Chief Commissioner of Burma
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The Chief Commissioner of Burma was the British colonial administrative head of Burma before it became a separate province with its own governor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chief Commissioner of Burma canonical | 2 |
| Chief Commissioner of British Burma | 1 |
| Lieutenant-Governor of Burma | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20547202 — 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: Chief Commissioner of Burma Context triple: [Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, positionHeld, Chief Commissioner of Burma]
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A.
Chief Justice of Burma
The Chief Justice of Burma is the head of the judiciary and the highest-ranking judge in Myanmar’s court system, overseeing the administration of justice and the Supreme Court.
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B.
Prime Minister of Burma
The Prime Minister of Burma was the head of government of the country (now Myanmar), leading the executive branch during its parliamentary periods before military rule.
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C.
State Counsellor of Myanmar
The State Counsellor of Myanmar was a de facto head-of-government role created for Aung San Suu Kyi to allow her to lead the civilian administration despite constitutional barriers to her becoming president.
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D.
President of Myanmar
The President of Myanmar is the country’s head of state, formally holding the highest office in the government and overseeing the executive branch within its semi-presidential political system.
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E.
Commander-in-Chief of the Burma National Army
The Commander-in-Chief of the Burma National Army was the top military leader of Burma’s principal nationalist armed force during World War II, central to the country’s struggle for independence from British colonial rule.
- 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: Chief Commissioner of Burma Target entity description: The Chief Commissioner of Burma was the British colonial administrative head of Burma before it became a separate province with its own governor.
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A.
Chief Justice of Burma
The Chief Justice of Burma is the head of the judiciary and the highest-ranking judge in Myanmar’s court system, overseeing the administration of justice and the Supreme Court.
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B.
Prime Minister of Burma
The Prime Minister of Burma was the head of government of the country (now Myanmar), leading the executive branch during its parliamentary periods before military rule.
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C.
State Counsellor of Myanmar
The State Counsellor of Myanmar was a de facto head-of-government role created for Aung San Suu Kyi to allow her to lead the civilian administration despite constitutional barriers to her becoming president.
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D.
President of Myanmar
The President of Myanmar is the country’s head of state, formally holding the highest office in the government and overseeing the executive branch within its semi-presidential political system.
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E.
Commander-in-Chief of the Burma National Army
The Commander-in-Chief of the Burma National Army was the top military leader of Burma’s principal nationalist armed force during World War II, central to the country’s struggle for independence from British colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Chief Commissioner of Burma
linked to: Chief Commissioner of Burma