Sunjong of Korea
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Sunjong of Korea was the final monarch of the Korean Empire, whose short and largely symbolic reign ended with Japan’s formal annexation of Korea in 1910.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunjong of Korea canonical | 6 |
| Sunjong | 2 |
| Emperor Sunjong of Korea | 1 |
| Emperor of the Korean Empire | 1 |
| His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Korea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1709313 — 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.
Target entity: Sunjong of Korea Context triple: [Korean Empire, lastEmperor, Sunjong of Korea]
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A.
Daehan Minguk
Daehan Minguk is the Korean name for the Republic of Korea, the East Asian nation commonly known as South Korea.
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B.
Gojong of Korea
Gojong of Korea was the monarch who transformed the Joseon Kingdom into the Korean Empire and became its first emperor during a period of intense foreign pressure and modernization.
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C.
Sejong the Great
Sejong the Great was a revered 15th-century Korean king of the Joseon Dynasty, best known for his sweeping cultural and scientific reforms that laid the foundations of Korea’s written and intellectual tradition.
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D.
Pyong-il
Pyong-il is a Korean given name most notably borne by Kim Pyong-il, a North Korean diplomat and son of the country's founding leader, Kim Il-sung.
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E.
Kim Man-il
Kim Man-il was the younger son of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, who died in childhood and is remembered primarily within the context of the ruling Kim family’s history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sunjong of Korea Target entity description: Sunjong of Korea was the final monarch of the Korean Empire, whose short and largely symbolic reign ended with Japan’s formal annexation of Korea in 1910.
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A.
Daehan Minguk
Daehan Minguk is the Korean name for the Republic of Korea, the East Asian nation commonly known as South Korea.
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B.
Gojong of Korea
Gojong of Korea was the monarch who transformed the Joseon Kingdom into the Korean Empire and became its first emperor during a period of intense foreign pressure and modernization.
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C.
Sejong the Great
Sejong the Great was a revered 15th-century Korean king of the Joseon Dynasty, best known for his sweeping cultural and scientific reforms that laid the foundations of Korea’s written and intellectual tradition.
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D.
Pyong-il
Pyong-il is a Korean given name most notably borne by Kim Pyong-il, a North Korean diplomat and son of the country's founding leader, Kim Il-sung.
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E.
Kim Man-il
Kim Man-il was the younger son of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, who died in childhood and is remembered primarily within the context of the ruling Kim family’s history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emperor of Korea
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human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese protectorate over Korea
ⓘ
Korean resistance to annexation ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1874-03-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Seoul ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Yureung Royal Tomb
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| burialSite |
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Donggureung cluster of royal tombs
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| convertedTo |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholicism (disputed, late life association)
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| country | Korean Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1926-04-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Seoul ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Joseon
ⓘ
surface form:
Joseon dynasty
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| eraEnd | end of Korean Empire ⓘ |
| eraName | Yunghui ⓘ |
| familyName | Yi ⓘ |
| father | Gojong of Korea ⓘ |
| givenName | Cheok ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Emperor ⓘ |
| house | House of Yi ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Korean ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Korean Empire ⓘ |
| mother | Empress Myeongseong ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Korean ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
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surface form:
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910
|
| notableFor | being the last monarch of the Korean Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Crown Prince of Korea
ⓘ
Sunjong of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor of the Korean Empire
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| predecessor | Gojong of Korea ⓘ |
| regnalName |
Sunjong of Korea
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sunjong
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| reignCharacteristic | largely symbolic authority under Japanese influence ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1910 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1907 ⓘ |
| religion | Korean Confucianism ⓘ |
| romanization |
Soonjong
ⓘ
Sunjong of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sunjong
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| sibling |
Prince Uimin
ⓘ
Princess Deokhye ⓘ |
| spouse |
Empress Sunjeonghyo
ⓘ
Empress Sunmyeonghyo ⓘ |
| style |
Sunjong of Korea
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Korea
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| subjectOf | Korean historical studies on late Joseon and Korean Empire ⓘ |
| successor | none (monarchy abolished) ⓘ |
| title | Emperor Yunghui ⓘ |
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Subject: Sunjong of Korea Description of subject: Sunjong of Korea was the final monarch of the Korean Empire, whose short and largely symbolic reign ended with Japan’s formal annexation of Korea in 1910.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.