Sultan Alauddin of Gowa
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Sultan Alauddin of Gowa was a 17th-century ruler of the Gowa Sultanate in South Sulawesi, known for consolidating its power and promoting Islam in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sultan Alauddin of Gowa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13464523 — 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: Sultan Alauddin of Gowa Context triple: [Gowa Sultanate, notableRuler, Sultan Alauddin of Gowa]
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A.
Sultan Hasanuddin of Gowa
Sultan Hasanuddin of Gowa was a 17th-century ruler of the Sultanate of Gowa in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, renowned for his fierce resistance against Dutch colonial expansion.
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B.
Sultan of Tidore
The Sultan of Tidore was the hereditary Muslim monarch of the Tidore Sultanate in the Maluku Islands, historically influential in the regional spice trade and politics of eastern Indonesia.
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C.
Regent of Gowa
The Regent of Gowa is the chief executive and highest-ranking government official responsible for administering Indonesia’s Gowa Regency in South Sulawesi.
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D.
Sultan Agung of Mataram
Sultan Agung of Mataram was a 17th-century Javanese ruler renowned for expanding and consolidating the Mataram Sultanate and for his resistance against Dutch colonial influence in Indonesia.
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E.
Bukka Raya I
Bukka Raya I was a 14th-century South Indian ruler who, along with his brother Harihara I, established and expanded the powerful Vijayanagara Empire as a bulwark against Islamic invasions.
- 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: Sultan Alauddin of Gowa Target entity description: Sultan Alauddin of Gowa was a 17th-century ruler of the Gowa Sultanate in South Sulawesi, known for consolidating its power and promoting Islam in the region.
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A.
Sultan Hasanuddin of Gowa
Sultan Hasanuddin of Gowa was a 17th-century ruler of the Sultanate of Gowa in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, renowned for his fierce resistance against Dutch colonial expansion.
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B.
Sultan of Tidore
The Sultan of Tidore was the hereditary Muslim monarch of the Tidore Sultanate in the Maluku Islands, historically influential in the regional spice trade and politics of eastern Indonesia.
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C.
Regent of Gowa
The Regent of Gowa is the chief executive and highest-ranking government official responsible for administering Indonesia’s Gowa Regency in South Sulawesi.
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D.
Sultan Agung of Mataram
Sultan Agung of Mataram was a 17th-century Javanese ruler renowned for expanding and consolidating the Mataram Sultanate and for his resistance against Dutch colonial influence in Indonesia.
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E.
Bukka Raya I
Bukka Raya I was a 14th-century South Indian ruler who, along with his brother Harihara I, established and expanded the powerful Vijayanagara Empire as a bulwark against Islamic invasions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muslim ruler
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historical figure ⓘ ruler ⓘ sultan ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Gowa Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Gowa Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Makassarese culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Makassarese people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | Islamic monarchy ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Ruler of Gowa
NERFINISHED
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Sultan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consolidating the power of the Gowa Sultanate
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expanding Gowa’s influence in Sulawesi ⓘ promoting Islam in South Sulawesi ⓘ |
| languageOfEthnicGroup | Makassarese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indonesia
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South Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Sultan Alauddin of Gowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeContested | leadership of the Gowa Sultanate ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Indonesia
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history of South Sulawesi ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Sultan of Gowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousPolicy | support for the spread of Islam among his subjects ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Islamization of the Gowa court
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strengthening of Gowa’s political authority in South Sulawesi ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
South Sulawesi
NERFINISHED
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Sulawesi coastal trade networks ⓘ |
| territorialBase | Gowa 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: Sultan Alauddin of Gowa Description of subject: Sultan Alauddin of Gowa was a 17th-century ruler of the Gowa Sultanate in South Sulawesi, known for consolidating its power and promoting Islam in the region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.