Kong Ji
E504980
Kong Ji was a Chinese philosopher of the late Spring and Autumn period, the grandson of Confucius, traditionally regarded as the author of the Confucian classic "Doctrine of the Mean."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kong Ji canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5232998 — 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: Kong Ji Context triple: [Doctrine of the Mean, attributedTo, Kong Ji]
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A.
Kong He
Kong He was the father of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and a minor aristocratic military officer in the state of Lu.
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B.
Bak Hyeokgeose
Bak Hyeokgeose was the legendary first king of Silla, one of Korea’s Three Kingdoms, traditionally credited with establishing its royal dynasty in the 1st century BCE.
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C.
Dong Maeng
Dong Maeng is a joint South Korea–United States military exercise that succeeded earlier large-scale drills as part of their combined defense posture.
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D.
Kang
Kang is a recurring alien character from the animated television series "The Simpsons," often appearing in satirical and Halloween-themed episodes alongside his companion Kodos.
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E.
Seong Ga-yeong
Seong Ga-yeong is the young daughter of protagonist Seong Gi-hun in the South Korean series "Squid Game."
- 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: Kong Ji Target entity description: Kong Ji was a Chinese philosopher of the late Spring and Autumn period, the grandson of Confucius, traditionally regarded as the author of the Confucian classic "Doctrine of the Mean."
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A.
Kong He
Kong He was the father of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and a minor aristocratic military officer in the state of Lu.
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B.
Bak Hyeokgeose
Bak Hyeokgeose was the legendary first king of Silla, one of Korea’s Three Kingdoms, traditionally credited with establishing its royal dynasty in the 1st century BCE.
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C.
Dong Maeng
Dong Maeng is a joint South Korea–United States military exercise that succeeded earlier large-scale drills as part of their combined defense posture.
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D.
Kang
Kang is a recurring alien character from the animated television series "The Simpsons," often appearing in satirical and Halloween-themed episodes alongside his companion Kodos.
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E.
Seong Ga-yeong
Seong Ga-yeong is the young daughter of protagonist Seong Gi-hun in the South Korean series "Squid Game."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese philosopher
ⓘ
Confucian scholar ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Confucian classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithText | Doctrine of the Mean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseName |
子思
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
孔伋 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Zisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Chinese philosophy ⓘ |
| era | late Spring and Autumn period ⓘ |
| familyName | Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Kong Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| generationRelativeToConfucius | third generation ⓘ |
| givenName | Ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Confucius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Zisi Zi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inConfucianGenealogy | disciple in the lineage of Confucius ⓘ |
| influenced | Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Kong Ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Zhou Chinese ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Confucius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kong Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Doctrine of the Mean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
human nature
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moral cultivation ⓘ the Mean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| roleInConfucianCanon | transmitter of Confucian thought ⓘ |
| school | Ru school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Classical Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyRegardedAsAuthorOf | Doctrine of the Mean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Kong Ji Description of subject: Kong Ji was a Chinese philosopher of the late Spring and Autumn period, the grandson of Confucius, traditionally regarded as the author of the Confucian classic "Doctrine of the Mean."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.