House of Ying
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The House of Ying was the ancestral royal clan that produced the rulers of the ancient Chinese state of Qin, culminating in Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| House of Ying canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889882 — 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: House of Ying Context triple: [State of Qin, rulingHouse, House of Ying]
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House of Ji
The House of Ji was the hereditary ruling clan of the ancient Chinese State of Lu, traditionally associated with the lineage of the Zhou royal family.
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House of Li
The House of Li was the imperial dynasty that founded and ruled China’s Tang dynasty, overseeing a golden age of Chinese culture, politics, and expansion.
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House of Gao
The House of Gao was the ruling imperial clan of the Northern Qi dynasty in northern China during the 6th century.
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House of Jiang
The House of Jiang was the ruling clan that established and governed the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty period.
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House of Zi
The House of Zi was the royal family lineage that founded and ruled China’s Shang 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: House of Ying Target entity description: The House of Ying was the ancestral royal clan that produced the rulers of the ancient Chinese state of Qin, culminating in Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China.
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A.
House of Ji
The House of Ji was the hereditary ruling clan of the ancient Chinese State of Lu, traditionally associated with the lineage of the Zhou royal family.
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B.
House of Li
The House of Li was the imperial dynasty that founded and ruled China’s Tang dynasty, overseeing a golden age of Chinese culture, politics, and expansion.
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C.
House of Gao
The House of Gao was the ruling imperial clan of the Northern Qi dynasty in northern China during the 6th century.
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D.
House of Jiang
The House of Jiang was the ruling clan that established and governed the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty period.
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E.
House of Zi
The House of Zi was the royal family lineage that founded and ruled China’s Shang dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clan
ⓘ
noble family ⓘ royal house ⓘ |
| ancestor | Boyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ancestralOriginTradition | grantedFiefByKingXiaoOfZhouToFeizi ⓘ |
| ancestralSurname | Ying NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTitleChange |
from dukes to kings of Qin
ⓘ
from kings of Qin to emperors of China ⓘ |
| capitalAssociated | Xianyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culminatedIn | establishment of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE ⓘ |
| dynasticFounder | Feizi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endOfPoliticalPower | fall of Qin dynasty in 206 BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chinese ⓘ |
| finalImperialRepresentative | Qin Shi Huang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedQinDynasty | true ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingDynastyOf | Qin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Gong (Duke) of Qin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Huangdi (Emperor) of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Wang (King) of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Qin dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | unification of China under centralized imperial rule ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lineageType | patrilineal ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Duke Mu of Qin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke Wen of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Xiang of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Xiao of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Huiwen of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Wu of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Zhaoxiang of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ King Zhuangxiang of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ Qin Shi Huang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| predecessorState | minor western Zhou vassal of Qin ⓘ |
| producedFirstEmperorOfUnifiedChina | Qin Shi Huang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedRulersOf |
Qin dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Shaanxi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roseToProminenceIn | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalSurnameCategory | xingshi (clan surname) ⓘ |
| unifiedChinaUnder | Qin Shi Huang 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: House of Ying Description of subject: The House of Ying was the ancestral royal clan that produced the rulers of the ancient Chinese state of Qin, culminating in Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
State of Qin