Jayakatwang of Kediri
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Jayakatwang of Kediri was a late 13th-century Javanese ruler who briefly restored the Kediri kingdom’s power by toppling Singhasari before being defeated by the rising Majapahit.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jayakatwang | 1 |
| Jayakatwang of Kediri canonical | 1 |
| Jayakatwang of Kediri (for the last king) | 1 |
| King of Kediri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T752421 — 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: Jayakatwang of Kediri Context triple: [Singhasari Kingdom, overthrownBy, Jayakatwang of Kediri]
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A.
Jayanegara
Jayanegara was an early 14th-century king of the Majapahit Empire in Java, known for consolidating the young kingdom amid internal conflicts and succession struggles.
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B.
Jayabaya
Jayabaya was a legendary 12th-century king of the Kediri Kingdom in Java, renowned in Indonesian history and folklore for his just rule and prophetic visions.
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C.
Mpu Sindok
Mpu Sindok was a 10th-century Javanese king who relocated the Medang Kingdom’s power center to East Java and founded the Isyana dynasty.
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D.
Brawijaya V
Brawijaya V was a late ruler of the Majapahit Empire in Java, often associated in Javanese chronicles with the kingdom’s decline and the transition to Islamic rule in the region.
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E.
Kertanegara
Kertanegara was the last and most influential king of the Singhasari Kingdom in Java, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and efforts to unify the Indonesian archipelago in the late 13th century.
- 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: Jayakatwang of Kediri Target entity description: Jayakatwang of Kediri was a late 13th-century Javanese ruler who briefly restored the Kediri kingdom’s power by toppling Singhasari before being defeated by the rising Majapahit.
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A.
Jayanegara
Jayanegara was an early 14th-century king of the Majapahit Empire in Java, known for consolidating the young kingdom amid internal conflicts and succession struggles.
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B.
Jayabaya
Jayabaya was a legendary 12th-century king of the Kediri Kingdom in Java, renowned in Indonesian history and folklore for his just rule and prophetic visions.
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C.
Mpu Sindok
Mpu Sindok was a 10th-century Javanese king who relocated the Medang Kingdom’s power center to East Java and founded the Isyana dynasty.
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D.
Brawijaya V
Brawijaya V was a late ruler of the Majapahit Empire in Java, often associated in Javanese chronicles with the kingdom’s decline and the transition to Islamic rule in the region.
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E.
Kertanegara
Kertanegara was the last and most influential king of the Singhasari Kingdom in Java, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and efforts to unify the Indonesian archipelago in the late 13th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indonesian person
ⓘ
Javanese ruler ⓘ historical figure ⓘ king ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| approximateEndTime | late 1290s ⓘ |
| approximateStartTime | late 1290s ⓘ |
| capital | Kediri ⓘ |
| conflict |
Majapahit
ⓘ
linked to:
Majapahit Empire
Singhasari Kingdom ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kediri Kingdom ⓘ |
| culture | Javanese Hindu-Buddhist culture ⓘ |
| era |
classical Javanese kingdoms
ⓘ
pre-Islamic Java ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Javanese people ⓘ |
| followedBy | Majapahit hegemony in eastern Java ⓘ |
| follows | Singhasari hegemony in eastern Java ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | transition from Singhasari to Majapahit ⓘ |
| knownFor |
brief restoration of Kediri’s power
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conflict with the early Majapahit state ⓘ overthrowing the Singhasari Kingdom ⓘ |
| language |
Old Javanese
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linked to:
Kawi (Old Javanese)
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Java ⓘ |
| locatedInThePresentDayAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Indonesia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being overthrown by the founders of Majapahit
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brief revival of Kediri after Singhasari dominance ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Indonesia
ⓘ
history of Java ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Kediri
ⓘ
ruler of Kediri ⓘ |
| region | East Java ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
defeat by Majapahit forces
ⓘ
toppling Singhasari ⓘ |
| territory |
eastern Java
ⓘ
linked to:
East Java
|
| timePeriod | late 13th century ⓘ |
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: Jayakatwang of Kediri Description of subject: Jayakatwang of Kediri was a late 13th-century Javanese ruler who briefly restored the Kediri kingdom’s power by toppling Singhasari before being defeated by the rising Majapahit.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jayakatwang of Kediri
linked to: Jayakatwang of Kediri
linked to: Jayakatwang of Kediri