Lunalilo
E417986
Lunalilo was a 19th-century Hawaiian monarch who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Hawaii before being succeeded by King Kalākaua.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lunalilo canonical | 3 |
| William Charles Lunalilo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4088564 — 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: Lunalilo Context triple: [King Kalākaua, predecessor, Lunalilo]
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A.
Kamehameha III
Kamehameha III was the third king of the Kingdom of Hawaii, known for his long reign, the adoption of Hawaii’s first constitution, and the transition of the islands toward a modern constitutional monarchy.
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B.
Kamehameha V
Kamehameha V was the fifth monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, known for his conservative rule, efforts to strengthen the monarchy, and promulgation of the 1864 Hawaiian constitution.
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C.
Kamehameha IV
Kamehameha IV was a 19th-century king of the Kingdom of Hawaii known for promoting public health, education, and closer ties with Britain during his reign.
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D.
Kamehameha II
Kamehameha II was the second king of the Kingdom of Hawaii, known for ending the traditional kapu system and overseeing the early period of Western influence in the islands.
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E.
Prince Leleiohoku II
Prince Leleiohoku II was a Hawaiian royal prince and heir apparent to the Kingdom of Hawaii in the 19th century, known for his political promise and contributions to Hawaiian music before his early death.
- 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: Lunalilo Target entity description: Lunalilo was a 19th-century Hawaiian monarch who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Hawaii before being succeeded by King Kalākaua.
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A.
Kamehameha III
Kamehameha III was the third king of the Kingdom of Hawaii, known for his long reign, the adoption of Hawaii’s first constitution, and the transition of the islands toward a modern constitutional monarchy.
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B.
Kamehameha V
Kamehameha V was the fifth monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, known for his conservative rule, efforts to strengthen the monarchy, and promulgation of the 1864 Hawaiian constitution.
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C.
Kamehameha IV
Kamehameha IV was a 19th-century king of the Kingdom of Hawaii known for promoting public health, education, and closer ties with Britain during his reign.
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D.
Kamehameha II
Kamehameha II was the second king of the Kingdom of Hawaii, known for ending the traditional kapu system and overseeing the early period of Western influence in the islands.
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E.
Prince Leleiohoku II
Prince Leleiohoku II was a Hawaiian royal prince and heir apparent to the Kingdom of Hawaii in the 19th century, known for his political promise and contributions to Hawaiian music before his early death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Hawaii
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Honolulu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kawaiahaʻo Church ⓘ Kingdom of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Oʻahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| causeOfSuccession | election by the legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Hawaii ONNED1 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1835-01-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1874-02-03 ⓘ |
| education |
Royal School (Hawaii)
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal School (Honolulu)
|
| election | Hawaiian royal election of 1873 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Native Hawaiian
ⓘ
linked to:
Native Hawaiians
|
| father | Charles Kanaʻina ⓘ |
| founded | Lunalilo Home ⓘ |
| givenName |
Charles
ⓘ
Lunalilo NERFINISHED ⓘ William ⓘ |
| hadChildren | false ⓘ |
| knownAs | “The People’s King” ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Hawaiian ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty |
House of Kamehameha (collateral branch)
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Kamehameha
|
| monarchicalName | Lunalilo I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Kingdom of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother |
Kekauluohi
ⓘ
linked to:
Kekāuluohi
|
| name | William Charles Lunalilo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neverMarried | true ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first elected monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Honolulu
ⓘ
Kingdom of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Oʻahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Honolulu
ONNED1
ⓘ
Kingdom of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Oʻahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Hawaii
ⓘ
linked to:
King of the Hawaiian Islands
|
| predecessor | Kamehameha V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purposeOfFoundedEntity | care for elderly Native Hawaiians ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1874-02-03 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1873-01-08 ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| style | His Majesty ⓘ |
| succeededBy | King Kalākaua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Kalākaua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Lunalilo Description of subject: Lunalilo was a 19th-century Hawaiian monarch who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Hawaii before being succeeded by King Kalākaua.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.