Zhao clan
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The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhao clan canonical | 2 |
| Zhao clan (趙氏) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7984292 — 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: Zhao clan Context triple: [Partition of Jin, involvedClan, Zhao 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.
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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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.
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: Zhao clan Target entity description: The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
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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.
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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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.
Weiming clan
The Weiming clan was the Tangut royal family that founded and ruled the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese aristocratic clan
ⓘ
noble lineage ⓘ |
| ancestor | Zhao Cui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Zhou dynasty culture ⓘ |
| dissolution | conquest of Zhao by Qin ⓘ |
| dissolutionDate | 228 BCE ⓘ |
| emergedFrom | Jin (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| founded | State of Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasPart | House of Zhao (Warring States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | one of the three major clans partitioning Jin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cavalry warfare reforms
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military power ⓘ role in Warring States politics ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hebei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Inner Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern China NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanxi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
daifu
ⓘ
zhuhou ⓘ |
| notableMember |
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 ⓘ Zhao Dun NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Ji NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Kuo NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao She NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Sheng NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Wuxu NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Xiangzi NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Yang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Jin (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus |
hereditary aristocracy
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ruling house ⓘ |
| religion | Chinese folk religion ⓘ |
| rival |
Chu (state)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Han clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Qi (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ Qin (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wei clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Spring and Autumn period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warring States period 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: Zhao clan Description of subject: The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Zhao clan (趙氏)
subject surface form:
Jin (state)