King Ghezo
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King Ghezo was a 19th-century ruler of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey known for military expansion, administrative reforms, and his complex role in the Atlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Ghezo canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3329490 — 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: King Ghezo Context triple: [Kingdom of Dahomey, notableRuler, King Ghezo]
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A.
King Agaja
King Agaja was an 18th-century ruler of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, known for expanding its territory, centralizing power, and intensifying its role in the Atlantic slave trade.
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B.
King Glele
King Glele was a 19th-century monarch of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, known for consolidating its power, expanding its military campaigns, and engaging in complex trade and diplomatic relations with European powers.
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C.
King Chattergy
King Chattergy is a fictional monarch in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," ruling the fantastical realm of Gup.
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D.
Hayam Wuruk
Hayam Wuruk was a 14th-century Javanese king whose reign marked the political and cultural zenith of the Majapahit Empire in maritime Southeast Asia.
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E.
Ga Mantse (Ga king)
Ga Mantse (Ga king) is the paramount traditional ruler and cultural leader of the Ga people of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana.
- 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: King Ghezo Target entity description: King Ghezo was a 19th-century ruler of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey known for military expansion, administrative reforms, and his complex role in the Atlantic slave trade.
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A.
King Agaja
King Agaja was an 18th-century ruler of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, known for expanding its territory, centralizing power, and intensifying its role in the Atlantic slave trade.
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B.
King Glele
King Glele was a 19th-century monarch of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, known for consolidating its power, expanding its military campaigns, and engaging in complex trade and diplomatic relations with European powers.
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C.
King Chattergy
King Chattergy is a fictional monarch in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," ruling the fantastical realm of Gup.
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D.
Hayam Wuruk
Hayam Wuruk was a 14th-century Javanese king whose reign marked the political and cultural zenith of the Majapahit Empire in maritime Southeast Asia.
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E.
Ga Mantse (Ga king)
Ga Mantse (Ga king) is the paramount traditional ruler and cultural leader of the Ga people of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
king ⓘ monarch ⓘ ruler of Dahomey ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Gakpe ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Ouidah ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Abomey ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Abomey ⓘ |
| conflict |
wars with Abeokuta
ⓘ
wars with Oyo-related polities ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ |
| culture | Dahomean culture ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Abomey ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Dahomey royal dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Dahomey
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Fon people ⓘ |
| father | Agonglo ⓘ |
| governmentTypeDuringReign | centralized monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key figure in the history of the Atlantic slave trade
ⓘ
major 19th-century West African ruler ⓘ |
| interactionWith | British anti-slavery envoys ⓘ |
| knownFor |
centralizing royal authority in Dahomey
ⓘ
reorganizing tax and tribute systems ⓘ strengthening royal control over coastal trade ⓘ |
| language | Fon language ⓘ |
| legacy | remembered for both state-building and slave trading ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | Dahomey army ⓘ |
| name | Ghezo ⓘ |
| notableEvent | coup that deposed Adandozan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
administrative reforms in Dahomey
ⓘ
conflicts with the Oyo Empire ⓘ involvement in the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ military expansion of Dahomey ⓘ warfare against neighboring states ⓘ |
| policy |
initial support for continuation of the Atlantic slave trade
ⓘ
later partial shift toward palm oil exports ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Dahomey
ⓘ
linked to:
King Ghezo of Dahomey
|
| predecessor | Adandozan ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1858 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1818 ⓘ |
| religion | Vodun ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
Bight of Benin region
ⓘ
linked to:
Bight of Benin
|
| successor |
Glele
ⓘ
linked to:
King Glele
|
| title |
Ahosu of Dahomey
ⓘ
linked to:
King Ghezo of Dahomey
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| tradePortUsed | Ouidah ⓘ |
| usedFemaleMilitaryCorps | Dahomey Amazons ⓘ |
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: King Ghezo Description of subject: King Ghezo was a 19th-century ruler of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey known for military expansion, administrative reforms, and his complex role in the Atlantic slave trade.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.