Hanseong
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Hanseong was the historical name for Seoul when it served as the capital of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hanseong canonical | 20 |
| Hanyang | 5 |
| Han Yang, Joseon | 4 |
| Han-seong (Hanyang) | 1 |
| Hanseong, Joseon | 1 |
| Seoul, Joseon | 1 |
| 한성 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5264739 — 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: Hanseong Context triple: [Joseon, capital, Hanseong]
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A.
Gwangmyeong
Gwangmyeong is a city in South Korea known for its proximity to Seoul and attractions like the Gwangmyeong Cave, a former mine turned cultural and tourism complex.
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B.
Kaesong
Kaesong is a historic city in present-day North Korea that served as the capital of the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo and remains known for its cultural heritage and traditional architecture.
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C.
Jincheon
Jincheon is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, known for its agricultural production and growing role as a logistics and industrial hub.
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D.
Dangjin
Dangjin is a coastal city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, known for its heavy industry, steel production, and port facilities on the Yellow Sea.
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E.
Anseong
Anseong is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, known for its traditional culture, agricultural heritage, and annual Baudeogi Festival.
- 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: Hanseong Target entity description: Hanseong was the historical name for Seoul when it served as the capital of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea.
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A.
Gwangmyeong
Gwangmyeong is a city in South Korea known for its proximity to Seoul and attractions like the Gwangmyeong Cave, a former mine turned cultural and tourism complex.
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B.
Kaesong
Kaesong is a historic city in present-day North Korea that served as the capital of the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo and remains known for its cultural heritage and traditional architecture.
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C.
Jincheon
Jincheon is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, known for its agricultural production and growing role as a logistics and industrial hub.
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D.
Dangjin
Dangjin is a coastal city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, known for its heavy industry, steel production, and port facilities on the Yellow Sea.
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E.
Anseong
Anseong is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, known for its traditional culture, agricultural heritage, and annual Baudeogi Festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former capital
ⓘ
historical city name ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Joseon ⓘ |
| capitalFunction |
administrative center of Joseon
ⓘ
cultural center of Joseon ⓘ political center of Joseon ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Joseon Dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Joseon
Kingdom of Joseon ⓘ
linked to:
Joseon
|
| country | Korea ⓘ |
| etymology | name meaning related to "Han" river and "seong" (fortress) in Korean ⓘ |
| hasCityType | walled city ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | core area now part of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Seoul ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Joseon Dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Joseon
|
| languageOfName | Korean ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Han River ⓘ |
| modernName | Seoul ⓘ |
| notableFeature | royal palace complex of Joseon ⓘ |
| partOf | Joseon ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Seoul as capital of Korea ⓘ |
| region |
Gyeonggi Province (historical region)
ⓘ
linked to:
Gyeonggi Province
|
| romanizationVariant |
Hanseong
ⓘ
Hanseong-bu ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of Joseon ⓘ |
| successorName |
Gyeongseong (Japanese colonial era name of Seoul)
ⓘ
Seoul (current name) ⓘ
linked to:
Seoul
|
| usedAsCapitalBy | Korean monarchy ⓘ |
| usedAsCapitalFrom | 1394 ⓘ |
| usedAsCapitalUntil | late 19th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Joseon court
ⓘ
linked to:
Joseon royal court
|
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: Hanseong Description of subject: Hanseong was the historical name for Seoul when it served as the capital of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hanseong
subject linked to:
kings of Joseon
linked to: Hanseong
subject linked to:
seonggyungwan national academy
linked to: Hanseong
linked to: Hanseong
linked to: Hanseong
linked to: Hanseong
linked to: Hanseong
subject linked to:
Eulmi Incident (assassination of Empress Myeongseong)
linked to: Hanseong
linked to: Hanseong
linked to: Hanseong
linked to: Hanseong