Datuk Tan Malaka
E170870
Datuk Tan Malaka was an influential Indonesian Marxist thinker, independence activist, and revolutionary leader regarded as one of the intellectual pioneers of Indonesia’s anti-colonial movement.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Datuk Tan Malaka canonical | 1 |
| Ibrahim Datuk Tan Malaka | 1 |
| Sutan Ibrahim Datuk Tan Malaka | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1494291 — 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: Datuk Tan Malaka Context triple: [Tan Malaka, alternativeName, Datuk Tan Malaka]
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A.
Chin Peng
Chin Peng was the longtime leader of the Malayan Communist Party who headed the communist insurgency against British and Malayan authorities during and after the Malayan Emergency.
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B.
Yusof Ishak
Yusof Ishak was a Singaporean statesman who became the country’s first president after its independence, symbolizing national unity and multicultural identity.
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C.
Rashid Sidek
Rashid Sidek is a former Malaysian badminton player renowned as one of the prominent Sidek brothers and a key figure in Malaysia’s international badminton success in the 1990s.
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D.
Cheah Soon Kit
Cheah Soon Kit is a former Malaysian badminton player renowned for his achievements in men's doubles on the international stage.
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E.
Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
- 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: Datuk Tan Malaka Target entity description: Datuk Tan Malaka was an influential Indonesian Marxist thinker, independence activist, and revolutionary leader regarded as one of the intellectual pioneers of Indonesia’s anti-colonial movement.
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A.
Chin Peng
Chin Peng was the longtime leader of the Malayan Communist Party who headed the communist insurgency against British and Malayan authorities during and after the Malayan Emergency.
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B.
Yusof Ishak
Yusof Ishak was a Singaporean statesman who became the country’s first president after its independence, symbolizing national unity and multicultural identity.
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C.
Rashid Sidek
Rashid Sidek is a former Malaysian badminton player renowned as one of the prominent Sidek brothers and a key figure in Malaysia’s international badminton success in the 1990s.
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D.
Cheah Soon Kit
Cheah Soon Kit is a former Malaysian badminton player renowned for his achievements in men's doubles on the international stage.
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E.
Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indonesian independence activist
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Marxist theorist ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeIn | early 20th-century Indonesian nationalist movement ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Sutan Ibrahim ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Selopanggung, Kediri, East Java ⓘ |
| consideredAs | national hero by many Indonesians ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Indonesia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-06-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1949-02-21 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Minangkabau
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surface form:
Minangkabau people
|
| fieldOfWork |
philosophy
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political theory ⓘ revolutionary strategy ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Datuk ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
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socialism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indonesian leftist movements
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Indonesian nationalist thought ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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Indonesian ⓘ |
| movement |
Indonesian National Revolution
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anti-colonialism ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Madilog (Materialism, Dialectics, Logic) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Madilog
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Naar de Republiek Indonesia ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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political activist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia ⓘ |
| participatedIn | struggle for Indonesian independence ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
South Solok Regency
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surface form:
Suliki, West Sumatra
|
| placeOfDeath | Selopanggung, Kediri, East Java ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | left-wing politics ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
contributions to Marxist thought in Southeast Asia
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radical critique of colonialism ⓘ |
| roleIn | intellectual pioneer of Indonesia’s anti-colonial movement ⓘ |
| wasImprisonedBy | Dutch colonial authorities ⓘ |
| wentIntoExileIn |
China
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Datuk Tan Malaka Description of subject: Datuk Tan Malaka was an influential Indonesian Marxist thinker, independence activist, and revolutionary leader regarded as one of the intellectual pioneers of Indonesia’s anti-colonial movement.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sutan Ibrahim Datuk Tan Malaka
this entity surface form:
Ibrahim Datuk Tan Malaka