King of Macedon
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The King of Macedon was the sovereign ruler of the ancient kingdom of Macedon, a powerful Hellenistic state that rose to prominence under Philip II and Alexander the Great.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King of Macedon canonical | 9 |
| Basileus of Macedon | 3 |
| Kings of Macedon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4903949 — 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 of Macedon Context triple: [Cassander of Macedon, positionHeld, King of Macedon]
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A.
Alexander III of Macedon
Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was the king of Macedon who created one of the largest empires of the ancient world through his military conquests across Greece, Persia, Egypt, and into India.
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B.
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon was the 4th-century BCE king who transformed Macedonia into a dominant military power and laid the foundations for his son Alexander the Great’s vast empire.
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Alexander II of Macedon
Alexander II of Macedon was a 4th-century BC king of Macedon whose brief and turbulent reign preceded the rise of his younger brother Philip II and the subsequent expansion of the Macedonian kingdom.
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D.
Alexander I of Macedon
Alexander I of Macedon was an early 5th-century BC king of Macedon known for navigating between Persian dominance and emerging Greek power, and for being recognized as a philhellene who participated in the Olympic Games.
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E.
Perseus of Macedon
Perseus of Macedon was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, whose defeat by Rome in the Third Macedonian War led to the end of the Macedonian kingdom as an independent state.
- 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 of Macedon Target entity description: The King of Macedon was the sovereign ruler of the ancient kingdom of Macedon, a powerful Hellenistic state that rose to prominence under Philip II and Alexander the Great.
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A.
Alexander III of Macedon
Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was the king of Macedon who created one of the largest empires of the ancient world through his military conquests across Greece, Persia, Egypt, and into India.
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B.
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon was the 4th-century BCE king who transformed Macedonia into a dominant military power and laid the foundations for his son Alexander the Great’s vast empire.
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C.
Alexander II of Macedon
Alexander II of Macedon was a 4th-century BC king of Macedon whose brief and turbulent reign preceded the rise of his younger brother Philip II and the subsequent expansion of the Macedonian kingdom.
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D.
Alexander I of Macedon
Alexander I of Macedon was an early 5th-century BC king of Macedon known for navigating between Persian dominance and emerging Greek power, and for being recognized as a philhellene who participated in the Olympic Games.
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E.
Perseus of Macedon
Perseus of Macedon was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, whose defeat by Rome in the Third Macedonian War led to the end of the Macedonian kingdom as an independent state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
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monarchical title ⓘ sovereign ⓘ |
| appliesTo | ancient Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Corinthian League leadership
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macedonian Wars with Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars with the Achaean League NERFINISHED ⓘ conquests of Alexander the Great ⓘ rise of Macedon in 4th century BC ⓘ |
| capital |
Aigai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Hellenistic monarchy ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2nd century BC ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Antigonid dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antipatrid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Argead dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endCause | Roman conquest of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| GreekTitle | Βασιλεύς Μακεδόνων ⓘ |
| GreekTitleTransliteration | Basileus Makedonōn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 8th century BC ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legitimizedBy |
Macedonian army assembly
ⓘ
nobility of Macedon ⓘ |
| notableReign |
reign of Alexander the Great
ⓘ
reign of Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Greek world ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| role |
commander-in-chief of Macedonian army
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religious leader in Macedon ⓘ supreme judicial authority in Macedon ⓘ |
| succession | patrilineal succession ⓘ |
| territorialExtent |
Balkan Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
at its height, empire from Greece to India under Alexander the Great ⓘ parts of Greece ⓘ |
| titleHolder |
Alexander I of Macedon
NERFINISHED
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Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Amyntas I of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Amyntas III of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Antigonus II Gonatas NERFINISHED ⓘ Antipater NERFINISHED ⓘ Archelaus I of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassander NERFINISHED ⓘ Demetrius I of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Perdiccas I of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Perdiccas III of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Perseus of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip II of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip V of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 of Macedon Description of subject: The King of Macedon was the sovereign ruler of the ancient kingdom of Macedon, a powerful Hellenistic state that rose to prominence under Philip II and Alexander the Great.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Basileus of Macedon
this entity surface form:
Kings of Macedon
subject surface form:
Alexander IV of Macedon
this entity surface form:
Basileus of Macedon
this entity surface form:
Basileus of Macedon