Lee Sedol
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Lee Sedol is a South Korean professional Go player renowned as one of the strongest players in history and for his landmark 2016 match against DeepMind's AlphaGo.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lee Sedol canonical | 2 |
| AlphaGo Lee | 1 |
| 이세돌 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1793079 — 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: Lee Sedol Context triple: [AlphaGo, opponent, Lee Sedol]
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A.
Kitack Lim
Kitack Lim is a South Korean maritime administrator and diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for regulating global shipping.
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B.
Do Ho Suh
Do Ho Suh is a South Korean contemporary artist known for his intricate sculptures and installations that explore themes of home, memory, and personal space.
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C.
Doug Jung
Doug Jung is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Star Trek Beyond."
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D.
Peter Sohn
Peter Sohn is an American animator, voice actor, and film director at Pixar known for his work on projects like "Ratatouille," "The Good Dinosaur," and "Elemental."
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E.
Chung Sun-man
Chung Sun-man is a South Korean athlete best known for lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.
- 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: Lee Sedol Target entity description: Lee Sedol is a South Korean professional Go player renowned as one of the strongest players in history and for his landmark 2016 match against DeepMind's AlphaGo.
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A.
Kitack Lim
Kitack Lim is a South Korean maritime administrator and diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for regulating global shipping.
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B.
Do Ho Suh
Do Ho Suh is a South Korean contemporary artist known for his intricate sculptures and installations that explore themes of home, memory, and personal space.
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C.
Doug Jung
Doug Jung is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Star Trek Beyond."
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D.
Peter Sohn
Peter Sohn is an American animator, voice actor, and film director at Pixar known for his work on projects like "Ratatouille," "The Good Dinosaur," and "Elemental."
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E.
Chung Sun-man
Chung Sun-man is a South Korean athlete best known for lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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professional Go player ⓘ |
| achievement |
considered one of the top Go players of the 2000s
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won multiple international Go titles ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1990s–2010s ⓘ |
| announcedRetirement | 2019 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1983-03-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Sinan County, South Jeolla, South Korea ⓘ |
| boardGame | Go ⓘ |
| children | has a daughter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | South Korea ⓘ |
| era | 21st-century Go players ⓘ |
| familyName | Lee ⓘ |
| famousMove | Move 78 in Game 4 vs AlphaGo ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Sedol ⓘ |
| goAssociation | Korea Baduk Association ⓘ |
| goRank | 9 dan professional ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | “The Strong Stone” (nickname) ⓘ |
| influenced | younger generations of Go players ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Korean Go professionals ⓘ |
| language | Korean ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| matchDate | 2016-03 ⓘ |
| matchFormat | five-game match ⓘ |
| matchLocation |
Seoul
ⓘ
surface form:
Seoul, South Korea
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| matchResult | lost 1–4 to AlphaGo ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance | featured in global media coverage of AlphaGo match ⓘ |
| name | Lee Sedol self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Lee Sedol
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
이세돌
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| notableFor |
being one of the strongest Go players in history
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playing a five-game match against AlphaGo in 2016 ⓘ |
| notableGame | Game 4 against AlphaGo in 2016 ⓘ |
| notableOpponent |
Gu Li
ⓘ
Ke Jie ⓘ Lee Chang-ho ⓘ |
| occupation | Go player ⓘ |
| opponent | AlphaGo ⓘ |
| reasonForRetirement | impact of AI on professional Go ⓘ |
| residence | South Korea ⓘ |
| sibling | Lee Sedol’s older brother Lee Sang-hoon ⓘ |
| sport | mind sports ⓘ |
| stated | no longer felt he could be the absolute best because of AI ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
creative play
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fighting style ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentaries about AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol
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numerous Go commentaries and analyses ⓘ |
| turnedProfessional | 1995 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lee Sedol Description of subject: Lee Sedol is a South Korean professional Go player renowned as one of the strongest players in history and for his landmark 2016 match against DeepMind's AlphaGo.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.