Sankara
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Sankara is an alternative transliteration of the Indian name "Shankar," commonly associated with the Hindu deity Shiva and with notable figures such as the philosopher Adi Shankaracharya.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sankara canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15920653 — 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: Sankara Context triple: [Shankar, hasVariant, Sankara]
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A.
Mari Djata
Mari Djata, better known as Sundiata Keita, was the 13th-century founder and first emperor of the Mali Empire in West Africa.
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B.
Namadi Sambo
Namadi Sambo is a Nigerian politician and architect who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015.
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C.
Modibo Adama
Modibo Adama was a 19th-century Fulani Islamic scholar and military leader who led jihads in the region of present-day northeastern Nigeria and Cameroon, establishing the Adamawa Emirate as part of the Sokoto Caliphate.
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D.
Tata of Sikasso
The Tata of Sikasso is a historic defensive fortification system in Sikasso, Mali, renowned for its massive earthen walls built in the 19th century to protect the city from invasions.
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E.
Sundiata Acoli
Sundiata Acoli is an American former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member who became a prominent political prisoner after his conviction for the 1973 New Jersey Turnpike shootout.
- 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: Sankara Target entity description: Sankara is an alternative transliteration of the Indian name "Shankar," commonly associated with the Hindu deity Shiva and with notable figures such as the philosopher Adi Shankaracharya.
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A.
Mari Djata
Mari Djata, better known as Sundiata Keita, was the 13th-century founder and first emperor of the Mali Empire in West Africa.
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B.
Namadi Sambo
Namadi Sambo is a Nigerian politician and architect who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015.
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C.
Modibo Adama
Modibo Adama was a 19th-century Fulani Islamic scholar and military leader who led jihads in the region of present-day northeastern Nigeria and Cameroon, establishing the Adamawa Emirate as part of the Sokoto Caliphate.
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D.
Tata of Sikasso
The Tata of Sikasso is a historic defensive fortification system in Sikasso, Mali, renowned for its massive earthen walls built in the 19th century to protect the city from invasions.
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E.
Sundiata Acoli
Sundiata Acoli is an American former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member who became a prominent political prisoner after his conviction for the 1973 New Jersey Turnpike shootout.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.