Kingdom of Sarawak (as a sovereign state)
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The Kingdom of Sarawak was a 19th- and early 20th-century independent state on the island of Borneo, ruled as a personal monarchy by the Brooke family, known as the "White Rajahs."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kingdom of Sarawak | 1 |
| Kingdom of Sarawak (as a sovereign state) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6890537 — 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.
Target entity: Kingdom of Sarawak (as a sovereign state) Context triple: [James Brooke, founded, Kingdom of Sarawak (as a sovereign state)]
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Crown Colony of Sarawak
The Crown Colony of Sarawak was a British colonial territory on the island of Borneo that existed after World War II until it joined with other regions to form Malaysia in 1963.
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B.
Unfederated Malay States
The Unfederated Malay States were a group of British-protected sultanates on the Malay Peninsula that remained administratively separate from the Federated Malay States during the colonial period.
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C.
Federated Malay States
The Federated Malay States was a British protectorate in the Malay Peninsula, comprising several sultanates under indirect colonial rule in the early 20th century.
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D.
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya was a British-formed union of Malay states and settlements on the Malay Peninsula that gained independence in 1957 and later became a core component of modern Malaysia.
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E.
Sultanate of Perak
The Sultanate of Perak is a historic Malay monarchy on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, known for its rich tin resources and continuous royal lineage that remains one of Malaysia’s oldest reigning sultanates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kingdom of Sarawak (as a sovereign state) Target entity description: The Kingdom of Sarawak was a 19th- and early 20th-century independent state on the island of Borneo, ruled as a personal monarchy by the Brooke family, known as the "White Rajahs."
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A.
Crown Colony of Sarawak
The Crown Colony of Sarawak was a British colonial territory on the island of Borneo that existed after World War II until it joined with other regions to form Malaysia in 1963.
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B.
Unfederated Malay States
The Unfederated Malay States were a group of British-protected sultanates on the Malay Peninsula that remained administratively separate from the Federated Malay States during the colonial period.
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C.
Federated Malay States
The Federated Malay States was a British protectorate in the Malay Peninsula, comprising several sultanates under indirect colonial rule in the early 20th century.
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D.
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya was a British-formed union of Malay states and settlements on the Malay Peninsula that gained independence in 1957 and later became a core component of modern Malaysia.
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E.
Sultanate of Perak
The Sultanate of Perak is a historic Malay monarchy on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, known for its rich tin resources and continuous royal lineage that remains one of Malaysia’s oldest reigning sultanates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former monarchy
ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | White Rajahs' Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Dutch Borneo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultanate of Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Kuching NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cessionYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Arms of the Brooke Rajahs of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| currency | Sarawak dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endCause | cession to the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| establishedAsState | 1841 ⓘ |
| firstRuler | James Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flag | Flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | James Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType |
absolute monarchy
ⓘ
personal monarchy ⓘ |
| headOfStateTitle | Rajah ⓘ |
| languageCommon |
Chinese languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iban ⓘ Malay ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | English ⓘ |
| lastRuler | Charles Vyner Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Malaysia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| nicknameOfRulers | White Rajahs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricalEra |
19th century
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Age of Imperialism NERFINISHED ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Bruneian Empire
NERFINISHED
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Sultanate of Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectorateOf | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectorateStatusStartYear | 1888 ⓘ |
| recognizedAsIndependentBy | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAsIndependentYear | 1864 ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| religionOfficial | none ⓘ |
| rulingDynasty | Brooke family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondRuler | Charles Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startYear | 1841 ⓘ |
| status |
British protectorate
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independent state ⓘ |
| successor |
British Crown Colony of Sarawak
NERFINISHED
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Crown Colony of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdRuler | Charles Vyner Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Kingdom of Sarawak (as a sovereign state) Description of subject: The Kingdom of Sarawak was a 19th- and early 20th-century independent state on the island of Borneo, ruled as a personal monarchy by the Brooke family, known as the "White Rajahs."
Referenced by (2)
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