State of Qin
E704510
The State of Qin was a powerful Chinese feudal state during the Zhou dynasty that ultimately unified China in 221 BCE, founding the Qin dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Qin canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7946622 — 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: State of Qin Context triple: [Xiong clan, politicalRival, State of Qin]
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A.
Four Commanderies of Han
The Four Commanderies of Han were Chinese colonial administrative districts established by the Han dynasty in the northern Korean Peninsula and southern Manchuria after the conquest of Gojoseon.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Son of Heaven
The Son of Heaven is the traditional Chinese imperial title signifying the emperor’s role as the divinely sanctioned ruler and intermediary between Heaven and the human realm.
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D.
Rule of Wen and Jing
The Rule of Wen and Jing refers to a peaceful, frugal, and prosperous early period of the Western Han dynasty under Emperors Wen and Jing, marked by light taxation, reduced punishments, and economic recovery.
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E.
Prince of Anxi
Prince of Anxi was a Yuan dynasty princely title associated with the Mongol imperial family, notably held by Manggala, a son of Kublai Khan.
- 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: State of Qin Target entity description: The State of Qin was a powerful Chinese feudal state during the Zhou dynasty that ultimately unified China in 221 BCE, founding the Qin dynasty.
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A.
Four Commanderies of Han
The Four Commanderies of Han were Chinese colonial administrative districts established by the Han dynasty in the northern Korean Peninsula and southern Manchuria after the conquest of Gojoseon.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Son of Heaven
The Son of Heaven is the traditional Chinese imperial title signifying the emperor’s role as the divinely sanctioned ruler and intermediary between Heaven and the human realm.
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D.
Rule of Wen and Jing
The Rule of Wen and Jing refers to a peaceful, frugal, and prosperous early period of the Western Han dynasty under Emperors Wen and Jing, marked by light taxation, reduced punishments, and economic recovery.
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E.
Prince of Anxi
Prince of Anxi was a Yuan dynasty princely title associated with the Mongol imperial family, notably held by Manggala, a son of Kublai Khan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Warring States period power
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Zhou dynasty vassal state ⓘ ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
State of Chu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Han NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| built | early Great Wall segments ⓘ |
| capital |
Xianyang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredState |
State of Chu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Han NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Qi NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Yan NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currency |
banliang coin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
knife money ⓘ |
| dissolved | 221 BCE ⓘ |
| era |
Spring and Autumn period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Feizi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| ideology | Legalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
centralized bureaucracy
ⓘ
standardization of weights and measures ⓘ strict legal code ⓘ unification of China ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs | Qin Shi Huang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalReforms | Shang Yang reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Shaanxi region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western China ⓘ |
| militaryLeader | Bai Qi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryStrength |
advanced siege warfare
ⓘ
powerful infantry ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of Changping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableChancellor |
Fan Ju
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Li Si NERFINISHED ⓘ Shang Yang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Duke Mu of Qin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke Xiao of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Huiwen of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Zhaoxiang of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Zheng of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Zhuangxiang of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlord | Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Qin clan of Western Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
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ancestor worship ⓘ |
| rulingHouse | Ying clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Qin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unificationCompleted | 221 BCE ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese script ⓘ |
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: State of Qin Description of subject: The State of Qin was a powerful Chinese feudal state during the Zhou dynasty that ultimately unified China in 221 BCE, founding the Qin dynasty.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
State of Zhao
subject surface form:
State of Zhao
subject surface form:
State of Yan
subject surface form:
State of Yan
subject surface form:
State of Wei
subject surface form:
State of Wei