Samil Undong
E61845
Samil Undong is the Korean name for the March 1st Movement, a major 1919 nationwide protest against Japanese colonial rule in Korea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samil Undong canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493913 — 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: Samil Undong Context triple: [March 1st Movement, alsoKnownAs, Samil Undong]
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A.
Aegukga
Aegukga is the national anthem of South Korea, expressing patriotic devotion and love for the country.
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B.
Songun
Songun is North Korea’s military-first political ideology that prioritizes the Korean People’s Army as the central force of the state and society.
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C.
Chun
Chun is the given name of Peng Chun Chang, a prominent Chinese philosopher and diplomat who helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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D.
Son Kitei (Son Kee-chung)
Son Kitei (Son Kee-chung) was a Korean marathon runner who won the gold medal while competing for Japan at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and later became a symbol of Korean resistance under Japanese colonial rule.
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E.
Kim Hyong-jik
Kim Hyong-jik was a Korean independence activist and educator, best known as the father of North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il Sung.
- 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: Samil Undong Target entity description: Samil Undong is the Korean name for the March 1st Movement, a major 1919 nationwide protest against Japanese colonial rule in Korea.
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A.
Aegukga
Aegukga is the national anthem of South Korea, expressing patriotic devotion and love for the country.
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B.
Songun
Songun is North Korea’s military-first political ideology that prioritizes the Korean People’s Army as the central force of the state and society.
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C.
Chun
Chun is the given name of Peng Chun Chang, a prominent Chinese philosopher and diplomat who helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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D.
Son Kitei (Son Kee-chung)
Son Kitei (Son Kee-chung) was a Korean marathon runner who won the gold medal while competing for Japan at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and later became a symbol of Korean resistance under Japanese colonial rule.
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E.
Kim Hyong-jik
Kim Hyong-jik was a Korean independence activist and educator, best known as the father of North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il Sung.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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independence movement ⓘ protest movement ⓘ |
| commemoratedAs | Independence Movement Day ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | March 1 ⓘ |
| commemorationCountry | South Korea ⓘ |
| country |
Korea
ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Peninsula
|
| declarationReadAt | Taehwagwan Restaurant, Seoul ⓘ |
| etymology |
‘Samil’ means ‘three-one’ referring to March 1
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‘Undong’ means ‘movement’ in Korean ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
March First Movement
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linked to:
March 1st Movement
|
| hasCause |
Korean desire for national independence
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inspiration from Woodrow Wilson’s principle of national self-determination ⓘ opposition to Japanese imperialism ⓘ resentment of harsh Japanese colonial policies ⓘ |
| hasKeyDocument |
Korean Declaration of Independence
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linked to:
March 1st Movement
|
| hasNameInEnglish | March 1st Movement ⓘ |
| hasNameInKorean |
삼일운동
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linked to:
March 1st Movement
|
| hasNationalHolidayStatus | South Korea ⓘ |
| influenced |
Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai
ⓘ
later Korean independence movements ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Korean ⓘ |
| location |
Jongno, Seoul
ⓘ
linked to:
Jongno-gu, Seoul
Korean Peninsula ⓘ Pyongyang ⓘ Seoul ⓘ |
| movementType |
mass demonstration
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nonviolent protest ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Japanese colonial rule in Korea ⓘ |
| participant |
Korean civilians
ⓘ
Korean intellectuals ⓘ Korean religious leaders ⓘ Korean students ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1919 ⓘ |
| religiousInvolvement |
Buddhist leaders
ⓘ
Cheondogyo leaders ⓘ Christian leaders ⓘ |
| result |
international attention to Korean independence cause
ⓘ
many Korean casualties ⓘ reforms in Japanese colonial administration ⓘ severe Japanese repression ⓘ thousands of Koreans arrested ⓘ |
| scale | nationwide ⓘ |
| significance |
key milestone in Korean independence struggle
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symbol of Korean resistance to Japanese rule ⓘ |
| startDate | 1919-03-01 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Japanese colonial period in Korea ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samil Undong Description of subject: Samil Undong is the Korean name for the March 1st Movement, a major 1919 nationwide protest against Japanese colonial rule in Korea.
Referenced by (1)
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