Kocho, Sinjar District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
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Kocho is a Yazidi village in Iraq’s Sinjar District that became internationally known after the 2014 ISIS massacre and the abduction of many residents, including human rights activist Nadia Murad.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kocho, Sinjar District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18850614 — 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: Kocho, Sinjar District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq Context triple: [Nadia Murad, placeOfBirth, Kocho, Sinjar District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq]
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A.
Barwar region of Iraqi Kurdistan
The Barwar region of Iraqi Kurdistan is a mountainous, historically Assyrian-inhabited area in northern Iraq known for its distinct local culture and dialect.
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B.
Halabja Governorate
Halabja Governorate is a province in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, known for its Kurdish population, mountainous terrain, and tragic history as the site of the 1988 chemical attack.
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C.
Sari, Kurdistan
Sari, Kurdistan is a village located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, known as a small rural settlement within the mountainous Kurdish-inhabited area.
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D.
northern Raqqa Governorate
Northern Raqqa Governorate is the northern part of Syria’s Raqqa Governorate, bordering Turkey and encompassing key towns such as Tell Abyad in a predominantly rural, agriculturally focused region.
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E.
Mosul Vilayet
Mosul Vilayet was a former Ottoman provincial administrative region in northern Mesopotamia, centered on the city of Mosul and later contested and administered by British authorities after World War I.
- 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: Kocho, Sinjar District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq Target entity description: Kocho is a Yazidi village in Iraq’s Sinjar District that became internationally known after the 2014 ISIS massacre and the abduction of many residents, including human rights activist Nadia Murad.
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A.
Barwar region of Iraqi Kurdistan
The Barwar region of Iraqi Kurdistan is a mountainous, historically Assyrian-inhabited area in northern Iraq known for its distinct local culture and dialect.
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B.
Halabja Governorate
Halabja Governorate is a province in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, known for its Kurdish population, mountainous terrain, and tragic history as the site of the 1988 chemical attack.
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C.
Sari, Kurdistan
Sari, Kurdistan is a village located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, known as a small rural settlement within the mountainous Kurdish-inhabited area.
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D.
northern Raqqa Governorate
Northern Raqqa Governorate is the northern part of Syria’s Raqqa Governorate, bordering Turkey and encompassing key towns such as Tell Abyad in a predominantly rural, agriculturally focused region.
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E.
Mosul Vilayet
Mosul Vilayet was a former Ottoman provincial administrative region in northern Mesopotamia, centered on the city of Mosul and later contested and administered by British authorities after World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.