the king
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The king is a vain and authoritarian monarch whom the Little Prince meets on an asteroid, symbolizing adult obsession with power and control.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the king canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6821422 — 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: the king Context triple: [The Little Prince, hasCharacter, the king]
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A.
KING
KING is the stock ticker symbol for King Digital Entertainment, the video game company best known for creating the mobile puzzle game Candy Crush Saga.
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B.
KING
KING is a television station in Seattle, Washington, known for its local news coverage and affiliation with major U.S. broadcast networks.
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C.
Koning
Koning is a Dutch surname and term meaning “king,” commonly used in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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D.
König
König is a German-language surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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E.
Kœnig
Kœnig is a French surname most notably associated with figures such as General Marie-Pierre Kœnig, a prominent military leader during World War II.
- 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: the king Target entity description: The king is a vain and authoritarian monarch whom the Little Prince meets on an asteroid, symbolizing adult obsession with power and control.
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A.
KING
KING is the stock ticker symbol for King Digital Entertainment, the video game company best known for creating the mobile puzzle game Candy Crush Saga.
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B.
KING
KING is a television station in Seattle, Washington, known for its local news coverage and affiliation with major U.S. broadcast networks.
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C.
Koning
Koning is a Dutch surname and term meaning “king,” commonly used in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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D.
König
König is a German-language surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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E.
Kœnig
Kœnig is a French surname most notably associated with figures such as General Marie-Pierre Kœnig, a prominent military leader during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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monarch ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Little Prince ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | chapter 10 of The Little Prince ⓘ |
| asks |
the Little Prince to stay as his subject
ⓘ
linked to:
The Little Prince
|
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| cannotSee | any subjects on his planet ⓘ |
| claimsTitle | absolute monarch ⓘ |
| claimsToRule | the entire universe ⓘ |
| creator | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ⓘ |
| demands | absolute obedience ⓘ |
| failsToUnderstand | the Little Prince’s desire for exploration ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Little Prince (1943)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Little Prince
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governs | his asteroid ⓘ |
| influences | the Little Prince’s understanding of power ⓘ |
| insistsThat | his authority is universal ⓘ |
| insistsThat | his orders are always reasonable ⓘ |
| interactionWithLittlePrince |
offers to appoint the Little Prince as minister
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tries to make the Little Prince his subject ⓘ |
| issues | orders ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
critique of authoritarianism
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representation of adult vanity ⓘ satire of political power ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| meetsCharacter |
the Little Prince
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linked to:
The Little Prince
|
| narrativeRole | one of the first adults the Little Prince meets on his journey ⓘ |
| nationalityOfWork | French ⓘ |
| obsession |
authority
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power ⓘ |
| offersTitle | minister of justice ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
authoritarian
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vain ⓘ |
| philosophyOfRule | a king must only command what can be obeyed ⓘ |
| publicationContext |
The Little Prince was first published in 1943 in the United States
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linked to:
The Little Prince
|
| rationalizes | his lack of subjects ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
French novella The Little Prince
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linked to:
The Little Prince
|
| representsToLittlePrince | a puzzling form of grown-up behavior ⓘ |
| residesOn | asteroid ⓘ |
| role | king ⓘ |
| selfPerception | just and wise ruler ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
adult obsession with control
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adult obsession with power ⓘ |
| targetOf | the Little Prince’s quiet skepticism ⓘ |
| teaches | that authority should be based on reason ⓘ |
| workGenre |
children’s literature
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philosophical tale ⓘ |
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: the king Description of subject: The king is a vain and authoritarian monarch whom the Little Prince meets on an asteroid, symbolizing adult obsession with power and control.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.