Bo Yikao
E866718
Bo Yikao is a figure from Chinese legend and early Zhou dynasty history, traditionally regarded as the virtuous eldest son of King Wen of Zhou whose tragic death is recounted in classical texts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bo Yikao canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9780083 — 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: Bo Yikao Context triple: [King Wen of Zhou, child, Bo Yikao]
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A.
Yuan Jiahua
Yuan Jiahua was a prominent Chinese linguist known for his influential work on Chinese dialectology and the classification of Chinese languages.
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B.
Huang Baitao
Huang Baitao was a Nationalist Chinese general best known for commanding Kuomintang forces during the Chinese Civil War, particularly in the Huaihai Campaign.
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C.
Wang Yuanlu
Wang Yuanlu was a Chinese Taoist monk and self-appointed guardian of the Mogao Caves who became known for uncovering and controversially selling many of their ancient manuscripts and artworks to foreign explorers in the early 20th century.
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D.
Huang Kecheng
Huang Kecheng was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and political figure who played key roles in the Chinese Civil War and later served in senior positions in the People’s Liberation Army and the government.
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E.
Yin Jichang
Yin Jichang is a Chinese sculptor best known for designing and creating the iconic Five Rams Statue in Guangzhou.
- 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: Bo Yikao Target entity description: Bo Yikao is a figure from Chinese legend and early Zhou dynasty history, traditionally regarded as the virtuous eldest son of King Wen of Zhou whose tragic death is recounted in classical texts.
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A.
Yuan Jiahua
Yuan Jiahua was a prominent Chinese linguist known for his influential work on Chinese dialectology and the classification of Chinese languages.
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B.
Huang Baitao
Huang Baitao was a Nationalist Chinese general best known for commanding Kuomintang forces during the Chinese Civil War, particularly in the Huaihai Campaign.
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C.
Wang Yuanlu
Wang Yuanlu was a Chinese Taoist monk and self-appointed guardian of the Mogao Caves who became known for uncovering and controversially selling many of their ancient manuscripts and artworks to foreign explorers in the early 20th century.
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D.
Huang Kecheng
Huang Kecheng was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and political figure who played key roles in the Chinese Civil War and later served in senior positions in the People’s Liberation Army and the government.
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E.
Yin Jichang
Yin Jichang is a Chinese sculptor best known for designing and creating the iconic Five Rams Statue in Guangzhou.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zhou dynasty person
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legendary figure ⓘ prince ⓘ |
| antagonist | King Zhou of Shang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese legend
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King Wu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ early Zhou history ⓘ |
| birthOrder | eldest ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution (traditional account) ⓘ |
| country | Zhou state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| deathManner | violent death ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Shang court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early Zhou dynasty
NERFINISHED
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late Shang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Zhou people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | House of Ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | King Wen of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicity | semi-legendary ⓘ |
| knownFor |
filial devotion to his father
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role in the downfall narrative of the Shang dynasty ⓘ tragic death at the Shang court ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | Chinese classical literature ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bamboo Annals
NERFINISHED
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Fengshen Yanyi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Tai Si NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | moral exemplar ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
filial piety versus tyranny
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virtue and unjust suffering ⓘ |
| position | eldest son of King Wen of Zhou ⓘ |
| posthumousReputation |
model of virtue in Confucian tradition
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paragon of filial piety ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Confucian moral tradition ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
catalyst for King Wen’s opposition to King Zhou of Shang
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example of a virtuous son wronged by a tyrant ⓘ |
| sibling | King Wu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd millennium BCE (traditional chronology) ⓘ |
| virtue |
benevolence
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filial piety ⓘ loyalty ⓘ |
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: Bo Yikao Description of subject: Bo Yikao is a figure from Chinese legend and early Zhou dynasty history, traditionally regarded as the virtuous eldest son of King Wen of Zhou whose tragic death is recounted in classical texts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.