Parameswara
E159528
Parameswara was a 15th-century Sumatran prince who established the port city of Malacca, laying the foundations for one of Southeast Asia’s most important historical sultanates and trading hubs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parameswara canonical | 5 |
| Parameswara of Malacca | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1394933 — 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: Parameswara Context triple: [Malacca Sultanate, foundedBy, Parameswara]
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A.
Kertanegara
Kertanegara was the last and most influential king of the Singhasari Kingdom in Java, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and efforts to unify the Indonesian archipelago in the late 13th century.
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B.
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.
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C.
Jayabaya
Jayabaya was a legendary 12th-century king of the Kediri Kingdom in Java, renowned in Indonesian history and folklore for his just rule and prophetic visions.
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D.
Sultan Kudarat
Sultan Kudarat is a province in the Soccsksargen region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, known for its cultural diversity and agricultural economy.
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E.
Azam Shah
Azam Shah was a Mughal prince and briefly a claimant to the imperial throne in late 17th-century India, known primarily as a son of Emperor Aurangzeb.
- 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: Parameswara Target entity description: Parameswara was a 15th-century Sumatran prince who established the port city of Malacca, laying the foundations for one of Southeast Asia’s most important historical sultanates and trading hubs.
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A.
Kertanegara
Kertanegara was the last and most influential king of the Singhasari Kingdom in Java, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and efforts to unify the Indonesian archipelago in the late 13th century.
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B.
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.
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C.
Jayabaya
Jayabaya was a legendary 12th-century king of the Kediri Kingdom in Java, renowned in Indonesian history and folklore for his just rule and prophetic visions.
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D.
Sultan Kudarat
Sultan Kudarat is a province in the Soccsksargen region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, known for its cultural diversity and agricultural economy.
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E.
Azam Shah
Azam Shah was a Mughal prince and briefly a claimant to the imperial throne in late 17th-century India, known primarily as a son of Emperor Aurangzeb.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Malay ruler
ⓘ
founder of city ⓘ historical figure ⓘ prince ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Iskandar Shah
ⓘ
linked to:
Raden Patah
Megat Iskandar Shah ⓘ |
| attractedMerchantsFrom |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
China ⓘ India ⓘ Nusantara ⓘ
linked to:
Indonesian archipelago
|
| birthPlace | Sumatra ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Kingdom of Siam
ⓘ
linked to:
Ayutthaya Kingdom
Majapahit Empire ⓘ |
| continentOfBirth | Asia ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Islam ⓘ |
| countryOfFounding | Malacca Sultanate ⓘ |
| economicPolicy | promotion of free trade for foreign merchants ⓘ |
| era | 15th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Malay ⓘ |
| founded |
Malacca
ⓘ
Malacca Sultanate ⓘ port city of Malacca ⓘ |
| foundingApproximateYear | c. 1400 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | mouth of the Malacca River ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Malay maritime trade networks
ⓘ
rise of Malacca as a regional entrepôt ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing a major trading port in Southeast Asia
ⓘ
founding Malacca ⓘ laying the foundations of the Malacca Sultanate ⓘ |
| language | Old Malay ⓘ |
| legacy |
establishment of Malacca as a major Islamic and trading center
ⓘ
foundation of one of Southeast Asia’s most important historical sultanates ⓘ |
| originCity | Palembang ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Malacca ⓘ |
| politicalStatusBeforeMalacca | exiled prince ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
prince of Palembang
ⓘ
ruler of Malacca ⓘ |
| receivedRecognitionFrom | Yongle Emperor ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| religion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| soughtProtectionFrom |
Ming Dynasty China
ⓘ
linked to:
Ming dynasty
|
| spouse | daughter of the Sultan of Pasai ⓘ |
| strategicReasonForFoundingMalacca | control of Strait of Malacca ⓘ |
| successor | Megat Iskandar Shah ⓘ |
| tributaryRelationshipWith |
Ming Dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Ming dynasty
|
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: Parameswara Description of subject: Parameswara was a 15th-century Sumatran prince who established the port city of Malacca, laying the foundations for one of Southeast Asia’s most important historical sultanates and trading hubs.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Parameswara