, celebrated for his unmatched martial prowess and often depicted as the mightiest fighter of the Three Kingdoms era.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.