Benigno Aquino Jr.
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Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was a prominent Filipino senator and opposition leader whose assassination in 1983 became a catalyst for the People Power Revolution that ended the Marcos dictatorship.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. | 4 |
| Benigno Aquino Jr. canonical | 4 |
| Benigno S. Aquino Jr. | 2 |
| Benigno Simeon Aquino Jr. | 1 |
| Ninoy | 1 |
| Ninoy Aquino | 1 |
| Senator Ninoy Aquino | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2369864 — 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: Benigno Aquino Jr. Context triple: [Philippine Legion of Honor, notableRecipient, Benigno Aquino Jr.]
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A.
Fidel V. Ramos
Fidel V. Ramos was a Filipino military leader and statesman who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, overseeing economic reforms and political stability after the People Power Revolution.
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B.
Benigno S. Aquino III
Benigno S. Aquino III was a Filipino politician who served as the country’s 15th president and was known for his anti-corruption platform and economic reforms.
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C.
Carlos P. Garcia
Carlos P. Garcia was a Filipino lawyer, poet, and statesman who became the eighth President of the Philippines, known for his "Filipino First" policy and emphasis on economic nationalism.
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D.
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and the ninth president of the Philippines, known for his economic reforms and for moving the country's Independence Day to June 12.
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E.
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos was a Filipino politician and dictator who ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, known for declaring martial law, widespread human rights abuses, and large-scale corruption.
- 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: Benigno Aquino Jr. Target entity description: Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was a prominent Filipino senator and opposition leader whose assassination in 1983 became a catalyst for the People Power Revolution that ended the Marcos dictatorship.
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A.
Fidel V. Ramos
Fidel V. Ramos was a Filipino military leader and statesman who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, overseeing economic reforms and political stability after the People Power Revolution.
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B.
Benigno S. Aquino III
Benigno S. Aquino III was a Filipino politician who served as the country’s 15th president and was known for his anti-corruption platform and economic reforms.
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C.
Carlos P. Garcia
Carlos P. Garcia was a Filipino lawyer, poet, and statesman who became the eighth President of the Philippines, known for his "Filipino First" policy and emphasis on economic nationalism.
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D.
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and the ninth president of the Philippines, known for his economic reforms and for moving the country's Independence Day to June 12.
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E.
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos was a Filipino politician and dictator who ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, known for declaring martial law, widespread human rights abuses, and large-scale corruption.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Filipino politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ journalist ⓘ opposition leader ⓘ political prisoner ⓘ senator ⓘ |
| awarded | Philippine Legion of Honor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| charge |
illegal possession of firearms
ⓘ
murder ⓘ subversion ⓘ |
| child |
Aurora Corazon Aquino
ⓘ
Benigno S. Aquino III ⓘ
surface form:
Benigno Aquino III
Aurora Corazon Aquino ⓘ
surface form:
Kristina Bernadette Aquino
Maria Elena Aquino ⓘ Victoria Elisa Aquino ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Philippines ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-11-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-08-21 ⓘ |
| detainedBy |
Philippine Martial Law period
ⓘ
surface form:
Ferdinand Marcos regime
|
| educatedAt |
Ateneo de Manila University
ⓘ
San Beda College of Law ⓘ
surface form:
San Beda College of Law (incomplete)
|
| exiledTo |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| father | Benigno Aquino Sr. ⓘ |
| fullName |
Benigno Aquino Jr.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Benigno Simeon Aquino Jr.
|
| hasMemorial |
Ninoy Aquino International Airport
ⓘ
Ninoy Aquino Monument, Makati ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt |
Fort Bonifacio
ⓘ
Laur, Nueva Ecija detention facility ⓘ |
| influenced |
People Power Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
People Power Revolution of 1986
|
| killedAt |
Ninoy Aquino International Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
Manila International Airport
|
| knownFor |
assassination in 1983
ⓘ
inspiring the People Power Revolution ⓘ leading opposition to Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| memberOf | Liberal Party of the Philippines ⓘ |
| mother | Aurora Aquino ⓘ |
| nickname |
Benigno Aquino Jr.
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ninoy
|
| notableWork | Opposition to the Marcos dictatorship ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Concepcion, Tarlac, Philippines ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Ninoy Aquino International Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
Manila International Airport, Parañaque, Philippines
|
| positionHeld |
Governor of Tarlac
ⓘ
Mayor of Concepcion, Tarlac ⓘ Senator of the Philippines ⓘ Vice Governor of Tarlac ⓘ |
| posthumousHonor |
Ninoy Aquino Day
ⓘ
surface form:
Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippine national holiday)
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Quezon City
ⓘ
surface form:
Quezon City, Philippines
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| restingPlace |
Manila Memorial Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Manila Memorial Park, Parañaque, Philippines
|
| spouse |
Corazon C. Aquino
ⓘ
surface form:
Corazon Aquino
|
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Benigno Aquino Jr. Description of subject: Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was a prominent Filipino senator and opposition leader whose assassination in 1983 became a catalyst for the People Power Revolution that ended the Marcos dictatorship.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.
this entity surface form:
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.
this entity surface form:
Senator Ninoy Aquino
this entity surface form:
Benigno S. Aquino Jr.
this entity surface form:
Benigno S. Aquino Jr.
this entity surface form:
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.
this entity surface form:
Ninoy Aquino
this entity surface form:
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.
this entity surface form:
Benigno Simeon Aquino Jr.
this entity surface form:
Ninoy