Wail Mohammed al-Shehri
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Wail Mohammed al-Shehri was a Saudi national known for being one of the hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wail Mohammed al-Shehri canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10929622 — 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: Wail Mohammed al-Shehri Context triple: [Wail al-Shehri, fullName, Wail Mohammed al-Shehri]
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A.
Mohand al-Shehri
Mohand al-Shehri was a Saudi national and al-Qaeda operative who participated as one of the suicide hijackers in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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B.
Waleed al-Shehri
Waleed al-Shehri was a Saudi national and al-Qaeda operative who participated as one of the hijackers in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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C.
Mohammed al-Zanati
Mohammed al-Zanati is a Libyan political figure who served in a top leadership role within the country's ruling party structure under Muammar Gaddafi.
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D.
Osama al-Juwaili
Osama al-Juwaili is a Libyan military commander and former defense minister who has played a prominent role in post-Gaddafi armed conflicts and power struggles in western Libya.
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E.
Mohammed al-Halbousi
Mohammed al-Halbousi is an Iraqi politician who has served as the speaker of Iraq’s Council of Representatives and is a prominent Sunni political figure in the country.
- 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: Wail Mohammed al-Shehri Target entity description: Wail Mohammed al-Shehri was a Saudi national known for being one of the hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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A.
Mohand al-Shehri
Mohand al-Shehri was a Saudi national and al-Qaeda operative who participated as one of the suicide hijackers in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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B.
Waleed al-Shehri
Waleed al-Shehri was a Saudi national and al-Qaeda operative who participated as one of the hijackers in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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C.
Mohammed al-Zanati
Mohammed al-Zanati is a Libyan political figure who served in a top leadership role within the country's ruling party structure under Muammar Gaddafi.
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D.
Osama al-Juwaili
Osama al-Juwaili is a Libyan military commander and former defense minister who has played a prominent role in post-Gaddafi armed conflicts and power struggles in western Libya.
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E.
Mohammed al-Halbousi
Mohammed al-Halbousi is an Iraqi politician who has served as the speaker of Iraq’s Council of Representatives and is a prominent Sunni political figure in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
September 11 attacks hijacker
ⓘ
person ⓘ terrorist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abdulaziz al-Omari
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mohamed Atta NERFINISHED ⓘ Satam al-Suqami NERFINISHED ⓘ Waleed al-Shehri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardedFlightFrom | Logan International Airport, Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
aircraft crash
ⓘ
suicide attack ⓘ |
| citizenship | Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1973-12-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-09-11 ⓘ |
| deathOccurredDuring | September 11 attacks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| entryMethodToUnitedStates | tourist visa ⓘ |
| familyName | al-Shehri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flightCrashedInto | North Tower of the World Trade Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flightDestinationPlanned | Los Angeles International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Wail Mohammed al-Shehri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Wail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hijackerOf | American Airlines Flight 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Islamist extremism ⓘ |
| knownFor | being one of the hijackers on American Airlines Flight 11 during the September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| memberOf | al-Qaeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Saudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEventDate | 2001-09-11 ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in the September 11, 2001 attacks ⓘ |
| operationalCell | Hamburg cell-associated 9/11 hijacker group GENERATED ⓘ |
| participantIn | September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| partOf | American Airlines Flight 11 hijacker team ⓘ |
| partOfOperation | al-Qaeda’s 9/11 operation ⓘ |
| perpetratorOf | terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Asir Province, Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| plannedBy | al-Qaeda leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | hijacker on American Airlines Flight 11 ⓘ |
| sibling | Waleed al-Shehri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terroristAttackTargeted | World Trade Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookFlightTrainingIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfBirth | 1973 ⓘ |
| yearOfDeath | 2001 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wail Mohammed al-Shehri Description of subject: Wail Mohammed al-Shehri was a Saudi national known for being one of the hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.