Yuan Shao
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Yuan Shao was a powerful warlord and aristocrat of the late Eastern Han dynasty who vied for control of northern China during the turbulent Three Kingdoms period.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9247225 — 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: Yuan Shao Context triple: [Cao Cao, notableOpponent, Yuan Shao]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Lü Bu
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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D.
Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo was a powerful and infamous warlord of the late Eastern Han dynasty who seized control of the imperial court in Luoyang, whose brutal rule sparked widespread rebellion and helped set the stage for the Three Kingdoms period.
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E.
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.
- 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: Yuan Shao Target entity description: Yuan Shao was a powerful warlord and aristocrat of the late Eastern Han dynasty who vied for control of northern China during the turbulent Three Kingdoms period.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Lü Bu
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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D.
Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo was a powerful and infamous warlord of the late Eastern Han dynasty who seized control of the imperial court in Luoyang, whose brutal rule sparked widespread rebellion and helped set the stage for the Three Kingdoms period.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Han dynasty person
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aristocrat ⓘ historical figure ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 3rd century
ⓘ
late 2nd century ⓘ |
| adoptiveFather | Yuan Cheng ⓘ |
| baseOfPower |
Hebei
ⓘ
Ye ⓘ |
| birthYear | ?154 ⓘ |
| chineseName |
袁紹
ⓘ
linked to:
Yuan Shao
|
| controlledRegion |
Bing Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Yan Province
Ji Province ⓘ
linked to:
Yan Province
Qing Province ⓘ
linked to:
Liang Province
You Province ⓘ |
| courtesyName |
Benchu
ⓘ
本初 ⓘ |
| deathYear | 202 ⓘ |
| defeated | Gongsun Zan ⓘ |
| diedIn |
China
ⓘ
Ji Province ⓘ
linked to:
Yan Province
Ye ⓘ |
| era |
late Eastern Han dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Jian’an era of Emperor Xian of Han
|
| familyClan | Yuan clan of Runan ⓘ |
| father |
Yuan Feng
ⓘ
linked to:
Yuan Cheng
|
| fictionalizedIn | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| halfBrother | Yuan Shu ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Book of the Later Han
ⓘ
linked to:
Hou Hanshu
Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defeat at the Battle of Guandu
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opposition to Dong Zhuo ⓘ vying for control of northern China ⓘ |
| ledCoalitionAgainst | Dong Zhuo ⓘ |
| lostBattleTo | Cao Cao ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Guandu
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Battle of Jieqiao ⓘ Battle of Yijing ⓘ |
| opponent |
Cao Cao
ⓘ
Dong Zhuo ⓘ |
| politicalFaction |
anti-Dong Zhuo coalition
ⓘ
linked to:
Coalition against Dong Zhuo
|
| posthumousEvent |
domain divided among his sons
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family defeated by Cao Cao ⓘ |
| rival | Gongsun Zan ⓘ |
| servedAs |
Colonel-Director of Retainers
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General of Chariots and Cavalry ⓘ Governor of Ji Province ⓘ Grand Administrator of Bohai ⓘ Intendant of Henan ⓘ |
| socialStatus | member of the four-generation-three-marquis Yuan family ⓘ |
| son |
Yuan Shang
ⓘ
Yuan Tan ⓘ Yuan Xi ⓘ Yuan Yin ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Liu ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Gongsun Zan (initially, as ally-turned-rival)
ⓘ
linked to:
Gongsun Zan
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Yuan Shao Description of subject: Yuan Shao was a powerful warlord and aristocrat of the late Eastern Han dynasty who vied for control of northern China during the turbulent Three Kingdoms period.
Referenced by (12)
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