Cao family
E701613
The Cao family was a powerful warlord clan in late Eastern Han China that founded and ruled the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cao clan | 2 |
| Cao family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7877832 — 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: Cao family Context triple: [Cao Wei, namedAfter, Cao family]
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A.
Liu family
The Liu family was the imperial clan of the Han dynasty in China, from which emperors such as Guangwu of Han descended.
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B.
Lin family
The Lin family is a Chinese lineage or clan to which Lin Gie-Ming belongs.
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C.
Xiong clan
The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
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D.
Chan family
The Chan family is the family of American pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan, known in part for its association with major charitable and educational initiatives.
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E.
Yang clan
The Yang clan is a historically prominent Chinese family lineage known for producing influential military leaders, scholars, and officials across various dynasties.
- 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: Cao family Target entity description: The Cao family was a powerful warlord clan in late Eastern Han China that founded and ruled the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
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A.
Liu family
The Liu family was the imperial clan of the Han dynasty in China, from which emperors such as Guangwu of Han descended.
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B.
Lin family
The Lin family is a Chinese lineage or clan to which Lin Gie-Ming belongs.
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C.
Xiong clan
The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
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D.
Chan family
The Chan family is the family of American pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan, known in part for its association with major charitable and educational initiatives.
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E.
Yang clan
The Yang clan is a historically prominent Chinese family lineage known for producing influential military leaders, scholars, and officials across various dynasties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese clan
ⓘ
noble family ⓘ warlord family ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Three Kingdoms period
NERFINISHED
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late Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Records of the Three Kingdoms
NERFINISHED
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Cao Wei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| dynasticHouseOf | Emperors of Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| foundedState | Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Cao Song
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cao Teng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Three Kingdoms of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houseType |
hereditary nobility
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imperial clan ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing the state of Cao Wei
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military campaigns against rival warlords ⓘ political dominance at the Han imperial court ⓘ unification of northern China during late Eastern Han ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Cao Cao
NERFINISHED
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Cao Chun NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Hong NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Huan NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Ren NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Rui NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Shuang NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Xiu NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Zhang NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Zhen NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Zhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
imperial house of Cao Wei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
warlords ⓘ |
| powerBase |
Xu (Xuchang)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorStateInfluence | Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Henan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| ruledState | Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Sima family 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: Cao family Description of subject: The Cao family was a powerful warlord clan in late Eastern Han China that founded and ruled the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.