Yi Wan-yong
E651638
Yi Wan-yong was a Korean politician and collaborator best known for playing a leading role in facilitating Japan’s annexation of Korea in 1910.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yi Wan-yong canonical | 4 |
| Lee Wan-yong | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7155927 — 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: Yi Wan-yong Context triple: [Annexation of Korea, signedBy, Yi Wan-yong]
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A.
Yang Chengwu
Yang Chengwu was a prominent Chinese military leader and general in the People’s Liberation Army who played key roles in the Chinese Civil War and early PRC military development.
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B.
Wan Fulin
Wan Fulin was a prominent Chinese warlord and military commander from Northeast China who played a significant role in regional politics and resistance against Japanese aggression during the Republican era.
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C.
Wu Jingyu
Wu Jingyu is a Chinese taekwondo athlete and multiple-time Olympic gold medalist renowned as one of the sport’s most successful competitors.
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D.
Wu Qingyuan
Wu Qingyuan, better known internationally as Go Seigen, was a Chinese-born Japanese Go master widely regarded as one of the greatest and most innovative players in the history of the game.
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E.
Ma Hongkui
Ma Hongkui was a prominent Chinese Muslim warlord and Kuomintang general who controlled Ningxia during the Republic of China era.
- 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: Yi Wan-yong Target entity description: Yi Wan-yong was a Korean politician and collaborator best known for playing a leading role in facilitating Japan’s annexation of Korea in 1910.
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A.
Yang Chengwu
Yang Chengwu was a prominent Chinese military leader and general in the People’s Liberation Army who played key roles in the Chinese Civil War and early PRC military development.
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B.
Wan Fulin
Wan Fulin was a prominent Chinese warlord and military commander from Northeast China who played a significant role in regional politics and resistance against Japanese aggression during the Republican era.
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C.
Wu Jingyu
Wu Jingyu is a Chinese taekwondo athlete and multiple-time Olympic gold medalist renowned as one of the sport’s most successful competitors.
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D.
Wu Qingyuan
Wu Qingyuan, better known internationally as Go Seigen, was a Chinese-born Japanese Go master widely regarded as one of the greatest and most innovative players in the history of the game.
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E.
Ma Hongkui
Ma Hongkui was a prominent Chinese Muslim warlord and Kuomintang general who controlled Ningxia during the Republic of China era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Korean politician
ⓘ
collaborator with Imperial Japan ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Korean Empire period
ⓘ
late Joseon period ⓘ period of Japanese rule over Korea ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Lee Wan-yong
ⓘ
linked to:
Yi Wan-yong
Yi Wan-yong ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1858-07-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Gyeonggi Province
ⓘ
Joseon ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Seoul ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japan
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Japanese Korea
ⓘ
Joseon ⓘ Korean Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1926-02-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Japanese Korea
ⓘ
Keijō ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Baejae Hakdang ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Korean ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | traitor in Korean historiography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaboration with Imperial Japan
ⓘ
role in the loss of Korean sovereignty ⓘ signing the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Japanese
ⓘ
Korean ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Korean Empire government
ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Empire
Privy Council of the Korean Empire ⓘ
linked to:
State Council of the Korean Empire
|
| name | Yi Wan-yong ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
|
| opposedBy |
Korean independence activists
ⓘ
Korean nationalist movement ⓘ
linked to:
Korean nationalism
|
| politicalAlignment | pro-Japanese ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Interior Minister of the Korean Empire
ⓘ
Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry of the Korean Empire ⓘ Minister of Education of the Korean Empire ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Korean Empire ⓘ Prime Minister of the Korean Empire ⓘ member of the Privy Council of the Korean Empire ⓘ |
| received |
Count title in the Japanese kazoku peerage
ⓘ
Marquess title in the Korean Empire ⓘ Order of the Paulownia Flowers ⓘ Order of the Plum Blossom ⓘ Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| significantEvent | forced Emperor Sunjong to sign the annexation treaty ⓘ |
| spouse | Min Hong-sun ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yi Wan-yong Description of subject: Yi Wan-yong was a Korean politician and collaborator best known for playing a leading role in facilitating Japan’s annexation of Korea in 1910.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yi Wan-yong
linked to: Yi Wan-yong