King Munmu
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King Munmu was a 7th-century monarch of the Korean kingdom of Silla who is renowned for completing the unification of most of the Korean Peninsula under Silla rule.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Munmu canonical | 6 |
| King Munmu of Silla | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5036457 — 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: King Munmu Context triple: [Silla, notableRuler, King Munmu]
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A.
King Taejong of Joseon
King Taejong of Joseon was the third monarch of Korea’s Joseon dynasty, known for consolidating royal authority, implementing major administrative and military reforms, and laying foundations for a centralized Confucian state.
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B.
King Seongjong
King Seongjong was a Joseon dynasty monarch of Korea known for consolidating royal authority, promoting Confucian governance, and overseeing significant cultural and architectural developments.
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C.
Gyeongsun of Silla
Gyeongsun of Silla was the final king of the Korean kingdom of Silla, whose reign marked the end of the ancient Three Kingdoms period legacy and the kingdom’s absorption into Goryeo.
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D.
Emperor Gongmin
Emperor Gongmin was a ruler of the Goryeo dynasty in Korea known for his efforts to reform government corruption and reduce Mongol influence in the 14th century.
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E.
Sunjong of Korea
Sunjong of Korea was the final monarch of the Korean Empire, whose short and largely symbolic reign ended with Japan’s formal annexation of Korea in 1910.
- 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: King Munmu Target entity description: King Munmu was a 7th-century monarch of the Korean kingdom of Silla who is renowned for completing the unification of most of the Korean Peninsula under Silla rule.
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A.
King Taejong of Joseon
King Taejong of Joseon was the third monarch of Korea’s Joseon dynasty, known for consolidating royal authority, implementing major administrative and military reforms, and laying foundations for a centralized Confucian state.
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B.
King Seongjong
King Seongjong was a Joseon dynasty monarch of Korea known for consolidating royal authority, promoting Confucian governance, and overseeing significant cultural and architectural developments.
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C.
Gyeongsun of Silla
Gyeongsun of Silla was the final king of the Korean kingdom of Silla, whose reign marked the end of the ancient Three Kingdoms period legacy and the kingdom’s absorption into Goryeo.
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D.
Emperor Gongmin
Emperor Gongmin was a ruler of the Goryeo dynasty in Korea known for his efforts to reform government corruption and reduce Mongol influence in the 14th century.
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E.
Sunjong of Korea
Sunjong of Korea was the final monarch of the Korean Empire, whose short and largely symbolic reign ended with Japan’s formal annexation of Korea in 1910.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Silla
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| ally | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Daewangam Islet ⓘ |
| associatedWith | legend of becoming a dragon to protect Silla after death ⓘ |
| birthName | Kim Beopmin ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Underwater royal tomb near Daewangam ⓘ |
| capital | Gyeongju ⓘ |
| child |
King Sinmun
ⓘ
linked to:
King Sinmun of Silla
|
| conflict |
Baekje–Silla War
ⓘ
linked to:
Baekje–Silla wars
Goguryeo–Tang War ⓘ
linked to:
Goguryeo–Tang Wars
|
| country | Silla ⓘ |
| deathDate | 681 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Sea near Gyeongju ⓘ |
| era |
Three Kingdoms of Korea
ⓘ
linked to:
Korean kingdoms
Unified Silla ⓘ |
| father | King Taejong Muyeol ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Korean ⓘ |
| legacy | foundational ruler of Unified Silla state ⓘ |
| mother | Queen Munmyeong ⓘ |
| nativeName | 문무왕 ⓘ |
| nativeNameLang | ko ⓘ |
| notableFor |
completing the unification of most of the Korean Peninsula under Silla rule
ⓘ
defeating Baekje ⓘ defeating Goguryeo ⓘ |
| positionHeld | 30th ruler of Silla ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Munmu-wang ⓘ |
| predecessor | King Taejong Muyeol ⓘ |
| regionRuled | southeastern Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 681 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 661 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| royalHouse |
Kim clan of Silla
ⓘ
linked to:
Gyeongju Kim clan
|
| spouse | Queen Jaui ⓘ |
| strategicGoal | unification of the Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| succeededIn | ending the Three Kingdoms period in Korea ⓘ |
| successor |
King Sinmun
ⓘ
linked to:
King Sinmun of Silla
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| title | King of Silla ⓘ |
| usedAllianceWith | Tang dynasty to defeat rival kingdoms ⓘ |
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: King Munmu Description of subject: King Munmu was a 7th-century monarch of the Korean kingdom of Silla who is renowned for completing the unification of most of the Korean Peninsula under Silla rule.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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