Lee Sedol

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human professional Go player

Lee Sedol is a South Korean professional Go player renowned as one of the strongest players in history and for his landmark 2016 match against DeepMind's AlphaGo.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lee Sedol canonical	14
AlphaGo Lee	1
이세돌	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1793079 — 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: Lee Sedol
Context triple: [AlphaGo, opponent, Lee Sedol]

A. Kitack Lim
Kitack Lim is a South Korean maritime administrator and diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for regulating global shipping.
B. Do Ho Suh
Do Ho Suh is a South Korean contemporary artist known for his intricate sculptures and installations that explore themes of home, memory, and personal space.
C. Doug Jung
Doug Jung is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Star Trek Beyond."
D. Peter Sohn
Peter Sohn is an American animator, voice actor, and film director at Pixar known for his work on projects like "Ratatouille," "The Good Dinosaur," and "Elemental."
E. Chung Sun-man
Chung Sun-man is a South Korean athlete best known for lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.
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: Lee Sedol
Target entity description: Lee Sedol is a South Korean professional Go player renowned as one of the strongest players in history and for his landmark 2016 match against DeepMind's AlphaGo.

A. Kitack Lim
Kitack Lim is a South Korean maritime administrator and diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for regulating global shipping.
B. Do Ho Suh
Do Ho Suh is a South Korean contemporary artist known for his intricate sculptures and installations that explore themes of home, memory, and personal space.
C. Doug Jung
Doug Jung is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Star Trek Beyond."
D. Peter Sohn
Peter Sohn is an American animator, voice actor, and film director at Pixar known for his work on projects like "Ratatouille," "The Good Dinosaur," and "Elemental."
E. Chung Sun-man
Chung Sun-man is a South Korean athlete best known for lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ professional Go player ⓘ
achievement	considered one of the top Go players of the 2000s ⓘ won multiple international Go titles ⓘ
activeYears	1990s–2010s ⓘ
announcedRetirement	2019 ⓘ
birthDate	1983-03-02 ⓘ
birthPlace	Sinan County, South Jeolla, South Korea ⓘ
boardGame	Go ⓘ
children	has a daughter ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	South Korea ⓘ
era	21st-century Go players ⓘ
familyName	Lee ⓘ
famousMove	Move 78 in Game 4 vs AlphaGo ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Sedol ⓘ
goAssociation	Korea Baduk Association ⓘ
goRank	9 dan professional ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	“The Strong Stone” (nickname) ⓘ
influenced	younger generations of Go players ⓘ
influencedBy	earlier Korean Go professionals ⓘ
language	Korean ⓘ
maritalStatus	married ⓘ
matchDate	2016-03 ⓘ
matchFormat	five-game match ⓘ
matchLocation	Seoul, South Korea ⓘ linked to: Seoul
matchResult	lost 1–4 to AlphaGo ⓘ
mediaAppearance	featured in global media coverage of AlphaGo match ⓘ
name	Lee Sedol ⓘ
nativeName	이세돌 ⓘ linked to: Lee Sedol
notableFor	being one of the strongest Go players in history ⓘ playing a five-game match against AlphaGo in 2016 ⓘ
notableGame	Game 4 against AlphaGo in 2016 ⓘ
notableOpponent	Gu Li ⓘ Ke Jie ⓘ Lee Chang-ho ⓘ
occupation	Go player ⓘ
opponent	AlphaGo ⓘ
reasonForRetirement	impact of AI on professional Go ⓘ
residence	South Korea ⓘ
sibling	Lee Sedol’s older brother Lee Sang-hoon ⓘ
sport	mind sports ⓘ
stated	no longer felt he could be the absolute best because of AI ⓘ
styleOfPlay	creative play ⓘ fighting style ⓘ
subjectOf	documentaries about AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol ⓘ numerous Go commentaries and analyses ⓘ
turnedProfessional	1995 ⓘ