Ọọ̀ni of Ife
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Nigerian traditional ruler
Yoruba chieftaincy title
monarch
spiritual leader
traditional royal title
The Ọọ̀ni of Ife is the paramount traditional ruler and spiritual leader of the Yoruba people, regarded as a custodian of their culture and a direct descendant of the mythic founder Odùduwà.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ọọ̀ni of Ife canonical | 2 |
| 51st Ọọ̀ni of Ife | 1 |
| traditional authorities of Ile-Ife | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3274850 — 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: Ọọ̀ni of Ife Context triple: [Yoruba people, traditionalTitle, Ọọ̀ni of Ife]
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A.
Ife Kingdom
Ife Kingdom was an ancient Yoruba city-state in what is now southwestern Nigeria, revered as a major cultural and spiritual center and often regarded as the cradle of Yoruba civilization.
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B.
Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife
Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife is the historic royal complex and cultural seat of the Ooni, the traditional ruler and spiritual leader of the Yoruba people in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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C.
Ilesa
Ilesa is a historic Yoruba town in southwestern Nigeria, renowned as the cultural and political center of the Ijesha people.
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D.
Ojude Oba
Ojude Oba is a vibrant annual cultural festival in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, featuring colorful parades, traditional regalia, and communal celebrations in honor of the town’s monarch.
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E.
Ojuelegba
"Ojuelegba" is a hit Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist Wizkid that reflects his struggles and rise from the Ojuelegba neighborhood of Lagos to international fame.
- 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: Ọọ̀ni of Ife Target entity description: The Ọọ̀ni of Ife is the paramount traditional ruler and spiritual leader of the Yoruba people, regarded as a custodian of their culture and a direct descendant of the mythic founder Odùduwà.
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A.
Ife Kingdom
Ife Kingdom was an ancient Yoruba city-state in what is now southwestern Nigeria, revered as a major cultural and spiritual center and often regarded as the cradle of Yoruba civilization.
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B.
Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife
Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife is the historic royal complex and cultural seat of the Ooni, the traditional ruler and spiritual leader of the Yoruba people in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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C.
Ilesa
Ilesa is a historic Yoruba town in southwestern Nigeria, renowned as the cultural and political center of the Ijesha people.
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D.
Ojude Oba
Ojude Oba is a vibrant annual cultural festival in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, featuring colorful parades, traditional regalia, and communal celebrations in honor of the town’s monarch.
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E.
Ojuelegba
"Ojuelegba" is a hit Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist Wizkid that reflects his struggles and rise from the Ojuelegba neighborhood of Lagos to international fame.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nigerian traditional ruler
ⓘ
Nigerian traditional ruler ⓘ Yoruba chieftaincy title ⓘ monarch ⓘ spiritual leader ⓘ traditional royal title ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ooni of Ife
ⓘ
surface form:
Ooni Ile-Ife
Ooni of Ife ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Ifa divination system
ⓘ
Yoruba religion ⓘ
surface form:
Yoruba traditional religion
|
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
custodian of Yoruba culture
ⓘ
symbol of Yoruba unity ⓘ |
| describedAs | direct descendant of Odùduwà ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOver | Yorubaland ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalAncestor |
Oduduwa
ⓘ
surface form:
Odùduwà
|
| hasSelectionProcess | chosen from royal lineages of Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| hasSignificantFestival |
Ife New Yam Festival
ⓘ
Olojo Festival ⓘ |
| hasSuccessionType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasTitleHolderStyle |
His Imperial Majesty
ⓘ
Kabiyesi ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
one of the most influential Yoruba thrones
ⓘ
symbolic head of all Yoruba kings ⓘ |
| languageOfPeopleRuled | Yoruba language ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Osun State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwest Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | descendant of the first Yoruba king ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice |
Ọọ̀ni of Ife
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
51st Ọọ̀ni of Ife
|
| palace | Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| partOf | Yoruba traditional rulership system ⓘ |
| position | Ọọ̀ni of Ife self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy | Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi ⓘ |
| precededBy | Oba Okunade Sijuwade ⓘ |
| regionOfCulturalOrigin | Yorubaland ⓘ |
| reignStart | 2015 ⓘ |
| religiousRole |
custodian of Yoruba religion
ⓘ
spiritual leader of the Yoruba people ⓘ |
| seat |
Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife
ⓘ
surface form:
Ile-Ife palace
|
| titleLanguage |
Yoruba
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoruba language
|
| traditionalCapital | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
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: Ọọ̀ni of Ife Description of subject: The Ọọ̀ni of Ife is the paramount traditional ruler and spiritual leader of the Yoruba people, regarded as a custodian of their culture and a direct descendant of the mythic founder Odùduwà.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
traditional authorities of Ile-Ife
subject surface form:
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
subject surface form:
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
this entity surface form:
51st Ọọ̀ni of Ife