Ko Yong Hui
E169966
Ko Yong Hui was a North Korean dancer who became a de facto first lady and is best known as the mother of current leader Kim Jong Un.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ko Yong Hui canonical | 6 |
| Ko Yong-hui | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1196386 — 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: Ko Yong Hui Context triple: [Kim Jong Il, partner, Ko Yong Hui]
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A.
Kim Young Sook
Kim Young Sook is a North Korean woman best known as one of the wives of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
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B.
Kang Sae-byeok
Kang Sae-byeok is a North Korean defector and pickpocket who becomes one of the central, emotionally resonant contestants in the deadly survival competition of the South Korean series "Squid Game."
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C.
Lee Hak-rae
Lee Hak-rae is a South Korean sports official best known for delivering the judges' oath at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.
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D.
Kang Pan-sok
Kang Pan-sok was a Korean woman best known as the mother of North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il Sung and is venerated in North Korean state mythology.
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E.
Kim Kyong-hui
Kim Kyong-hui is a North Korean politician and military official, the daughter of founding leader Kim Il Sung and a key member of the ruling Kim family.
- 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: Ko Yong Hui Target entity description: Ko Yong Hui was a North Korean dancer who became a de facto first lady and is best known as the mother of current leader Kim Jong Un.
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A.
Kim Young Sook
Kim Young Sook is a North Korean woman best known as one of the wives of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
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B.
Kang Sae-byeok
Kang Sae-byeok is a North Korean defector and pickpocket who becomes one of the central, emotionally resonant contestants in the deadly survival competition of the South Korean series "Squid Game."
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C.
Lee Hak-rae
Lee Hak-rae is a South Korean sports official best known for delivering the judges' oath at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.
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D.
Kang Pan-sok
Kang Pan-sok was a Korean woman best known as the mother of North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il Sung and is venerated in North Korean state mythology.
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E.
Kim Kyong-hui
Kim Kyong-hui is a North Korean politician and military official, the daughter of founding leader Kim Il Sung and a key member of the ruling Kim family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Korean person
ⓘ
dancer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alternateName | Ko Young-hee ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kim Jong Chol
ⓘ
Kim Jong Il ⓘ Kim Jong Un ⓘ Kim Yo-jong ⓘ
surface form:
Kim Yo Jong
|
| birthName | Ko Yong Hui self-link ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| child |
Kim Jong Chol
ⓘ
Kim Jong Un ⓘ Kim Yo-jong ⓘ
surface form:
Kim Yo Jong
|
| citizenshipStatus | naturalized citizen of North Korea ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | North Korea ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004 ⓘ |
| era | Kim Jong Il era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Korean ⓘ |
| family |
Kim family
ⓘ
surface form:
Kim family of North Korea
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Mansudae Art Studio
ⓘ
surface form:
Mansudae Art Troupe
|
| motherOf |
Kim Jong Chol
ⓘ
Kim Jong Un ⓘ Kim Yo-jong ⓘ
surface form:
Kim Yo Jong
|
| name | Ko Yong Hui self-link ⓘ |
| nationality |
North Korea
ⓘ
surface form:
North Korean
|
| notableFor | being the mother of Kim Jong Un ⓘ |
| notableWork | performed with the Mansudae Art Troupe ⓘ |
| occupation |
dancer
ⓘ
political figure ⓘ |
| partner | Kim Jong Il ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Japan
ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
North Korea
ⓘ
Pyongyang ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | Workers' Party of Korea rule ⓘ |
| positionHeld | de facto first lady of North Korea ⓘ |
| religion | state atheism (North Korea) ⓘ |
| residence | Pyongyang ⓘ |
| spouse | Kim Jong Il ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Ko Yong Hui Description of subject: Ko Yong Hui was a North Korean dancer who became a de facto first lady and is best known as the mother of current leader Kim Jong Un.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ko Yong-hui