Jiang Wei
E203634
Jiang Wei was a prominent Shu Han general and strategist during China’s Three Kingdoms era, known for continuing Zhuge Liang’s northern campaigns against the state of Wei.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1626138 — 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: Jiang Wei Context triple: [Three Kingdoms period, notableFigure, Jiang Wei]
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A.
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.
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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.
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C.
Zhou Yu
Zhou Yu was a prominent military general and strategist of the late Eastern Han dynasty, best known for co-commanding the allied forces of Sun Quan at the decisive Battle of Red Cliffs during the Three Kingdoms era.
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D.
Guan Yu
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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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: Jiang Wei Target entity description: Jiang Wei was a prominent Shu Han general and strategist during China’s Three Kingdoms era, known for continuing Zhuge Liang’s northern campaigns against the state of Wei.
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A.
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.
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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.
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C.
Zhou Yu
Zhou Yu was a prominent military general and strategist of the late Eastern Han dynasty, best known for co-commanding the allied forces of Sun Quan at the decisive Battle of Red Cliffs during the Three Kingdoms era.
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D.
Guan Yu
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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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 (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shu Han general
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Three Kingdoms person ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military general ⓘ strategist ⓘ |
| activeIn | 3rd century ⓘ |
| allegiance | Shu Han ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chengdu ⓘ |
| bornIn |
Gansu Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Gansu region
Ji County ⓘ Tianshui ⓘ
surface form:
Tianshui Commandery
|
| bornInState | Cao Wei ⓘ |
| chineseName |
Jiang Wei
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
姜维
|
| continuedCampaignsOf | Zhuge Liang ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Boyi ⓘ |
| courtesyNameChinese | 伯约 ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| deathContext | after the fall of Shu Han ⓘ |
| defectedTo | Shu Han ⓘ |
| era | Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms transition ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Records of the Three Kingdoms
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempts to restore Han authority in the north
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northern expeditions against Cao Wei ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of perseverance in Shu Han’s cause ⓘ |
| militaryObjective | to weaken and invade Cao Wei ⓘ |
| militaryRole | frontline commander in northern campaigns ⓘ |
| name | Jiang Wei self-link ⓘ |
| notableCampaignDirection | north ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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military strategist ⓘ |
| opponentState | Cao Wei ⓘ |
| originalAllegiance | Cao Wei ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Shu Han–Cao Wei conflicts ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | loyal but ultimately unsuccessful defender of Shu Han ⓘ |
| predecessorInStrategy | Zhuge Liang ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | northwestern China ⓘ |
| servedAs | senior general of Shu Han ⓘ |
| servedState | Shu Han ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Liu Shan ⓘ |
| succeeded |
Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang
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surface form:
Zhuge Liang in leading northern expeditions
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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: Jiang Wei Description of subject: Jiang Wei was a prominent Shu Han general and strategist during China’s Three Kingdoms era, known for continuing Zhuge Liang’s northern campaigns against the state of Wei.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
姜维