Lakan
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Lakan is a traditional Filipino noble title denoting a paramount ruler or high-ranking chieftain in precolonial Philippine societies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lakan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16217285 — 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: Lakan Context triple: [Datu, higherTitleVariant, Lakan]
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A.
Lalakay
Lalakay is a barangay (village-level administrative division) within the municipality of Los Baños in the province of Laguna, Philippines.
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B.
Lalan
Lalan was a Chinese-born French painter, composer, and dancer known for her abstract, lyrical works and her close association with the postwar Paris art scene.
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C.
Gavarra
Gavarra is a metro station in the Barcelona metropolitan area served by line 5 of the Barcelona Metro network.
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D.
Kalepa Baybayan
Kalepa Baybayan was a renowned Native Hawaiian master navigator and cultural educator known for reviving and teaching traditional Polynesian wayfinding techniques on voyaging canoes such as Hōkūleʻa.
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E.
Kemuel
Kemuel is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the descendants in Abraham’s extended family line.
- 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: Lakan Target entity description: Lakan is a traditional Filipino noble title denoting a paramount ruler or high-ranking chieftain in precolonial Philippine societies.
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A.
Lalakay
Lalakay is a barangay (village-level administrative division) within the municipality of Los Baños in the province of Laguna, Philippines.
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B.
Lalan
Lalan was a Chinese-born French painter, composer, and dancer known for her abstract, lyrical works and her close association with the postwar Paris art scene.
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C.
Gavarra
Gavarra is a metro station in the Barcelona metropolitan area served by line 5 of the Barcelona Metro network.
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D.
Kalepa Baybayan
Kalepa Baybayan was a renowned Native Hawaiian master navigator and cultural educator known for reviving and teaching traditional Polynesian wayfinding techniques on voyaging canoes such as Hōkūleʻa.
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E.
Kemuel
Kemuel is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the descendants in Abraham’s extended family line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lakandula, a pre-colonial Filipino ruler
subject linked to:
Lakandula, a pre-colonial Filipino ruler