Sam Ratulangi

E1019537

Indonesian nationalist economist educator government minister human independence activist journalist mathematician politician writer

Sam Ratulangi was an Indonesian nationalist leader, educator, and independence activist from North Sulawesi who played a key role in the early development of the Indonesian republic.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sam Ratulangi canonical	5
Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratulangi	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13093978 — 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: Sam Ratulangi
Context triple: [Sam Ratulangi International Airport, namedAfter, Sam Ratulangi]

A. Sjafruddin Prawiranegara
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara was an Indonesian statesman and economist who led the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia during the national revolution and later became a prominent Islamic political figure.
B. Djuanda Kartawidjaja
Djuanda Kartawidjaja was an Indonesian statesman who served as the 11th and final Prime Minister of Indonesia and played a key role in the country’s early post-independence government.
C. Ali Sastroamidjojo
Ali Sastroamidjojo was an Indonesian nationalist leader and two-time prime minister who played a key role in the country’s early post-independence politics and foreign policy.
D. Frans Kaisiepo
Frans Kaisiepo was an Indonesian nationalist leader from Papua who played a key role in the region’s integration into Indonesia and is honored as a National Hero.
E. Albertus Soegijapranata
Albertus Soegijapranata was an influential Indonesian Jesuit priest and the first native Indonesian Catholic bishop, noted for his role in the country’s struggle for independence and the indigenization of the Catholic Church.
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: Sam Ratulangi
Target entity description: Sam Ratulangi was an Indonesian nationalist leader, educator, and independence activist from North Sulawesi who played a key role in the early development of the Indonesian republic.

A. Sjafruddin Prawiranegara
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara was an Indonesian statesman and economist who led the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia during the national revolution and later became a prominent Islamic political figure.
B. Djuanda Kartawidjaja
Djuanda Kartawidjaja was an Indonesian statesman who served as the 11th and final Prime Minister of Indonesia and played a key role in the country’s early post-independence government.
C. Ali Sastroamidjojo
Ali Sastroamidjojo was an Indonesian nationalist leader and two-time prime minister who played a key role in the country’s early post-independence politics and foreign policy.
D. Frans Kaisiepo
Frans Kaisiepo was an Indonesian nationalist leader from Papua who played a key role in the region’s integration into Indonesia and is honored as a National Hero.
E. Albertus Soegijapranata
Albertus Soegijapranata was an influential Indonesian Jesuit priest and the first native Indonesian Catholic bishop, noted for his role in the country’s struggle for independence and the indigenization of the Catholic Church.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indonesian nationalist ⓘ economist ⓘ educator ⓘ government minister ⓘ human ⓘ independence activist ⓘ journalist ⓘ mathematician ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ
awardReceived	National Hero of Indonesia ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart disease ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Jalan Sam Ratulangi (various streets in Indonesia) ⓘ Sam Ratulangi International Airport ⓘ Sam Ratulangi University ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch East Indies ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1890-11-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1949-06-30 ⓘ
educatedAt	ETH Zurich ⓘ Gymnasium Koning Willem III Batavia ⓘ linked to: Prins Hendrik School University of Amsterdam ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Minahasan people ⓘ
fieldOfWork	economics ⓘ education ⓘ journalism ⓘ politics ⓘ
fullName	Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratulangi ⓘ linked to: Sam Ratulangi
givenName	Samuel ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia ⓘ
languageSpoken	Dutch ⓘ German ⓘ Indonesian ⓘ Minahasan languages ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
memberOf	BPUPKI ⓘ Indonesian National Party ⓘ KNIP ⓘ Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
movement	Indonesian National Awakening ⓘ Indonesian independence movement ⓘ
nickname	Sam Ratulangi ⓘ
notableIdea	Indonesia as a united nation ⓘ importance of education for national awakening ⓘ
notableWork	Minahasa-Raad writings ⓘ articles on Indonesian nationalism ⓘ
occupation	newspaper editor ⓘ provincial governor ⓘ school founder ⓘ teacher ⓘ
participantIn	Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ preparation of the 1945 Indonesian Constitution ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Minahasa ⓘ linked to: Minahasa Peninsula North Sulawesi ⓘ Tondano ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Jakarta ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Sulawesi ⓘ member of Volksraad ⓘ member of the Central Indonesian National Committee ⓘ member of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ linked to: Protestant Christianity
residence	Batavia ⓘ Manado ⓘ Tondano ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sam Ratulangi International Airport → namedAfter → Sam Ratulangi ⓘ

Sam Ratulangi University → namedAfter → Sam Ratulangi ⓘ

Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence → member → Sam Ratulangi ⓘ

Sam Ratulangi → fullName → Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratulangi ⓘ

linked to: Sam Ratulangi

Sam Ratulangi → nickname → Sam Ratulangi ⓘ