King Taksin
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King Taksin was an 18th-century Siamese monarch who reunified Thailand after the fall of Ayutthaya and established Thonburi as the new capital.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Taksin canonical | 2 |
| King of Thonburi | 2 |
| Somdet Phra Chao Taksin Maharat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2786471 — 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: King Taksin Context triple: [Wat Arun, wasRoyalTempleOf, King Taksin]
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A.
King Mangrai
King Mangrai was a 13th-century ruler who established the Lanna Kingdom in northern Thailand and made Chiang Mai its capital.
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B.
King Rama I
King Rama I was the founder and first monarch of Thailand’s Chakri Dynasty, who established Bangkok as the capital and initiated major political and cultural reforms in the late 18th century.
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C.
King Chulalongkorn
King Chulalongkorn, also known as Rama V of Siam, was a highly revered 19th–20th century monarch who modernized Thailand and preserved its independence through extensive social, legal, and governmental reforms.
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D.
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak was a prominent Cambodian royal politician and conservative leader who played a central role in the country’s politics during the late 1960s and early 1970s, notably opposing Prince Norodom Sihanouk and aligning with the pro-U.S. Lon Nol regime.
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E.
Prince Mahidol Adulyadej
Prince Mahidol Adulyadej was a Thai royal prince revered as the “Father of Modern Medicine and Public Health in Thailand” for his pivotal role in advancing the country’s medical and public health systems.
- 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: King Taksin Target entity description: King Taksin was an 18th-century Siamese monarch who reunified Thailand after the fall of Ayutthaya and established Thonburi as the new capital.
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A.
King Mangrai
King Mangrai was a 13th-century ruler who established the Lanna Kingdom in northern Thailand and made Chiang Mai its capital.
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B.
King Rama I
King Rama I was the founder and first monarch of Thailand’s Chakri Dynasty, who established Bangkok as the capital and initiated major political and cultural reforms in the late 18th century.
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C.
King Chulalongkorn
King Chulalongkorn, also known as Rama V of Siam, was a highly revered 19th–20th century monarch who modernized Thailand and preserved its independence through extensive social, legal, and governmental reforms.
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D.
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak was a prominent Cambodian royal politician and conservative leader who played a central role in the country’s politics during the late 1960s and early 1970s, notably opposing Prince Norodom Sihanouk and aligning with the pro-U.S. Lon Nol regime.
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E.
Prince Mahidol Adulyadej
Prince Mahidol Adulyadej was a Thai royal prince revered as the “Father of Modern Medicine and Public Health in Thailand” for his pivotal role in advancing the country’s medical and public health systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist
ⓘ
Siamese monarch ⓘ Thai monarch ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ monarch ⓘ national hero ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
King Taksin
ⓘ
surface form:
King of Thonburi
Phraya Tak ⓘ King Taksin ⓘ
surface form:
Somdet Phra Chao Taksin Maharat
|
| birthDate | 1734 ⓘ |
| birthName | Sin ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Ayutthaya, Thailand
ⓘ
surface form:
Ayutthaya
|
| capitalEstablishedAt |
Thonburi district
ⓘ
surface form:
Thonburi
|
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| child |
Prince Chui
ⓘ
Prince Inthraphithak ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | Thai King Taksin Memorial Day ⓘ |
| conflict |
Burmese–Siamese wars
ⓘ
Burmese–Siamese wars ⓘ
surface form:
Fall of Ayutthaya (1767)
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ayutthaya Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Ayutthaya
Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Thonburi
|
| deathDate | 1782 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Thonburi district
ⓘ
surface form:
Thonburi
|
| dynasty |
Thonburi Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Thonburi dynasty
|
| ethnicGroup | Chinese-Thai ⓘ |
| father | Yong Saetae ⓘ |
| founded |
Thonburi Kingdom
ⓘ
Thonburi as capital of Siam ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Maharaj (the Great) ⓘ |
| memorial |
King Taksin Shrine, Chanthaburi
ⓘ
King Taksin the Great Monument, Thonburi ⓘ |
| memorialDay | December 28 ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| mother | Nok-iang ⓘ |
| name | Taksin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expansion of Siamese influence in mainland Southeast Asia
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military campaigns against Burmese forces ⓘ restoration of Siamese independence ⓘ reunification of Siam after the fall of Ayutthaya ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Siam
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King Taksin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
King of Thonburi
|
| predecessor | Ekkathat ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1782 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1767 ⓘ |
| religion |
Theravada
ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| residence | Thonburi Palace ⓘ |
| spouse |
Queen Amarindra
ⓘ
multiple consorts ⓘ |
| successor |
King Rama I
ⓘ
surface form:
Rama I
|
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: King Taksin Description of subject: King Taksin was an 18th-century Siamese monarch who reunified Thailand after the fall of Ayutthaya and established Thonburi as the new capital.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Somdet Phra Chao Taksin Maharat
this entity surface form:
King of Thonburi
this entity surface form:
King of Thonburi