King of Qin
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King of Qin was the hereditary monarch of the Qin state during China’s Warring States period, a title most famously held by Qin Shi Huang before he unified China and became its first emperor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King of Qin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889547 — 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: King of Qin Context triple: [Qin Shi Huang, positionHeld, King of Qin]
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A.
State of Qin
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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King of Chu
The King of Chu was the hereditary monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu, a powerful kingdom during the Zhou dynasty and Warring States period.
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C.
King of Yue
The King of Yue was the monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Yue, best known from the Spring and Autumn period for rulers like Goujian who famously rebuilt their power after defeat by the state of Wu.
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D.
King of Han
King of Han was the royal title held by Liu Bang before he founded the Han dynasty and became Emperor Gaozu of Han.
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E.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming 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: King of Qin Target entity description: King of Qin was the hereditary monarch of the Qin state during China’s Warring States period, a title most famously held by Qin Shi Huang before he unified China and became its first emperor.
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A.
State of Qin
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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B.
King of Chu
The King of Chu was the hereditary monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu, a powerful kingdom during the Zhou dynasty and Warring States period.
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C.
King of Yue
The King of Yue was the monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Yue, best known from the Spring and Autumn period for rulers like Goujian who famously rebuilt their power after defeat by the state of Wu.
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D.
King of Han
King of Han was the royal title held by Liu Bang before he founded the Han dynasty and became Emperor Gaozu of Han.
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E.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monarch
ⓘ
royal title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Qin state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Qin’s expansion during the Warring States period
ⓘ
Unification wars of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology | Legalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOfRealm | Xianyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Qin state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 221 BCE ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
Warring States period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| follows | Duke of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasFamousHolder |
King Huiwen of Qin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Xiaowen of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Zhaoxiang of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Zhuangxiang of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ Qin Shi Huang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRegion | Shaanxi region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
Qin legal system
ⓘ
Qin military forces ⓘ Qin taxation system ⓘ |
| hasMonarchType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
Warring States diplomacy
ⓘ
military campaigns against rival states ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorOffice | Emperor of the Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicMeaning | pre-imperial sovereignty of Qin ⓘ |
| inception | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the title held by Qin Shi Huang before he became emperor
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leading Qin from regional state to dominant power in China ⓘ |
| officeHolderTitleInChinese | 秦王 ⓘ |
| partOf | Chinese monarchic system ⓘ |
| positionHeldIn | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerBase | Qin nobility ⓘ |
| precedes | Emperor of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Chinese folk religion ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Huangdi (Emperor of China) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Xianyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatOfGovernment | Qin royal court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleOfAddress | wang (king) ⓘ |
| symbolizedBy | royal seals of Qin ⓘ |
| territorialExtent | western and central regions of ancient China ⓘ |
| usedByDynasty | House of Ying 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: King of Qin Description of subject: King of Qin was the hereditary monarch of the Qin state during China’s Warring States period, a title most famously held by Qin Shi Huang before he unified China and became its first emperor.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.