Iksan
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Iksan is a city in South Korea’s North Jeolla Province known as a key transportation hub and historical center with significant Baekje-era cultural heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iksan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7195267 — 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: Iksan Context triple: [Honam region, hasMajorCity, Iksan]
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A.
Ishkashimi
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B.
Kariya
Kariya is a Japanese surname most notably associated with former NHL star Paul Kariya.
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C.
Dairen
Dairen, now known as Dalian, is a major port city in northeastern China that historically served as an important strategic and commercial hub under various foreign leases and administrations.
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D.
Tenjin
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E.
Ibuka
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- 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: Iksan Target entity description: Iksan is a city in South Korea’s North Jeolla Province known as a key transportation hub and historical center with significant Baekje-era cultural heritage.
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A.
Ishkashimi
Ishkashimi is a lesser-known Eastern Iranian language spoken by small communities in parts of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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B.
Kariya
Kariya is a Japanese surname most notably associated with former NHL star Paul Kariya.
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C.
Dairen
Dairen, now known as Dalian, is a major port city in northeastern China that historically served as an important strategic and commercial hub under various foreign leases and administrations.
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D.
Tenjin
Tenjin is the Shinto kami of scholarship and learning, widely revered by students seeking academic success.
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E.
Ibuka
Ibuka is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Masaru Ibuka, the co-founder of Sony Corporation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| climate | temperate climate ⓘ |
| climateClassification | humid continental / humid subtropical transition (Köppen Cfa/Dwa regionally) ⓘ |
| connectedByRoad | Expressways in Honam region ⓘ |
| contains |
Iksan Bus Terminal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iksan City Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Iksan Industrial Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Iksan Jewelry Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Iksan National Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Iksan Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Mireuksa Temple Site NERFINISHED ⓘ Wanggung-ri Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ Wonkwang University NERFINISHED ⓘ Wonkwang University Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | South Korea ⓘ |
| governingBody | Iksan City Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeStatus | city-level municipality ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | Baekje-era heritage ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
jewelry industry ⓘ logistics ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Baekje Historic Areas (Iksan sites) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| is |
historical center
ⓘ
transportation hub ⓘ |
| isRailHubOn |
Honam High-Speed Railway (SRT/KTX corridor)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honam Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Janghang Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeolla Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Baekje cultural festivals
ⓘ
archaeological sites ⓘ railway junction ⓘ |
| language | Korean ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | Mayor of Iksan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honam region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Jeolla Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Baekje Historic Areas component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionCode | KR-45 (North Jeolla) ⓘ |
| timeZone | Korea Standard Time ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Hangul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +09:00 ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf | Baekje (ancient kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Iksan Description of subject: Iksan is a city in South Korea’s North Jeolla Province known as a key transportation hub and historical center with significant Baekje-era cultural heritage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gunsan