state of Cao Wei
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The state of Cao Wei was a powerful kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, ruling much of northern China and serving as the foundation for the later Jin dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| state of Cao Wei canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9247206 — 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 Cao Wei Context triple: [Cao Cao, founded, state of Cao Wei]
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state of Cao
The state of Cao was a small Zhou dynasty vassal state in ancient China that existed during the early to middle Eastern Zhou era before being annexed by larger neighboring powers.
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B.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
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C.
State of Han
The State of Han was a minor Warring States–period kingdom in ancient China, situated in central China and often overshadowed and pressured by more powerful neighbors such as Qin and Chu.
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D.
State of Wu
The State of Wu was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn period, known for its powerful military, naval strength, and rivalry with the State of Yue.
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E.
Eastern Wu
Eastern Wu was a powerful kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for its strong naval forces and control of the lower Yangtze River region.
- 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 Cao Wei Target entity description: The state of Cao Wei was a powerful kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, ruling much of northern China and serving as the foundation for the later Jin dynasty.
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A.
state of Cao
The state of Cao was a small Zhou dynasty vassal state in ancient China that existed during the early to middle Eastern Zhou era before being annexed by larger neighboring powers.
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B.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
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C.
State of Han
The State of Han was a minor Warring States–period kingdom in ancient China, situated in central China and often overshadowed and pressured by more powerful neighbors such as Qin and Chu.
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D.
State of Wu
The State of Wu was an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn period, known for its powerful military, naval strength, and rivalry with the State of Yue.
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E.
Eastern Wu
Eastern Wu was a powerful kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for its strong naval forces and control of the lower Yangtze River region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese state
ⓘ
kingdom ⓘ |
| capital |
Luoyang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xuchang NERFINISHED ⓘ Ye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| controlledTerritory |
Guanzhong region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern China NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of the Central Plains ⓘ |
| conventionalLongName | Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currency | Chinese coin ⓘ |
| deFactoPowerHolder |
Sima Shi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sima Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sima Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endEvent | Sima Yan’s usurpation and founding of Jin ⓘ |
| era | Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedFrom | Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEmperor | Cao Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Cao Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Eastern Han to Western Jin transition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Book of Jin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterRuler |
Cao Fang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cao Huan NERFINISHED ⓘ Cao Mao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorBattle |
Battle of Fancheng
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Shiting NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wuzhang Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cao family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Northern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
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Confucianism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ |
| rivalState |
Eastern Wu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondEmperor | Cao Rui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startEvent | Cao Pi’s usurpation of the Han throne ⓘ |
| successor |
Jin dynasty (266–420)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Jin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedEraName |
Ganlu
NERFINISHED
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Huangchu NERFINISHED ⓘ Jingchu NERFINISHED ⓘ Jingyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Qinglong NERFINISHED ⓘ Taihe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDisestablished | 265 ⓘ |
| yearEstablished | 220 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Cao Wei Description of subject: The state of Cao Wei was a powerful kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, ruling much of northern China and serving as the foundation for the later Jin dynasty.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.