Guan Yu
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Guan Yu was a famed Chinese general and deified warrior known for his loyalty, martial prowess, and central role in the historical and literary accounts of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms era.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1626133 — 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: Guan Yu Context triple: [Three Kingdoms period, notableFigure, Guan Yu]
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A.
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.
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B.
Shu Chien
Shu Chien is a renowned Chinese-American physiologist and bioengineer recognized for pioneering contributions to cardiovascular biomechanics and microcirculation research.
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C.
Liu Bei
Liu Bei was a warlord and founding emperor of the Shu Han state, renowned for his role in the Three Kingdoms era of China and his later romanticized portrayal as a virtuous, benevolent leader.
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D.
Ma Biao
Ma Biao was a prominent Chinese Muslim general of the National Revolutionary Army who played key roles in several major campaigns during the Republican era.
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E.
Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang was a renowned Chinese statesman, strategist, and military tactician who served the Shu Han state during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
- 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: Guan Yu Target entity description: Guan Yu was a famed Chinese general and deified warrior known for his loyalty, martial prowess, and central role in the historical and literary accounts of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms era.
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A.
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.
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B.
Shu Chien
Shu Chien is a renowned Chinese-American physiologist and bioengineer recognized for pioneering contributions to cardiovascular biomechanics and microcirculation research.
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C.
Liu Bei
Liu Bei was a warlord and founding emperor of the Shu Han state, renowned for his role in the Three Kingdoms era of China and his later romanticized portrayal as a virtuous, benevolent leader.
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D.
Ma Biao
Ma Biao was a prominent Chinese Muslim general of the National Revolutionary Army who played key roles in several major campaigns during the Republican era.
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E.
Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang was a renowned Chinese statesman, strategist, and military tactician who served the Shu Han state during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese general
ⓘ
Three Kingdoms person ⓘ deity ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Liu Bei
ⓘ
Shu Han ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical Guan Yu ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hedong Commandery
ⓘ
Xie County ⓘ present-day Yuncheng, Shanxi, China ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
Eastern Wu
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Wu forces
Lü Meng ⓘ |
| characterIn | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| child |
Guan Ping
ⓘ
Guan Xing ⓘ |
| country |
Han dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Han dynasty
|
| courtesyName | Yunchang ⓘ |
| cultureHeroIn | Chinese culture ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Linju
ⓘ
territory of Eastern Wu ⓘ |
| deityType |
protector deity
ⓘ
war deity ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Cao Cao
ⓘ
Sun Quan ⓘ |
| era |
Three Kingdoms period
ⓘ
imperial court of Eastern Han ⓘ
surface form:
late Eastern Han dynasty
|
| ethnicity | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
green robe
ⓘ
holding the Green Dragon Crescent Blade ⓘ long lush beard ⓘ red face ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Eastern Wu
ⓘ
surface form:
forces of Eastern Wu
|
| loyalTo | Liu Bei ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| name | Guan Yu self-link ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Fancheng
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Battle of Red Cliffs ⓘ Battle of Xiapi ⓘ |
| notableEvent | crossing five passes and slaying six generals ⓘ |
| notableFor |
loyalty
ⓘ
martial prowess ⓘ oath of the Peach Garden ⓘ role in Three Kingdoms period ⓘ role in late Eastern Han period ⓘ |
| occupation | military general ⓘ |
| patronOf |
loyalty and righteousness
ⓘ
martial valor ⓘ police ⓘ triads and secret societies ⓘ |
| posthumousTitle |
Guangong
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Guan
Guangong ⓘ
surface form:
Guan Gong
Guandi ⓘ Guan Yu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Guan
Saintly Emperor Guan ⓘ |
| religion | Chinese folk religion ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Liu Bei ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Gan ⓘ |
| swornBrotherOf |
Liu Bei
ⓘ
Zhang Fei ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
brotherhood
ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ righteousness ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ Confucianism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ |
| virtue | yi (righteousness) ⓘ |
| weapon | Green Dragon Crescent Blade ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
China
ⓘ
Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
overseas Chinese communities ⓘ |
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: Guan Yu Description of subject: Guan Yu was a famed Chinese general and deified warrior known for his loyalty, martial prowess, and central role in the historical and literary accounts of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms era.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lord Guan
this entity surface form:
Lord Guan
this entity surface form:
Lord Guan