Yellow Emperor era (traditional)
E381213
The Yellow Emperor era (traditional) is a legendary chronological epoch in Chinese historiography, traditionally used to date events from the supposed reign of the mythic Yellow Emperor, Huangdi.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Era of the Yellow Emperor | 1 |
| Huangdi era | 1 |
| Yellow Emperor era (traditional) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3720632 — 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: Yellow Emperor era (traditional) Context triple: [traditional Chinese calendar, eraStart, Yellow Emperor era (traditional)]
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A.
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period was an early phase of the Eastern Zhou dynasty in ancient China marked by the decline of royal authority, the rise of powerful regional states, and significant political, military, and philosophical developments.
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B.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was a time of political fragmentation and rapid dynastic change in China between the Tang and Song dynasties, marked by short-lived northern regimes and multiple concurrent southern kingdoms.
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C.
Eastern Zhou
Eastern Zhou was the later period of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, marked by political fragmentation, intense interstate warfare, and flourishing philosophy during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras.
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D.
Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty was one of ancient China’s earliest recorded dynasties, known for its bronze casting, oracle bone inscriptions, and the development of a complex state society along the Yellow River.
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E.
Three Kingdoms period
The Three Kingdoms period was a turbulent era in Chinese history (220–280 CE) marked by the division of China into the rival states of Wei, Shu, and Wu, extensive warfare, and legendary figures later romanticized in classic literature.
- 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: Yellow Emperor era (traditional) Target entity description: The Yellow Emperor era (traditional) is a legendary chronological epoch in Chinese historiography, traditionally used to date events from the supposed reign of the mythic Yellow Emperor, Huangdi.
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A.
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period was an early phase of the Eastern Zhou dynasty in ancient China marked by the decline of royal authority, the rise of powerful regional states, and significant political, military, and philosophical developments.
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B.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was a time of political fragmentation and rapid dynastic change in China between the Tang and Song dynasties, marked by short-lived northern regimes and multiple concurrent southern kingdoms.
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C.
Eastern Zhou
Eastern Zhou was the later period of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, marked by political fragmentation, intense interstate warfare, and flourishing philosophy during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras.
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D.
Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty was one of ancient China’s earliest recorded dynasties, known for its bronze casting, oracle bone inscriptions, and the development of a complex state society along the Yellow River.
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E.
Three Kingdoms period
The Three Kingdoms period was a turbulent era in Chinese history (220–280 CE) marked by the division of China into the rival states of Wei, Shu, and Wu, extensive warfare, and legendary figures later romanticized in classic literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chronological era
ⓘ
legendary epoch ⓘ traditional Chinese era ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Huangdi
ⓘ
Huangdi ⓘ
surface form:
Yellow Emperor
|
| basedOn | reign of the Yellow Emperor ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | pre-imperial Chinese era concept ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese culture ⓘ |
| documentedIn | traditional Chinese historical texts ⓘ |
| field |
chronology
ⓘ
historiography ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Yellow Emperor era (traditional)
ⓘ
surface form:
Era of the Yellow Emperor
Yellow Emperor era (traditional) ⓘ
surface form:
Huangdi era
|
| hasLanguage | Classical Chinese sources ⓘ |
| hasNature |
legendary
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mythical ⓘ |
| hasStartPoint | supposed accession of the Yellow Emperor ⓘ |
| influenced | later Chinese chronological systems ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Chinese foundation myths
ⓘ
Chinese legendary rulers ⓘ |
| partOf | traditional Chinese calendar system ⓘ |
| reliability |
historically uncertain
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not archaeologically attested ⓘ |
| timeReckoning | regnal era of Huangdi ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chinese chronologists
ⓘ
traditional Chinese scholars ⓘ |
| usedFor | dating historical events ⓘ |
| usedIn | Chinese historiography ⓘ |
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: Yellow Emperor era (traditional) Description of subject: The Yellow Emperor era (traditional) is a legendary chronological epoch in Chinese historiography, traditionally used to date events from the supposed reign of the mythic Yellow Emperor, Huangdi.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Huangdi era
this entity surface form:
Era of the Yellow Emperor