Gajah Mada
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Gajah Mada was a powerful 14th-century military leader and prime minister of the Majapahit Empire, famed for his oath to unify the Indonesian archipelago under Majapahit rule.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gajah Mada canonical | 34 |
| Mahapatih Gajah Mada | 2 |
| Gajah Mada as mahapatih | 1 |
| Gajah Mada era | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T569172 — 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: Gajah Mada Context triple: [Majapahit Empire, notableRuler, Gajah Mada]
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A.
Mohammad Hatta
Mohammad Hatta was an Indonesian statesman, independence proclaimer, and the country’s first vice president who played a central role in shaping modern Indonesia’s political foundations.
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B.
Sukarno
Sukarno was the founding father and first president of Indonesia, who played a central role in leading the country’s struggle for independence from Dutch colonial rule and shaping its early postcolonial identity.
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C.
Sutan Sjahrir
Sutan Sjahrir was an Indonesian nationalist intellectual and the country’s first prime minister, known for his diplomatic leadership during the struggle for independence from Dutch colonial rule.
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D.
Amir Sjarifuddin
Amir Sjarifuddin was an Indonesian nationalist leader, socialist politician, and former prime minister who played a key role in the early years of Indonesia’s struggle for independence.
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E.
Lolo Soetoro
Lolo Soetoro was an Indonesian geographer and government official best known as the stepfather of U.S. President Barack Obama.
- 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: Gajah Mada Target entity description: Gajah Mada was a powerful 14th-century military leader and prime minister of the Majapahit Empire, famed for his oath to unify the Indonesian archipelago under Majapahit rule.
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A.
Mohammad Hatta
Mohammad Hatta was an Indonesian statesman, independence proclaimer, and the country’s first vice president who played a central role in shaping modern Indonesia’s political foundations.
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B.
Sukarno
Sukarno was the founding father and first president of Indonesia, who played a central role in leading the country’s struggle for independence from Dutch colonial rule and shaping its early postcolonial identity.
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C.
Sutan Sjahrir
Sutan Sjahrir was an Indonesian nationalist intellectual and the country’s first prime minister, known for his diplomatic leadership during the struggle for independence from Dutch colonial rule.
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D.
Amir Sjarifuddin
Amir Sjarifuddin was an Indonesian nationalist leader, socialist politician, and former prime minister who played a key role in the early years of Indonesia’s struggle for independence.
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E.
Lolo Soetoro
Lolo Soetoro was an Indonesian geographer and government official best known as the stepfather of U.S. President Barack Obama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indonesian national hero
ⓘ
Javanese person ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ prime minister ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndTime | circa 1360s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartTime | circa 1320s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hayam Wuruk
ⓘ
Majapahit Empire ⓘ |
| commanded | Majapahit military campaigns in Nusantara ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Majapahit Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Javanese culture ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Nagarakretagama
ⓘ
Pararaton ⓘ |
| employer | Majapahit Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Javanese ⓘ |
| goal | political unification of Nusantara ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
namesake of Gadjah Mada University
ⓘ
namesake of streets and institutions in Indonesia ⓘ symbol of Indonesian unity ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Mahapatih Amangkubumi ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indonesian nationalism
ⓘ
political unity concepts in Indonesia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath
ⓘ
surface form:
Palapa Oath to conquer Nusantara
expansion of Majapahit power ⓘ unifying large parts of the Indonesian archipelago ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Kawi (Old Javanese)
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surface form:
Old Javanese
|
| militaryBranch |
Majapahit Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Majapahit armed forces
|
| notableEvent | Palapa Oath ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sumpah Palapa ⓘ |
| occupation |
mahapatih
ⓘ
military commander ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| partOf |
Majapahit Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Majapahit court
|
| placeOfActivity |
Indonesian archipelago
ⓘ
Java ⓘ Indonesian archipelago ⓘ
surface form:
Nusantara
|
| politicalIdeology | imperial expansion of Majapahit ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mahapatih of Majapahit
ⓘ
prime minister of the Majapahit Empire ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Majapahit capital ⓘ |
| significantBattle | Majapahit conquest campaigns in Nusantara ⓘ |
| sworeOath | to unify the Nusantara under Majapahit rule ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 14th century ⓘ |
| workLocation | Trowulan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Gajah Mada Description of subject: Gajah Mada was a powerful 14th-century military leader and prime minister of the Majapahit Empire, famed for his oath to unify the Indonesian archipelago under Majapahit rule.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gajah Mada as mahapatih
this entity surface form:
Mahapatih Gajah Mada
subject surface form:
Pararaton
subject surface form:
Pararaton
subject surface form:
Mahapatih of Majapahit
subject surface form:
Mahapatih of Majapahit
this entity surface form:
Mahapatih Gajah Mada
this entity surface form:
Gajah Mada era