Nawang Dorje Sherpa
E183119
Nawang Dorje Sherpa was a pioneering Nepalese mountaineer and Sherpa climber known for being part of the team that achieved the first ascent of Dhaulagiri, one of the world’s highest peaks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nawang Dorje Sherpa canonical | 1 |
| Nyima Dorje Sherpa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1617393 — 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: Nawang Dorje Sherpa Context triple: [Dhaulagiri, firstAscentBy, Nawang Dorje Sherpa]
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A.
Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer best known for being one of the first two people, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
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B.
Thomas Roupell Everest
Thomas Roupell Everest was a 19th-century English clergyman and writer, best known today as the father of mathematician and educationalist Mary Everest Boole.
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C.
Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer best known for being one of the first two people confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
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D.
Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner is a legendary Italian mountaineer renowned for being the first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders and for pioneering bold, oxygen-free ascents of the world’s highest peaks.
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E.
Numaish Chowrangi
Numaish Chowrangi is a major traffic intersection and commercial area in central Karachi, Pakistan, known as a key gateway to the city’s downtown and nearby civic landmarks.
- 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: Nawang Dorje Sherpa Target entity description: Nawang Dorje Sherpa was a pioneering Nepalese mountaineer and Sherpa climber known for being part of the team that achieved the first ascent of Dhaulagiri, one of the world’s highest peaks.
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A.
Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer best known for being one of the first two people, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
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B.
Thomas Roupell Everest
Thomas Roupell Everest was a 19th-century English clergyman and writer, best known today as the father of mathematician and educationalist Mary Everest Boole.
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C.
Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer best known for being one of the first two people confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
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D.
Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner is a legendary Italian mountaineer renowned for being the first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders and for pioneering bold, oxygen-free ascents of the world’s highest peaks.
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E.
Numaish Chowrangi
Numaish Chowrangi is a major traffic intersection and commercial area in central Karachi, Pakistan, known as a key gateway to the city’s downtown and nearby civic landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nepalese person
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Sherpa climber ⓘ human ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ |
| activity | Himalayan mountaineering ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nepalese mountaineering history
ⓘ
Sherpa climbing community ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Nepal ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Sherpa ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
alpine climbing
ⓘ
expedition support climbing ⓘ |
| knownAs | pioneering Nepalese mountaineer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Nepali
ⓘ
Sherpa language ⓘ |
| memberOfExpedition | first-ascent expedition to Dhaulagiri ⓘ |
| mountainClimbed | Dhaulagiri ⓘ |
| notability | early Sherpa participation in first ascents of 8000-metre peaks ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | participation in first ascent of an eight-thousander, Dhaulagiri ⓘ |
| notableFor | first ascent of Dhaulagiri ⓘ |
| occupation |
high-altitude porter
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mountaineer ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Dhaulagiri
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surface form:
Dhaulagiri massif
Himalayas ⓘ |
| roleInExpedition | high-altitude Sherpa climber on Dhaulagiri first-ascent team ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nawang Dorje Sherpa Description of subject: Nawang Dorje Sherpa was a pioneering Nepalese mountaineer and Sherpa climber known for being part of the team that achieved the first ascent of Dhaulagiri, one of the world’s highest peaks.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nyima Dorje Sherpa