Jeong Do-jeon
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Jeong Do-jeon was a prominent Korean scholar-official and political thinker of the late Goryeo and early Joseon periods, best known as the principal architect of the Joseon dynasty’s founding ideology and institutions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jeong Do-jeon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9610576 — 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: Jeong Do-jeon Context triple: [Jeong, notableBearer, Jeong Do-jeon]
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A.
Chang Sŏng-t’aek
Chang Sŏng-t’aek was a powerful North Korean politician and uncle by marriage to Kim Jong-un who was once considered the country’s second-most influential figure before his dramatic purge and execution in 2013.
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B.
Won In-choul
Won In-choul is a South Korean Air Force general who served as the country’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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C.
Gim Man-il
Gim Man-il is the revised Romanization form of the Korean personal name more commonly known in older systems as Kim Man-il.
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D.
Ahn Eak-tai
Ahn Eak-tai was a Korean composer and conductor best known for writing the music that became South Korea’s national anthem.
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E.
Yi I
Yi I was a prominent 16th-century Korean scholar-official and philosopher of the Joseon dynasty, renowned for his influential contributions to Neo-Confucian thought and statecraft.
- 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: Jeong Do-jeon Target entity description: Jeong Do-jeon was a prominent Korean scholar-official and political thinker of the late Goryeo and early Joseon periods, best known as the principal architect of the Joseon dynasty’s founding ideology and institutions.
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A.
Chang Sŏng-t’aek
Chang Sŏng-t’aek was a powerful North Korean politician and uncle by marriage to Kim Jong-un who was once considered the country’s second-most influential figure before his dramatic purge and execution in 2013.
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B.
Won In-choul
Won In-choul is a South Korean Air Force general who served as the country’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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C.
Gim Man-il
Gim Man-il is the revised Romanization form of the Korean personal name more commonly known in older systems as Kim Man-il.
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D.
Ahn Eak-tai
Ahn Eak-tai was a Korean composer and conductor best known for writing the music that became South Korea’s national anthem.
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E.
Yi I
Yi I was a prominent 16th-century Korean scholar-official and philosopher of the Joseon dynasty, renowned for his influential contributions to Neo-Confucian thought and statecraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Joseon dynasty politician
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Korean scholar-official ⓘ Neo-Confucian scholar ⓘ political thinker ⓘ |
| advocated |
merit-based bureaucracy
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strong centralized monarchy constrained by Confucian norms ⓘ |
| artName | Sambong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artNameHangul | 삼봉 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artNameHanja | 三峰 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1342 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Jongji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyNameHangul | 종지 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyNameHanja | 宗之 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticized | Buddhist establishment of late Goryeo ⓘ |
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1398 ⓘ |
| era |
early Joseon period
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late Goryeo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Confucian scholarship
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political philosophy ⓘ statecraft ⓘ |
| hangulName | 정도전 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hanjaName | 鄭道傳 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedFound | Joseon dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Joseon bureaucratic structure
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Joseon land and taxation policies ⓘ Joseon legal system ⓘ |
| killedByFactionOf | Yi Bang-won NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedIn | First Strife of Princes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered a foundational thinker of Korean Neo-Confucian politics
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regarded as principal architect of early Joseon state ⓘ |
| name | Jeong Do-jeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
designing the ideological foundations of the Joseon dynasty
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establishing early Joseon political institutions ⓘ promoting Neo-Confucianism as state ideology ⓘ |
| opposedReligion | Buddhism as a state religion ⓘ |
| position |
close adviser to Yi Seong-gye
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key architect of Joseon government structure ⓘ |
| romanization |
Chŏng Tojŏn
NERFINISHED
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Jeong Do-jeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedRuler | Yi Seong-gye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedDynasty | Joseon dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteWork |
Bulssi japbyeon
NERFINISHED
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Gyeongjemungam NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseongyeonggukjeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sambongjip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jeong Do-jeon Description of subject: Jeong Do-jeon was a prominent Korean scholar-official and political thinker of the late Goryeo and early Joseon periods, best known as the principal architect of the Joseon dynasty’s founding ideology and institutions.
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