Taur Matan Ruak
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Taur Matan Ruak is an East Timorese military leader and politician who served as commander of the national defence force and later as President of Timor-Leste.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taur Matan Ruak canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1521114 — 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: Taur Matan Ruak Context triple: [FALINTIL, notableCommander, Taur Matan Ruak]
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A.
Mount Werong
Mount Werong is a prominent peak in New South Wales, Australia, known as the loftiest summit within the Blue Mountains region.
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B.
Mount Leuser
Mount Leuser is a prominent mountain in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, forming part of the biodiverse Leuser Ecosystem and lending its name to the surrounding national park.
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C.
Mount Welirang
Mount Welirang is an active stratovolcano in East Java, Indonesia, known for its sulfur mining and frequent fumarolic activity.
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D.
Jbel Bani
Jbel Bani is a long, arid mountain range in southern Morocco known for its rugged desert landscapes and traditional Berber settlements.
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E.
Mount Vitsi
Mount Vitsi is a mountain in northern Greece near the border with Albania, known for its strategic role in the Greek Civil War and its forested slopes that now attract hikers and nature enthusiasts.
- 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: Taur Matan Ruak Target entity description: Taur Matan Ruak is an East Timorese military leader and politician who served as commander of the national defence force and later as President of Timor-Leste.
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A.
Mount Werong
Mount Werong is a prominent peak in New South Wales, Australia, known as the loftiest summit within the Blue Mountains region.
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B.
Mount Leuser
Mount Leuser is a prominent mountain in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, forming part of the biodiverse Leuser Ecosystem and lending its name to the surrounding national park.
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C.
Mount Welirang
Mount Welirang is an active stratovolcano in East Java, Indonesia, known for its sulfur mining and frequent fumarolic activity.
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D.
Jbel Bani
Jbel Bani is a long, arid mountain range in southern Morocco known for its rugged desert landscapes and traditional Berber settlements.
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E.
Mount Vitsi
Mount Vitsi is a mountain in northern Greece near the border with Albania, known for its strategic role in the Greek Civil War and its forested slopes that now attract hikers and nature enthusiasts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthName | José Maria Vasconcelos ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Timor-Leste
ⓘ
surface form:
East Timor
Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-10-10 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Indonesian
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ Tetum ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
FALINTIL
ⓘ
Timor-Leste Defence Force ⓘ
surface form:
Timor Leste Defence Force
|
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| name | Taur Matan Ruak self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the East Timorese independence struggle
ⓘ
serving as President of Timor-Leste ⓘ serving as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| office |
President of East Timor
ⓘ
Prime Minister of East Timor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | East Timorese resistance against Indonesian occupation ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Baguia
ⓘ
Timor-Leste ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Timor
|
| politicalParty | People’s Liberation Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander of FALINTIL
ⓘ
Commander of the Timor Leste Defence Force ⓘ President of East Timor ⓘ President of East Timor ⓘ
surface form:
President of Timor-Leste
Prime Minister of East Timor ⓘ Prime Minister of Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| predecessor |
José Ramos-Horta
ⓘ
Mari Alkatiri ⓘ |
| previousPoliticalParty | National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction ⓘ |
| residence | Dili ⓘ |
| spouse |
Isabel Costa
ⓘ
surface form:
Isabel da Costa Ferreira
|
| successor | Francisco Guterres ⓘ |
| termEnd | 2017-05-20 ⓘ |
| termStart |
2012-05-20
ⓘ
2018-06-22 ⓘ |
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: Taur Matan Ruak Description of subject: Taur Matan Ruak is an East Timorese military leader and politician who served as commander of the national defence force and later as President of Timor-Leste.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.