Sun Jian
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Sun Jian was a prominent late Eastern Han dynasty warlord and military general, famed as the father of Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who laid the foundations for the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7877764 — 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: Sun Jian Context triple: [Yellow Turban Rebellion, opponent, Sun Jian]
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Sun Liang
Sun Liang was a young emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period, whose short and turbulent reign was dominated by powerful regents.
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Sun Ji
Sun Ji is a Chinese professional footballer best known for his time as a defender with Hangzhou Greentown F.C.
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He Jian
He Jian was a prominent Chinese Nationalist military commander and politician active during the early to mid-20th century.
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Zhang Bao
Zhang Bao was a key military and religious figure of the late Eastern Han dynasty, best known as one of the principal commanders of the Yellow Turban Rebellion alongside his brothers Zhang Jue and Zhang Liang.
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Zhang Zhao
Zhang Zhao was a prominent statesman and strategist of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for his influential role in governance and military affairs.
- 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: Sun Jian Target entity description: Sun Jian was a prominent late Eastern Han dynasty warlord and military general, famed as the father of Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who laid the foundations for the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
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A.
Sun Liang
Sun Liang was a young emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period, whose short and turbulent reign was dominated by powerful regents.
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B.
Sun Ji
Sun Ji is a Chinese professional footballer best known for his time as a defender with Hangzhou Greentown F.C.
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C.
He Jian
He Jian was a prominent Chinese Nationalist military commander and politician active during the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Zhang Bao
Zhang Bao was a key military and religious figure of the late Eastern Han dynasty, best known as one of the principal commanders of the Yellow Turban Rebellion alongside his brothers Zhang Jue and Zhang Liang.
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E.
Zhang Zhao
Zhang Zhao was a prominent statesman and strategist of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for his influential role in governance and military affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Han dynasty person
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historical figure ⓘ military general ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| allegiance | Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Eastern Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Fuchun County
NERFINISHED
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Wu Commandery NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Fuyang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Qu’e (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Sun Ce
NERFINISHED
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Sun Kuang NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Quan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clan | Sun clan of Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Yellow Turban Rebellion
NERFINISHED
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anti–Dong Zhuo coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Wentai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Han Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| deathContext | conflict with Liu Biao’s forces ⓘ |
| deathDate | 191 ⓘ |
| diedIn | Xiangyang region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Sun Ce
NERFINISHED
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Sun Quan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Three Kingdoms era precursor ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bravery in battle
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early rise through military merit ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
campaigns in Jing Province
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suppression of bandits in the lower Yangtze region ⓘ |
| nativeRegion | Jiangdong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in the campaign against the Yellow Turban Rebellion
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participation in the coalition against Dong Zhuo ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn | laying foundations for the state of Eastern Wu ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Administrator of Changsha Commandery
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Administrator of Wuchang NERFINISHED ⓘ Administrator of Yuzhang Commandery NERFINISHED ⓘ General Who Smashes the Caitiffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posthumousInfluence | foundation of Eastern Wu by his descendants ⓘ |
| predecessorAsFamilyHead | Sun Zhong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Han central government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsFamilyHead | Sun Ce 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: Sun Jian Description of subject: Sun Jian was a prominent late Eastern Han dynasty warlord and military general, famed as the father of Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who laid the foundations for the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sun Ce
this entity surface form:
Sun Ce
this entity surface form:
Sun Ce