Weiming clan
E703893
The Weiming clan was the Tangut royal family that founded and ruled the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Weiming clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7998196 — 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: Weiming clan Context triple: [Western Xia, rulingClan, Weiming clan]
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A.
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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B.
Ji clan
The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
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C.
Mengsun clan
The Mengsun clan was one of the prominent aristocratic lineages in the ancient Chinese State of Lu, influential in its political and social affairs.
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D.
Sima clan
The Sima clan was a powerful Chinese family that rose to dominance as regents of the Cao Wei state and ultimately founded the Jin dynasty, unifying China in the 3rd century.
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E.
House of Jiang
The House of Jiang was the ruling clan that established and governed the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty period.
- 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: Weiming clan Target entity description: The Weiming clan was the Tangut royal family that founded and ruled the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
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A.
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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B.
Ji clan
The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
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C.
Mengsun clan
The Mengsun clan was one of the prominent aristocratic lineages in the ancient Chinese State of Lu, influential in its political and social affairs.
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D.
Sima clan
The Sima clan was a powerful Chinese family that rose to dominance as regents of the Cao Wei state and ultimately founded the Jin dynasty, unifying China in the 3rd century.
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E.
House of Jiang
The House of Jiang was the ruling clan that established and governed the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
noble clan
ⓘ
royal house ⓘ |
| capitalCityDuringRule |
Xingqing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhongxing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liao dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Western Xia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Sinosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | Western Xia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endOfRule | 1227 ⓘ |
| ethnicIdentity | Tangut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicPolicy |
adopted Chinese-style institutions
ⓘ
promoted Tangut culture ⓘ |
| founder | Li Yuanhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geopoliticalNeighbors |
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liao dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
11th century
ⓘ
12th century ⓘ early 13th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing a distinct Tangut written culture
ⓘ
establishing an independent Tangut-ruled state ⓘ |
| languageAssociated | Tangut language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Li Deming
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Li Qianshun NERFINISHED ⓘ Li Renxiao NERFINISHED ⓘ Li Yuanhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalEthnicName | Weiming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Mongol forces under Genghis Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| predecessorStateContext | Northern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | northwestern China ⓘ |
| religionPatronized |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taoism NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
founding dynasty of Western Xia
ⓘ
ruling family of Western Xia ⓘ |
| scriptAssociated | Tangut script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startOfRule | 1038 ⓘ |
| successorStateContext | Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorialCore |
modern Ningxia
ⓘ
parts of Gansu ⓘ parts of Inner Mongolia ⓘ |
| titleUsedByRulers | Emperor of Xia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFamilyNameInChineseSources | Li 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: Weiming clan Description of subject: The Weiming clan was the Tangut royal family that founded and ruled the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.