ancient State of Sui
E219427
The ancient State of Sui was a small Zhou-era Chinese polity located in what is now Suizhou, Hubei, known primarily from early historical records and archaeological remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| ancient State of Sui canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1970120 — 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: ancient State of Sui Context triple: [Suizhou, historicalRegion, ancient State of Sui]
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A.
Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but pivotal Chinese imperial dynasty (581–618 CE) that reunified China after centuries of division and laid the foundations for the subsequent Tang dynasty through major administrative and infrastructural reforms.
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B.
State of Han
The State of Han was a minor Warring States–period kingdom in ancient China, situated in central China and often overshadowed and pressured by more powerful neighbors such as Qin and Chu.
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C.
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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D.
state of Qin
The state of Qin was an ancient Chinese kingdom in the western region of China that rose to power during the Warring States period and ultimately unified China, laying the foundation for the Qin dynasty.
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E.
Liao dynasty
The Liao dynasty was a Khitan-led imperial dynasty that ruled parts of northern China, Mongolia, and Manchuria from the 10th to 12th centuries, playing a major role in East Asian politics alongside the Song dynasty.
- 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: ancient State of Sui Target entity description: The ancient State of Sui was a small Zhou-era Chinese polity located in what is now Suizhou, Hubei, known primarily from early historical records and archaeological remains.
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A.
Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but pivotal Chinese imperial dynasty (581–618 CE) that reunified China after centuries of division and laid the foundations for the subsequent Tang dynasty through major administrative and infrastructural reforms.
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B.
State of Han
The State of Han was a minor Warring States–period kingdom in ancient China, situated in central China and often overshadowed and pressured by more powerful neighbors such as Qin and Chu.
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C.
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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D.
state of Qin
The state of Qin was an ancient Chinese kingdom in the western region of China that rose to power during the Warring States period and ultimately unified China, laying the foundation for the Qin dynasty.
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E.
Liao dynasty
The Liao dynasty was a Khitan-led imperial dynasty that ruled parts of northern China, Mongolia, and Manchuria from the 10th to 12th centuries, playing a major role in East Asian politics alongside the Song dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zhou dynasty vassal state
ⓘ
ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSiteType |
elite cemetery complex
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walled city remains ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| engagedIn | regional warfare among Zhou states ⓘ |
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalCulture | Bronze Age Chinese culture ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalStatus | key site for study of small Zhou polities ⓘ |
| hasCapitalSiteNear |
Suizhou
ⓘ
surface form:
modern Suizhou
|
| hasChronologicalCharacter | pre-imperial Chinese state ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceType |
bronze inscriptions
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ritual bronzes ⓘ tomb excavations ⓘ |
| hasMaterialCulture |
bronze ritual vessels
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jade artifacts ⓘ lacquerware ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | gives name to Suizhou ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalRelation | neighboring states of the middle Yangtze ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorTerritory | Suizhou ⓘ |
| hasToponymicLegacy | place names in Suizhou area ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | represents a minor polity in Zhou-era central China ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
archaeological remains
ⓘ
early Chinese historical records ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hubei Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Hubei
Suizhou ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod |
Spring and Autumn period
ⓘ
Warring States period ⓘ Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Guoyu
ⓘ
Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ
surface form:
Shiji
Zuo Zhuan ⓘ |
| modernAdministrativeArea |
Suizhou
ⓘ
surface form:
Suizhou City
|
| modernProvince | Hubei Province ⓘ |
| nearRiverSystem | Han River basin ⓘ |
| partOf | Zhou feudal system ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricalRegion |
Ancient China
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient China
|
| politicalStatus | vassal state of the Zhou royal house ⓘ |
| region | middle Yangtze region ⓘ |
| subregionOf | southern Zhou cultural sphere ⓘ |
| timeDepth | first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| writtenInChineseCharacters | 隨 ⓘ |
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: ancient State of Sui Description of subject: The ancient State of Sui was a small Zhou-era Chinese polity located in what is now Suizhou, Hubei, known primarily from early historical records and archaeological remains.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.