deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf
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The deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf was the 1809 Swedish coup d’état that overthrew the unpopular monarch after military defeat and political crisis, paving the way for a new constitution and a more liberal, parliamentary system.
All labels observed (1)
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| deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17022435 — 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: deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf Context triple: [1809 Instrument of Government, reasonForAdoption, deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf]
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A.
Coup of 1772 in Sweden
The Coup of 1772 in Sweden was a bloodless royal takeover led by King Gustav III that ended the Age of Liberty and established a stronger, more centralized monarchy.
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B.
Gustav III’s Russian War
Gustav III’s Russian War was a late 18th-century conflict in which Sweden, under King Gustav III, unsuccessfully attempted to regain territories from the Russian Empire.
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C.
Sture Murders in Uppsala
The Sture Murders in Uppsala were a notorious 1567 massacre during the Northern Seven Years' War in which King Erik XIV ordered the killing of several noble members of the Sture family, deepening political turmoil in Sweden.
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D.
Stockholm Bloodbath
The Stockholm Bloodbath was a 1520 mass execution of Swedish nobles and clergy in Stockholm, ordered by Danish King Christian II, which helped trigger the end of the Kalmar Union and the rise of Swedish independence.
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E.
Swedish intervention in Russian Time of Troubles
The Swedish intervention in the Russian Time of Troubles was a series of military and political actions by Sweden in early 17th-century Russia, exploiting the country’s dynastic crisis and internal chaos to gain territory and influence.
- 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: deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf Target entity description: The deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf was the 1809 Swedish coup d’état that overthrew the unpopular monarch after military defeat and political crisis, paving the way for a new constitution and a more liberal, parliamentary system.
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A.
Coup of 1772 in Sweden
The Coup of 1772 in Sweden was a bloodless royal takeover led by King Gustav III that ended the Age of Liberty and established a stronger, more centralized monarchy.
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B.
Gustav III’s Russian War
Gustav III’s Russian War was a late 18th-century conflict in which Sweden, under King Gustav III, unsuccessfully attempted to regain territories from the Russian Empire.
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C.
Sture Murders in Uppsala
The Sture Murders in Uppsala were a notorious 1567 massacre during the Northern Seven Years' War in which King Erik XIV ordered the killing of several noble members of the Sture family, deepening political turmoil in Sweden.
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D.
Stockholm Bloodbath
The Stockholm Bloodbath was a 1520 mass execution of Swedish nobles and clergy in Stockholm, ordered by Danish King Christian II, which helped trigger the end of the Kalmar Union and the rise of Swedish independence.
-
E.
Swedish intervention in Russian Time of Troubles
The Swedish intervention in the Russian Time of Troubles was a series of military and political actions by Sweden in early 17th-century Russia, exploiting the country’s dynastic crisis and internal chaos to gain territory and influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
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