Ma Liang
E672048
Ma Liang was a historical figure from the Three Kingdoms period of China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu strategist Ma Su and for his own service under Liu Bei.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ma Liang canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7524080 — 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: Ma Liang Context triple: [Ma Su, sibling, Ma Liang]
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A.
Wei Lihuang
Wei Lihuang was a prominent Nationalist Chinese general best known for his leadership of Chinese forces against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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B.
Liu Tsong
Liu Tsong, better known by her stage name Anna May Wong, was a pioneering Chinese American film actress and the first major Asian American movie star in Hollywood.
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C.
Shen Dao
Shen Dao is the ceremonial spirit road leading to the Ming Tombs near Beijing, lined with stone statues and monuments that honor deceased emperors.
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D.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of China.
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E.
Zhu Yousong
Zhu Yousong was a Ming dynasty imperial prince who briefly reigned as the Hongguang Emperor, one of the Southern Ming claimants to the Chinese throne after the fall of Beijing to the Qing.
- 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: Ma Liang Target entity description: Ma Liang was a historical figure from the Three Kingdoms period of China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu strategist Ma Su and for his own service under Liu Bei.
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A.
Wei Lihuang
Wei Lihuang was a prominent Nationalist Chinese general best known for his leadership of Chinese forces against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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B.
Liu Tsong
Liu Tsong, better known by her stage name Anna May Wong, was a pioneering Chinese American film actress and the first major Asian American movie star in Hollywood.
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C.
Shen Dao
Shen Dao is the ceremonial spirit road leading to the Ming Tombs near Beijing, lined with stone statues and monuments that honor deceased emperors.
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D.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of China.
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E.
Zhu Yousong
Zhu Yousong was a Ming dynasty imperial prince who briefly reigned as the Hongguang Emperor, one of the Southern Ming claimants to the Chinese throne after the fall of Beijing to the Qing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
official ⓘ person from the Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| activeIn | Shu territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Liu Bei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Liu Bei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ma Su NERFINISHED ⓘ Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| era | Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Ma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early Three Kingdoms
ⓘ
late Eastern Han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being younger brother of Ma Su
ⓘ
service under Liu Bei ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Records of the Three Kingdoms
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical texts about Shu Han ⓘ |
| notableRole | member of Ma family serving Shu ⓘ |
| position |
advisor in Shu Han
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official under Liu Bei ⓘ |
| relative | Ma Su NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Ma Su 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: Ma Liang Description of subject: Ma Liang was a historical figure from the Three Kingdoms period of China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu strategist Ma Su and for his own service under Liu Bei.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.