Sonni Suleyman Dama
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Sonni Suleyman Dama was an early ruler of the Songhai Empire who preceded the powerful king Sunni Ali in leading the state centered on Gao in West Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonni Suleyman Dama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14562215 — 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: Sonni Suleyman Dama Context triple: [Sunni Ali, predecessor, Sonni Suleyman Dama]
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A.
Shehu of Borno
The Shehu of Borno is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Kanuri people, historically ruling the Borno Empire in the Lake Chad region of West Africa.
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B.
Balewa Muhammad
Balewa Muhammad is a songwriter best known for co-writing Christina Aguilera’s hit single "Dirrty."
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C.
Muhammed Kadade Suleiman
Muhammed Kadade Suleiman is a Nigerian politician known for serving as the National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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D.
Sheikh Othman
Sheikh Othman is a district in the city of Aden in southern Yemen, historically part of the former British Colony of Aden.
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E.
Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani
Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani was an early eminent Muslim scholar and jurist of Basra, renowned for his piety, mastery of hadith, and influence on later Islamic scholarship.
- 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: Sonni Suleyman Dama Target entity description: Sonni Suleyman Dama was an early ruler of the Songhai Empire who preceded the powerful king Sunni Ali in leading the state centered on Gao in West Africa.
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A.
Shehu of Borno
The Shehu of Borno is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Kanuri people, historically ruling the Borno Empire in the Lake Chad region of West Africa.
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B.
Balewa Muhammad
Balewa Muhammad is a songwriter best known for co-writing Christina Aguilera’s hit single "Dirrty."
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C.
Muhammed Kadade Suleiman
Muhammed Kadade Suleiman is a Nigerian politician known for serving as the National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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D.
Sheikh Othman
Sheikh Othman is a district in the city of Aden in southern Yemen, historically part of the former British Colony of Aden.
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E.
Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani
Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani was an early eminent Muslim scholar and jurist of Basra, renowned for his piety, mastery of hadith, and influence on later Islamic scholarship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.