Obidi
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Obidi is a popular alias of Michael Owusu Addo, better known as Sarkodie, a leading Ghanaian rapper and hip-hop artist.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obidi canonical | 2 |
| Obidiponbidi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12725433 — 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: Obidi Context triple: [Michael Owusu Addo, hasAlias, Obidi]
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A.
Ukbara
Ukbara was a small medieval town in present-day Iraq, historically known as the birthplace or residence of several Islamic scholars such as Ibn Batta al-Ukbari.
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B.
Negus
Negus is the 2010 studio album by American rapper and producer Mos Def (Yasiin Bey), known for its experimental, Afrocentric hip-hop sound and conceptual approach.
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C.
Negus
Negus was a royal title used in Ethiopia for kings or rulers, ranking below the emperor.
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D.
Barobo
Barobo is a coastal municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur in the Philippines, known for its fishing industry and nearby island and river attractions.
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E.
Jabbah
Jabbah is a multiple-star system in the constellation Scorpius, visible to the naked eye and known for its complex stellar components.
- 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: Obidi Target entity description: Obidi is a popular alias of Michael Owusu Addo, better known as Sarkodie, a leading Ghanaian rapper and hip-hop artist.
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A.
Ukbara
Ukbara was a small medieval town in present-day Iraq, historically known as the birthplace or residence of several Islamic scholars such as Ibn Batta al-Ukbari.
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B.
Negus
Negus is the 2010 studio album by American rapper and producer Mos Def (Yasiin Bey), known for its experimental, Afrocentric hip-hop sound and conceptual approach.
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C.
Negus
Negus was a royal title used in Ethiopia for kings or rulers, ranking below the emperor.
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D.
Barobo
Barobo is a coastal municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur in the Philippines, known for its fishing industry and nearby island and river attractions.
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E.
Jabbah
Jabbah is a multiple-star system in the constellation Scorpius, visible to the naked eye and known for its complex stellar components.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alias
ⓘ
stage name ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st century music ⓘ |
| aliasOf |
Michael Owusu Addo
ⓘ
Sarkodie ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Obidiponbidi
ⓘ
linked to:
Obidi
|
| associatedAct |
SarkCess Music
ⓘ
linked to:
Sarkcess Music
|
| associatedWith |
Azonto movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Azonto music and dance movement
Ghanaian music industry ⓘ |
| continentOfOrigin | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ghana ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ghanaian urban culture ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
hip hop music
ⓘ
rap music ⓘ |
| genre |
Afrobeats
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ hiplife ⓘ |
| hasFanbaseIn |
Ghana
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ other African countries ⓘ |
| hasFanNickname | Obidi ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlias | Sarkodie ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance |
English
ⓘ
Twi ⓘ
linked to:
Twi language
|
| nationality | Ghanaian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Africa’s leading hip-hop artists
ⓘ
rapid-fire Twi rap ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
rapper ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Tema, Ghana ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie
ⓘ
linked to:
Sarkodie
|
| usedBy | Michael Owusu Addo ⓘ |
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: Obidi Description of subject: Obidi is a popular alias of Michael Owusu Addo, better known as Sarkodie, a leading Ghanaian rapper and hip-hop artist.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Obidi