National Library of Korea
E166788
The National Library of Korea is the country’s central national library, responsible for collecting, preserving, and providing access to Korea’s published heritage and major information resources.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Digital Library of the National Library of Korea | 1 |
| National Library of Korea canonical | 1 |
| central national library of South Korea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1468127 — 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: National Library of Korea Context triple: [KORMARC, usedBy, National Library of Korea]
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A.
National Institute of Korean Language
The National Institute of Korean Language is South Korea’s official government body responsible for researching, standardizing, and promoting the Korean language.
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B.
Korean Central History Museum
The Korean Central History Museum is a major museum in Pyongyang that showcases the historical and cultural heritage of Korea, particularly from the perspective of North Korea.
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C.
Hanbat National University
Hanbat National University is a public university in South Korea known for its strong engineering, technology, and design programs.
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D.
Incheon Gwangyeoksi
Incheon Gwangyeoksi is a major metropolitan city in northwestern South Korea, known for its international airport, large seaport, and role as a key gateway to Seoul and the wider region.
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E.
Daegu Gwangyeoksi
Daegu Gwangyeoksi is a major metropolitan city in southeastern South Korea known for its role as an economic, cultural, and transportation hub of the 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: National Library of Korea Target entity description: The National Library of Korea is the country’s central national library, responsible for collecting, preserving, and providing access to Korea’s published heritage and major information resources.
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A.
National Institute of Korean Language
The National Institute of Korean Language is South Korea’s official government body responsible for researching, standardizing, and promoting the Korean language.
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B.
Korean Central History Museum
The Korean Central History Museum is a major museum in Pyongyang that showcases the historical and cultural heritage of Korea, particularly from the perspective of North Korea.
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C.
Hanbat National University
Hanbat National University is a public university in South Korea known for its strong engineering, technology, and design programs.
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D.
Incheon Gwangyeoksi
Incheon Gwangyeoksi is a major metropolitan city in northwestern South Korea, known for its international airport, large seaport, and role as a key gateway to Seoul and the wider region.
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E.
Daegu Gwangyeoksi
Daegu Gwangyeoksi is a major metropolitan city in southeastern South Korea known for its role as an economic, cultural, and transportation hub of the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library
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national library ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NLK ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | on-site access to most materials ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Guklib Doseogwan ⓘ |
| buildingType | public building ⓘ |
| catalogue | online public access catalogue ⓘ |
| city | Seoul ⓘ |
| collectionFocus |
Korean publications
ⓘ
materials about Korea ⓘ |
| collectionIncludes |
audio-visual materials
ⓘ
books ⓘ digital resources ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ maps ⓘ newspapers ⓘ periodicals ⓘ |
| collectionSize | over 10 million items ⓘ |
| coordinates | 37.5033° N, 127.0048° E ⓘ |
| country | South Korea ⓘ |
| digitalServices | provides digital collections and databases ⓘ |
| established |
1945
ⓘ
October 15, 1945 ⓘ |
| foundingPurpose |
collect Korea’s published heritage
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preserve national documentary resources ⓘ provide access to major information resources ⓘ |
| function |
collect national publications
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preserve national documentary heritage ⓘ provide online information services ⓘ provide reading rooms ⓘ provide reference services ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea
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surface form:
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (South Korea)
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| hasBranch |
National Library of Korea
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Digital Library of the National Library of Korea
National Library for Children and Young Adults ⓘ National Library for the Disabled ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasis | Library Act of the Republic of Korea ⓘ |
| languageOfMaterials |
Korean
ⓘ
foreign languages ⓘ |
| legalDeposit | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Banpo-dong
ⓘ
Seocho District ⓘ South Korea ⓘ |
| location | Seoul ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea
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surface form:
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (South Korea)
|
| preservationRole | preserves Korea’s published heritage ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
general public
ⓘ
government agencies ⓘ researchers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| role |
National Library of Korea
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
central national library of South Korea
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| serviceArea | nationwide ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nl.go.kr ⓘ |
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: National Library of Korea Description of subject: The National Library of Korea is the country’s central national library, responsible for collecting, preserving, and providing access to Korea’s published heritage and major information resources.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Digital Library of the National Library of Korea
this entity surface form:
central national library of South Korea