Velupillai Prabhakaran
E335761
Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and longtime leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the militant organization that fought for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Velupillai Prabhakaran canonical | 5 |
| Prabhakaran | 1 |
| Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3205826 — 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.
Target entity: Velupillai Prabhakaran Context triple: [Sri Lankan Civil War, rebelLeader, Velupillai Prabhakaran]
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Simon Thassi
Simon Thassi was a Jewish high priest, military leader, and statesman of the 2nd century BCE who secured Judean independence from the Seleucid Empire and established the Hasmonean dynasty.
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Sir John Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala was a Sri Lankan statesman and military officer who served as the country’s third Prime Minister in the 1950s.
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C.
Anura Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and member of the influential Bandaranaike family, who held several key ministerial and parliamentary positions during his career.
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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant separatist organization that fought for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka from the late 1970s until its defeat in 2009.
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E.
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, better known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and served three terms as the country’s head of government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Velupillai Prabhakaran Target entity description: Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and longtime leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the militant organization that fought for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka.
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A.
Simon Thassi
Simon Thassi was a Jewish high priest, military leader, and statesman of the 2nd century BCE who secured Judean independence from the Seleucid Empire and established the Hasmonean dynasty.
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B.
Sir John Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala was a Sri Lankan statesman and military officer who served as the country’s third Prime Minister in the 1950s.
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C.
Anura Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and member of the influential Bandaranaike family, who held several key ministerial and parliamentary positions during his career.
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D.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant separatist organization that fought for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka from the late 1970s until its defeat in 2009.
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E.
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, better known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and served three terms as the country’s head of government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sri Lankan Tamil person
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Praba
ⓘ
Thalaivar ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| child | Charles Anthony Prabhakaran ⓘ |
| commanded | LTTE military wing ⓘ |
| conflict | Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-11-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-05-18 ⓘ |
| educationLevel | secondary education (did not attend university) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Sri Lankan Tamils
ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lankan Tamil
|
| familyName | Velupillai ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| foundedOrganizationInYear |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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surface form:
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, 1976
|
| founderOf | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ |
| fullName |
Velupillai Prabhakaran
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Velupillai Prabhakaran
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Prabhakaran
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| ideology | Tamil nationalism ⓘ |
| implemented | Black Tigers suicide unit ⓘ |
| killedBy | Sri Lanka Armed Forces ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Tamil ⓘ |
| leaderOf | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ |
| militaryStrategy |
guerrilla warfare
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suicide bombing tactics ⓘ |
| movement |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil Eelam independence movement
|
| nationality | Sri Lankan ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
ordered assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991
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ordered assassination of Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa in 1993 ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ |
| occupation |
guerrilla leader
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militant leader ⓘ |
| organizationClassifiedAs | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam designated as terrorist organization by several countries ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Northern Province, Sri Lanka
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Valvettithurai ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Mullaitivu District
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Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| politicalGoal | creation of an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
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Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse | Madhivadhani Erambu ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
international arrest warrants
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war crimes allegations ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1970s–2009 ⓘ |
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Subject: Velupillai Prabhakaran Description of subject: Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and longtime leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the militant organization that fought for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka.
Referenced by (7)
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