Secretary-General of the League of Nations
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The Secretary-General of the League of Nations was the chief administrative officer and de facto executive head of the League, responsible for overseeing its Secretariat and coordinating its international diplomatic and organizational activities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Secretary-General of the League of Nations canonical | 14 |
| Secretary‑General of the League of Nations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T336403 — 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: Secretary-General of the League of Nations Context triple: [Seán Lester, positionHeld, Secretary-General of the League of Nations]
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A.
Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
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B.
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations
The Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations was the international civil service body that administered and coordinated the League’s day-to-day operations from its headquarters in Geneva.
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C.
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was an international office established in the early 1920s to coordinate protection and assistance for refugees, particularly those displaced by World War I and its aftermath.
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D.
President of the International Court of Justice
The President of the International Court of Justice is the chief judge and presiding officer of the UN’s principal judicial organ, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and representing the Court in its external relations.
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E.
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice
The Vice-President of the International Court of Justice is the judge elected by fellow ICJ judges to assist and, when necessary, act in place of the Court’s President in presiding over its judicial functions.
- 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: Secretary-General of the League of Nations Target entity description: The Secretary-General of the League of Nations was the chief administrative officer and de facto executive head of the League, responsible for overseeing its Secretariat and coordinating its international diplomatic and organizational activities.
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A.
Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
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B.
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations
The Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations was the international civil service body that administered and coordinated the League’s day-to-day operations from its headquarters in Geneva.
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C.
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was an international office established in the early 1920s to coordinate protection and assistance for refugees, particularly those displaced by World War I and its aftermath.
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D.
President of the International Court of Justice
The President of the International Court of Justice is the chief judge and presiding officer of the UN’s principal judicial organ, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and representing the Court in its external relations.
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E.
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice
The Vice-President of the International Court of Justice is the judge elected by fellow ICJ judges to assist and, when necessary, act in place of the Court’s President in presiding over its judicial functions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
executive position
ⓘ
international public office ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Council of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| basedIn | Switzerland ⓘ |
| confirmedBy | Assembly of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| country | League of Nations ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1946 ⓘ |
| firstHolder | Sir Eric Drummond ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chief administrative officer of the League of Nations
ⓘ
de facto executive head of the League of Nations ⓘ head of the Secretariat of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| inception | 1920 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | member states of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| lastHolder | Seán Lester ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Palais des Nations ⓘ |
| officeHolder |
Joseph Avenol
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Seán Lester ⓘ Sir Eric Drummond ⓘ |
| partOf | League of Nations ⓘ |
| precededBy | Secretary-General of the United Nations (as successor office, not chronological) ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
Assembly of the League of Nations
ⓘ
Council of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| residence | Geneva ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of the League of Nations
ⓘ
communication with member states of the League of Nations ⓘ coordination of League of Nations activities ⓘ maintenance of League of Nations archives ⓘ management of the Secretariat of the League of Nations ⓘ organization of League of Nations conferences ⓘ preparation of reports for the Assembly of the League of Nations ⓘ preparation of reports for the Council of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| seat | Geneva ⓘ |
| termEndOfLastHolder | 1946 ⓘ |
| termStartOfFirstHolder | 1920 ⓘ |
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: Secretary-General of the League of Nations Description of subject: The Secretary-General of the League of Nations was the chief administrative officer and de facto executive head of the League, responsible for overseeing its Secretariat and coordinating its international diplomatic and organizational activities.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Secretary‑General of the League of Nations
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations
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hasPosition
→
Secretary-General of the League of Nations
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Social and Opium Traffic Section
Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations
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subordinateTo
→
Secretary-General of the League of Nations
ⓘ
Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations
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appointedBy
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Secretary-General of the League of Nations
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subject surface form:
Eric Drummond, 1st Baron Drummond of Stobhall
subject surface form:
League of Nations
subject surface form:
Joseph Avenol