Dragon King
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The Dragon King is a prominent water and weather deity in Chinese tradition, revered as the ruler of seas, rivers, and rainfall.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dragon King canonical | 1 |
| 龍王 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1877934 — 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: Dragon King Context triple: [Chinese folk religion, hasDeity, Dragon King]
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A.
Dragon King
The Dragon King is the official title of the reigning monarch of Bhutan, symbolizing the country's spiritual and cultural identity.
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B.
King Moabdar
King Moabdar is a fictional monarch in Voltaire’s philosophical tale "Zadig," serving as the ruler whose court and decisions shape much of the story’s political and moral drama.
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C.
Krall
Krall is the main antagonist in the film "Star Trek Beyond," a former Starfleet officer transformed into a vengeful alien warlord who seeks to destroy the Federation.
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D.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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E.
Cannon King
Cannon King is one of the sons of the late American television and radio host Larry King.
- 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: Dragon King Target entity description: The Dragon King is a prominent water and weather deity in Chinese tradition, revered as the ruler of seas, rivers, and rainfall.
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A.
Dragon King
The Dragon King is the official title of the reigning monarch of Bhutan, symbolizing the country's spiritual and cultural identity.
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B.
King Moabdar
King Moabdar is a fictional monarch in Voltaire’s philosophical tale "Zadig," serving as the ruler whose court and decisions shape much of the story’s political and moral drama.
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C.
Krall
Krall is the main antagonist in the film "Star Trek Beyond," a former Starfleet officer transformed into a vengeful alien warlord who seeks to destroy the Federation.
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D.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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E.
Cannon King
Cannon King is one of the sons of the late American television and radio host Larry King.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese deity
ⓘ
deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ water deity ⓘ weather deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Chinese legends
ⓘ
Chinese myths ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
dragons
ⓘ
drought relief ⓘ floods ⓘ storms ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese tradition ⓘ |
| domain |
rain
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rivers ⓘ seas ⓘ water ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| Four Dragon KingsRule | Four Seas ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
benevolent rain giver
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wrathful bringer of storms ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision | Four Dragon Kings ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Longwang ⓘ |
| iconography |
dragon in human royal robes
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dragon with crown ⓘ |
| influenced | East Asian dragon cults ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
guardian of aquatic creatures
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judge of water-related affairs ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
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Taoism ⓘ |
| role |
controller of rainfall
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protector of fishermen ⓘ provider of rain for agriculture ⓘ ruler of rivers ⓘ ruler of seas ⓘ |
| script |
Dragon King
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
龍王
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| symbolizes |
abundance
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control over natural forces ⓘ fertility of the land ⓘ imperial authority over nature ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWorship | ancient China to present ⓘ |
| worshipedIn |
China
ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
overseas Chinese communities ⓘ |
| worshipPractices |
offerings at temples
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processions to the sea or rivers ⓘ rain-invoking rituals ⓘ |
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: Dragon King Description of subject: The Dragon King is a prominent water and weather deity in Chinese tradition, revered as the ruler of seas, rivers, and rainfall.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
龍王