Ken Arok
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13th-century ruler
Indonesian legendary figure
Javanese historical figure
founder of Singhasari
legendary ruler
Ken Arok was a legendary 13th-century Javanese ruler and founder of the Singhasari Kingdom, often associated with dramatic tales of ambition, betrayal, and the rise of early Javanese states.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ken Arok canonical | 28 |
| Ken Arok (according to traditional chronicles) | 1 |
| Ken Arok (as ruler of Tumapel) | 1 |
| Ken Arok and Ken Dedes legend | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T752391 — 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: Ken Arok Context triple: [Singhasari Kingdom, foundedBy, Ken Arok]
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A.
Djawadi
Djawadi is the surname of Ramin Djawadi, the acclaimed composer known for his work on television and film scores such as Game of Thrones.
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B.
Lolo Soetoro
Lolo Soetoro was an Indonesian geographer and government official best known as the stepfather of U.S. President Barack Obama.
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C.
Wikramawardhana
Wikramawardhana was a king of the Majapahit Empire in late 14th–early 15th century Java, known for ruling during the empire’s gradual decline and internal dynastic conflicts.
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D.
Airlangga
Airlangga was an influential 11th-century Javanese king who laid the foundations for powerful East Javanese kingdoms, including Kediri, through political consolidation and cultural patronage.
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E.
Raden Wijaya
Raden Wijaya was the Javanese prince and military leader who became the first king of the Majapahit Empire, one of Southeast Asia’s most powerful and influential kingdoms.
- 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: Ken Arok Target entity description: Ken Arok was a legendary 13th-century Javanese ruler and founder of the Singhasari Kingdom, often associated with dramatic tales of ambition, betrayal, and the rise of early Javanese states.
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A.
Djawadi
Djawadi is the surname of Ramin Djawadi, the acclaimed composer known for his work on television and film scores such as Game of Thrones.
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B.
Lolo Soetoro
Lolo Soetoro was an Indonesian geographer and government official best known as the stepfather of U.S. President Barack Obama.
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C.
Wikramawardhana
Wikramawardhana was a king of the Majapahit Empire in late 14th–early 15th century Java, known for ruling during the empire’s gradual decline and internal dynastic conflicts.
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D.
Airlangga
Airlangga was an influential 11th-century Javanese king who laid the foundations for powerful East Javanese kingdoms, including Kediri, through political consolidation and cultural patronage.
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E.
Raden Wijaya
Raden Wijaya was the Javanese prince and military leader who became the first king of the Majapahit Empire, one of Southeast Asia’s most powerful and influential kingdoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
13th-century ruler
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Indonesian legendary figure ⓘ Javanese historical figure ⓘ founder of Singhasari ⓘ legendary ruler ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Ken Angrok ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | establishment of Singhasari as a major power in Java ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Javanese Hindu-Buddhist civilization
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surface form:
Hindu-Buddhist Java
early Javanese states ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Java ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
inspiration for Indonesian literature
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subject of modern novels and plays ⓘ |
| culture | Javanese culture ⓘ |
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Singosari Temple
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surface form:
Singhasari area
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| ethnicGroup | Javanese people ⓘ |
| founded |
Singhasari Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Singhasari
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Singhasari Kingdom ⓘ |
| historicity | partly legendary ⓘ |
| languageContext | Old Javanese tradition ⓘ |
| legacy | prototype of ambitious ruler in Indonesian folklore ⓘ |
| literaryRole | central figure in Javanese chronicles ⓘ |
| mythologized | yes ⓘ |
| name | Ken Arok self-link ⓘ |
| narrativeTradition | Pararaton chronicle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic rise from low status to kingship
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founding the Singhasari Kingdom ⓘ stories of ambition and betrayal in Javanese tradition ⓘ |
| occupation |
king
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ruler ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| politicalRole | unifier of territories in East Java ⓘ |
| predecessor | Tunggul Ametung ⓘ |
| region | East Java ⓘ |
| religion | Hindu-Buddhist (attributed) ⓘ |
| sourceType | chronicles and legends ⓘ |
| spouse | Ken Dedes ⓘ |
| successor | Anusapati ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition
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betrayal ⓘ social mobility from commoner to king ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
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: Ken Arok Description of subject: Ken Arok was a legendary 13th-century Javanese ruler and founder of the Singhasari Kingdom, often associated with dramatic tales of ambition, betrayal, and the rise of early Javanese states.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pararaton
subject surface form:
Pararaton
this entity surface form:
Ken Arok (as ruler of Tumapel)
this entity surface form:
Ken Arok (according to traditional chronicles)