Soumaoro Kanté
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Soumaoro Kanté was a powerful 13th-century king of the Sosso who is best known as the main antagonist of the Mali Empire’s founder Sundiata Keita in West African oral tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Soumaoro Kanté canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14057937 — 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: Soumaoro Kanté Context triple: [Sosso state, notableRuler, Soumaoro Kanté]
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A.
Sundiata Keita
Sundiata Keita was a 13th-century West African ruler who established and unified the Mali Empire, laying the foundations for one of Africa’s greatest medieval states.
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B.
Mansa Souleyman
Mansa Souleyman was a 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire known for restoring political stability and overseeing a period of economic prosperity and strong centralized authority following the reign of Mansa Musa.
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C.
Sundiata Acoli
Sundiata Acoli is an American former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member who became a prominent political prisoner after his conviction for the 1973 New Jersey Turnpike shootout.
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D.
Mansa Magha
Mansa Magha was a 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire, known for succeeding Mansa Musa and presiding over a period of relative decline in the empire’s power and prosperity.
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E.
Mansa Mata
Mansa Mata is a personal name that incorporates "Mata" as a suffix, likely reflecting cultural or linguistic naming traditions.
- 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: Soumaoro Kanté Target entity description: Soumaoro Kanté was a powerful 13th-century king of the Sosso who is best known as the main antagonist of the Mali Empire’s founder Sundiata Keita in West African oral tradition.
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A.
Sundiata Keita
Sundiata Keita was a 13th-century West African ruler who established and unified the Mali Empire, laying the foundations for one of Africa’s greatest medieval states.
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B.
Mansa Souleyman
Mansa Souleyman was a 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire known for restoring political stability and overseeing a period of economic prosperity and strong centralized authority following the reign of Mansa Musa.
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C.
Sundiata Acoli
Sundiata Acoli is an American former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member who became a prominent political prisoner after his conviction for the 1973 New Jersey Turnpike shootout.
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D.
Mansa Magha
Mansa Magha was a 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire, known for succeeding Mansa Musa and presiding over a period of relative decline in the empire’s power and prosperity.
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E.
Mansa Mata
Mansa Mata is a personal name that incorporates "Mata" as a suffix, likely reflecting cultural or linguistic naming traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.