Charles John
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Charles John was a French-born military leader who became King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway in the early 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6591786 — 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: Charles John Context triple: [Charles XIV John of Sweden, alsoKnownAs, Charles John]
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A.
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge was a British prince, military commander, and the tenth child of King George III who served as Viceroy of Hanover in the early 19th century.
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B.
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was a British-born German prince and last reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, whose rule and later life were marked by his support for Germany in World War I and subsequent involvement with the Nazi Party.
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C.
Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany was a British royal prince, the younger brother of King George III, and a naval officer in the 18th century.
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D.
John William Henry II
John William Henry II is an American businessman and investor best known as the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club.
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E.
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany was a British royal prince and military commander, the second son of King George III and long-serving Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- 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: Charles John Target entity description: Charles John was a French-born military leader who became King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway in the early 19th century.
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A.
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge was a British prince, military commander, and the tenth child of King George III who served as Viceroy of Hanover in the early 19th century.
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B.
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was a British-born German prince and last reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, whose rule and later life were marked by his support for Germany in World War I and subsequent involvement with the Nazi Party.
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C.
Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany was a British royal prince, the younger brother of King George III, and a naval officer in the 18th century.
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D.
John William Henry II
John William Henry II is an American businessman and investor best known as the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club.
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E.
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany was a British royal prince and military commander, the second son of King George III and long-serving Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Norway
ⓘ
human ⓘ military leader ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Charles XIII of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptedName | Charles John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Charles XIV John
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karl Johan NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl XIV Johan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1763-01-26 ⓘ |
| birthName | Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Pau, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Oscar I of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
ⓘ
Norway ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| crownPrinceFrom | 1810 ⓘ |
| crownPrinceOf |
Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1844-03-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Stockholm, Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| language |
French
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Swedish ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Bernadotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Marshal of France ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the Bernadotte dynasty in Sweden
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transitioning from Napoleonic marshal to Scandinavian monarch ⓘ |
| origin | French-born ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Crown Prince of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of Norway ⓘ King of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshal of the French Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor | Charles XIII of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1844 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1818 ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Bernadotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Désirée Clary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Oscar I of Sweden 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: Charles John Description of subject: Charles John was a French-born military leader who became King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway in the early 19th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.