Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
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Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was a Nigerian Army major general who briefly served as the country’s first military head of state after the 1966 coup before being overthrown and killed in a counter-coup.
All labels observed (1)
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| Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14129275 — 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: Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi Context triple: [Yakubu Gowon, overthrew, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi]
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A.
Ernest Shonekan
Ernest Shonekan was a Nigerian lawyer, businessman, and statesman who briefly led Nigeria as head of the Interim National Government in 1993.
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B.
Olabisi Onabanjo
Olabisi Onabanjo was a Nigerian politician and journalist who served as the civilian governor of Ogun State during the Second Republic.
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C.
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a Nigerian military officer and politician best known as the leader of the secessionist state of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War.
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D.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, a key nationalist leader in the country’s independence movement, and a prominent statesman in early post-colonial Africa.
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E.
Kofi Awoonor
Kofi Awoonor was a Ghanaian poet, novelist, and diplomat renowned for blending Ewe oral traditions with modernist poetry and for his influential role in African literature.
- 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: Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi Target entity description: Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was a Nigerian Army major general who briefly served as the country’s first military head of state after the 1966 coup before being overthrown and killed in a counter-coup.
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A.
Ernest Shonekan
Ernest Shonekan was a Nigerian lawyer, businessman, and statesman who briefly led Nigeria as head of the Interim National Government in 1993.
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B.
Olabisi Onabanjo
Olabisi Onabanjo was a Nigerian politician and journalist who served as the civilian governor of Ogun State during the Second Republic.
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C.
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a Nigerian military officer and politician best known as the leader of the secessionist state of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War.
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D.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, a key nationalist leader in the country’s independence movement, and a prominent statesman in early post-colonial Africa.
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E.
Kofi Awoonor
Kofi Awoonor was a Ghanaian poet, novelist, and diplomat renowned for blending Ewe oral traditions with modernist poetry and for his influential role in African literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.