Kingdom of Zhao
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The Kingdom of Zhao was a major state during China’s Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and pivotal role in the era’s interstate conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kingdom of Zhao canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7824499 — 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: Kingdom of Zhao Context triple: [Rebellion of the Seven States, participant, Kingdom of Zhao]
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Gao Kingdom
The Gao Kingdom was an early West African state centered on the city of Gao that laid the foundations for the later expansion and dominance of the Songhai Empire.
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State of Chu
The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
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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 Qi
The State of Qi was a powerful ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, noted for its economic strength, political reforms, and cultural influence among the Warring States.
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E.
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.
- 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: Kingdom of Zhao Target entity description: The Kingdom of Zhao was a major state during China’s Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and pivotal role in the era’s interstate conflicts.
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A.
Gao Kingdom
The Gao Kingdom was an early West African state centered on the city of Gao that laid the foundations for the later expansion and dominance of the Songhai Empire.
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B.
State of Chu
The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
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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 Qi
The State of Qi was a powerful ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, noted for its economic strength, political reforms, and cultural influence among the Warring States.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
State of Zhao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderRegion | Great Wall frontier zones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Handan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Qin dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conquestYear | 228 BCE ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currency |
knife money
ⓘ
round coin money ⓘ |
| endTime | 222 BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicInteractions | nomadic peoples of the northern steppe ⓘ |
| finalAnnexationYear | 222 BCE ⓘ |
| firstRuler | Zhao Liehou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder |
Zhao Huanzi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhao Ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedInTime |
3rd century BCE
ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Handan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jinyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryStrength |
elite infantry units
ⓘ
strong cavalry forces ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Zhao clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of Changping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adoption of nomadic cavalry tactics
ⓘ
military reforms ⓘ powerful cavalry ⓘ role in Warring States interstate conflicts ⓘ |
| notableReform | King Wuling of Zhao’s “胡服骑射” (wearing Hu-style clothing and shooting from horseback) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponentInBattle | State of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | partition of Jin ⓘ |
| partOf | Zhou dynasty feudal system ⓘ |
| predecessor | Jin (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Hebei region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shanxi region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern China ⓘ |
| ruler |
King Daoxiang of Zhao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Huiwen of Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ King Wuling of Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ King Xiaocheng of Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ King Youmiu of Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesBorderWith |
State of Han
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Qi NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Yan NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Zhongshan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 403 BCE ⓘ |
| sufferedDefeatAt | Battle of Changping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Kingdom of Zhao Description of subject: The Kingdom of Zhao was a major state during China’s Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and pivotal role in the era’s interstate conflicts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.