Middle Korean
E231395
Middle Korean is the historical form of the Korean language used roughly from the 10th to the 16th century, known from early written records and crucial for understanding the development of modern Korean.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middle Korean canonical | 2 |
| Old Korean | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2079997 — 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: Middle Korean Context triple: [Korean, hasHistoricalStage, Middle Korean]
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A.
Korean
Korean is an East Asian language spoken primarily in both North and South Korea, known for its unique Hangul writing system and distinct linguistic structure.
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B.
Hangul
Hangul is the native alphabetic writing system of the Korean language, renowned for its scientific design and ease of learning.
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C.
Gyeongsang dialect
The Gyeongsang dialect is a group of Korean dialects spoken in the southeastern region of South Korea, known for its distinctive intonation and vocabulary compared to standard Korean.
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D.
Baeggu language
The Baeggu language is an Oceanic language spoken by the Baeggu people in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Southeast Solomonic branch of the Austronesian language family.
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E.
Hanja
Hanja is the set of traditional Chinese characters historically used to write Korean, especially for proper names, academic terms, and classical texts.
- 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: Middle Korean Target entity description: Middle Korean is the historical form of the Korean language used roughly from the 10th to the 16th century, known from early written records and crucial for understanding the development of modern Korean.
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A.
Korean
Korean is an East Asian language spoken primarily in both North and South Korea, known for its unique Hangul writing system and distinct linguistic structure.
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B.
Hangul
Hangul is the native alphabetic writing system of the Korean language, renowned for its scientific design and ease of learning.
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C.
Gyeongsang dialect
The Gyeongsang dialect is a group of Korean dialects spoken in the southeastern region of South Korea, known for its distinctive intonation and vocabulary compared to standard Korean.
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D.
Baeggu language
The Baeggu language is an Oceanic language spoken by the Baeggu people in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Southeast Solomonic branch of the Austronesian language family.
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E.
Hanja
Hanja is the set of traditional Chinese characters historically used to write Korean, especially for proper names, academic terms, and classical texts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language stage
ⓘ
stage of the Korean language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Korean
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Korean
Korean ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Korean
|
| crucialFor |
historical linguistics of Koreanic
ⓘ
reconstruction of Old Korean ⓘ understanding development of Modern Korean grammar ⓘ understanding development of Modern Korean phonology ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
15th-century rhyme dictionaries
ⓘ
Hunminjeongeum ⓘ
surface form:
Hunminjeongeum Haerye
vernacular glosses in Buddhist texts ⓘ |
| followedBy | Early Modern Korean ⓘ |
| follows |
Korean
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Korean
|
| hasFeature |
distinct vowel system from Modern Korean
ⓘ
extensive honorific system ⓘ final consonant clusters ⓘ grammatical particles similar to Modern Korean ⓘ pitch accent system ⓘ rich verb inflection ⓘ |
| hasLexiconPreservedIn |
Hyangga glosses
ⓘ
vernacular Korean annotations to Chinese texts ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | early Hangul orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalSystemDescribedIn |
Hunminjeongeum
ⓘ
surface form:
Hunminjeongeum Haerye
|
| languageCodeISO | okm ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Koreanic languages ⓘ |
| notableDocument |
Hunminjeongeum
ⓘ
Seokbosangjeol ⓘ Seokbosangjeol ⓘ
surface form:
Worinseokbo
Yongbi eocheonga commentary ⓘ Yongbieocheonga ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Korean language ⓘ |
| standardizationAssociatedWith |
Joseon
ⓘ
surface form:
Joseon court
Sejong the Great ⓘ
surface form:
King Sejong
|
| standardizedIn | 15th century ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Korean historical linguistics
ⓘ
philology ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Joseon
ⓘ
surface form:
Joseon dynasty
Goryeo ⓘ
surface form:
Koryo dynasty
|
| usedInPeriod |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Hangul
ⓘ
Hanja ⓘ Hyangchal ⓘ Idu ⓘ |
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: Middle Korean Description of subject: Middle Korean is the historical form of the Korean language used roughly from the 10th to the 16th century, known from early written records and crucial for understanding the development of modern Korean.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Korean