Cao Zhang
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Cao Zhang was a military general and prince of the state of Cao Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known as a son of warlord Cao Cao and a brother of the first Wei emperor, Cao Pi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cao Zhang canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7947574 — 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 Zhang Context triple: [Cao Pi, sibling, Cao Zhang]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Gao Zhan
Gao Zhan, better known as Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi, was a 6th-century Chinese ruler noted for his initially capable governance that later declined into decadence and contributed to his dynasty’s downfall.
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D.
Ma Chao
Ma Chao was a famed military general and warlord of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period, renowned for his bravery and role as one of the Five Tiger Generals of Shu.
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E.
Cao Wei
Cao Wei was a powerful Chinese state founded by the Cao family that ruled northern China during the Three Kingdoms period following the fall of the Han dynasty.
- 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 Zhang Target entity description: Cao Zhang was a military general and prince of the state of Cao Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known as a son of warlord Cao Cao and a brother of the first Wei emperor, Cao Pi.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Gao Zhan
Gao Zhan, better known as Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi, was a 6th-century Chinese ruler noted for his initially capable governance that later declined into decadence and contributed to his dynasty’s downfall.
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D.
Ma Chao
Ma Chao was a famed military general and warlord of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period, renowned for his bravery and role as one of the Five Tiger Generals of Shu.
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E.
Cao Wei
Cao Wei was a powerful Chinese state founded by the Cao family that ruled northern China during the Three Kingdoms period following the fall of the Han dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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military general ⓘ prince ⓘ |
| allegiance | Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Ziwen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Han Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | illness ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Luoyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Three Kingdoms period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| familyName | Cao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Cao Cao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Zhang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Book of Wei
NERFINISHED
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Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Zizhi Tongjian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Cao clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bravery in battle
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personal martial skill ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
cavalry
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infantry ⓘ |
| mother | Lady Bian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | qinwang (prince of the first rank) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a brother of Cao Pi
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being a son of Cao Cao ⓘ military prowess ⓘ service under his father Cao Cao ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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prince ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Prince Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posthumousTitle | Prince Wei of Rencheng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Rencheng princedom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Cao Rui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeType | uncle of Cao Rui ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Cao Cao
NERFINISHED
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Cao Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cao Chong
NERFINISHED
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Cao Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Xiong NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Zhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateServed | Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsPrinceOfRencheng | Cao Kai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Prince of Rencheng 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 Zhang Description of subject: Cao Zhang was a military general and prince of the state of Cao Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known as a son of warlord Cao Cao and a brother of the first Wei emperor, Cao Pi.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.