Carl XIV Johan
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Carl XIV Johan was a former French marshal under Napoleon who became King of Sweden and Norway, founding the Bernadotte dynasty that still rules Sweden today.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carl XIV Johan canonical | 2 |
| King Karl XIV Johan of Sweden | 2 |
| Karl XIV Johan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6591785 — 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: Carl XIV Johan Context triple: [Charles XIV John of Sweden, alsoKnownAs, Carl XIV Johan]
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A.
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden was the King of Sweden from 1792 to 1809, whose unpopular rule and military failures, including the loss of Finland to Russia, led to his deposition and the end of his dynasty’s reign.
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B.
Gustaf V of Sweden
Gustaf V of Sweden was the King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950, known for overseeing the country’s transition toward parliamentary democracy and maintaining neutrality during both World Wars.
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C.
Charles XV of Sweden
Charles XV of Sweden was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872, known for his liberal reforms and support of Scandinavianism.
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D.
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden was the King of Sweden from 1950 to 1973, known for his scholarly interest in archaeology and for overseeing the transition of Sweden into a more modern constitutional monarchy.
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E.
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II of Sweden was King of Sweden (and formerly of the united kingdoms of Sweden and Norway) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his patronage of culture and science during a period of modernization and political change.
- 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: Carl XIV Johan Target entity description: Carl XIV Johan was a former French marshal under Napoleon who became King of Sweden and Norway, founding the Bernadotte dynasty that still rules Sweden today.
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A.
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden was the King of Sweden from 1792 to 1809, whose unpopular rule and military failures, including the loss of Finland to Russia, led to his deposition and the end of his dynasty’s reign.
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B.
Gustaf V of Sweden
Gustaf V of Sweden was the King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950, known for overseeing the country’s transition toward parliamentary democracy and maintaining neutrality during both World Wars.
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C.
Charles XV of Sweden
Charles XV of Sweden was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872, known for his liberal reforms and support of Scandinavianism.
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D.
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden was the King of Sweden from 1950 to 1973, known for his scholarly interest in archaeology and for overseeing the transition of Sweden into a more modern constitutional monarchy.
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E.
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II of Sweden was King of Sweden (and formerly of the united kingdoms of Sweden and Norway) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his patronage of culture and science during a period of modernization and political change.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Norway
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King of Sweden ⓘ Marshal of France ⓘ founder of dynasty ⓘ human ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Charles XIII of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptiveName | Carl Johan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Charles XIV John
NERFINISHED
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Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl XIV Johan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedMarshalBy | Napoleon I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1763-01-26 ⓘ |
| birthName | Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Pau, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Riddarholmen Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Oscar I of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Norway ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| crownedAs | King of Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crownedIn | Stockholm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1844-03-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Stockholm, Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Napoleonic Wars
NERFINISHED
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Union between Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | House of Bernadotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| laterReligion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Carl XIV Johan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Prince of Pontecorvo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the Bernadotte dynasty
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transition from Napoleonic marshal to Scandinavian king ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Crown Prince of Sweden
NERFINISHED
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King of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshal of the Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor | Charles XIII of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1844-03-08 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1818-02-05 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Bernadotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Napoleon I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Désirée Clary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Oscar I of Sweden 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: Carl XIV Johan Description of subject: Carl XIV Johan was a former French marshal under Napoleon who became King of Sweden and Norway, founding the Bernadotte dynasty that still rules Sweden today.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Karl XIV Johan
this entity surface form:
King Karl XIV Johan of Sweden
this entity surface form:
King Karl XIV Johan of Sweden