Merina king Andrianjaka
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Merina king Andrianjaka was an early 17th-century ruler of the Merina people in Madagascar, noted for consolidating royal power and expanding his kingdom from the central highlands.
All labels observed (1)
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| Merina king Andrianjaka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22524525 — 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: Merina king Andrianjaka Context triple: [Rova of Antananarivo, foundedBy, Merina king Andrianjaka]
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A.
Merina Malagasy
Merina Malagasy is the central highlands variety of the Malagasy language that forms the basis of the country’s standard written and official form.
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King Andrianampoinimerina
King Andrianampoinimerina was a late 18th- to early 19th-century Merina ruler who unified much of Madagascar and laid the foundations for the modern Malagasy state.
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C.
Prince Mahanaga
Prince Mahanaga was an ancient Sri Lankan royal figure remembered as a prominent ruler of the southern Kingdom of Ruhuna.
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D.
King Béhanzin
King Béhanzin was the last independent king of Dahomey, renowned for his fierce resistance against French colonial conquest in the late 19th century.
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E.
Deogratias Niyizonkiza
Deogratias Niyizonkiza is a Burundian genocide survivor and humanitarian whose life story of fleeing civil war, rebuilding in the United States, and later founding a health clinic in rural Burundi is chronicled in Tracy Kidder’s nonfiction book "Strength in What Remains."
- 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: Merina king Andrianjaka Target entity description: Merina king Andrianjaka was an early 17th-century ruler of the Merina people in Madagascar, noted for consolidating royal power and expanding his kingdom from the central highlands.
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A.
Merina Malagasy
Merina Malagasy is the central highlands variety of the Malagasy language that forms the basis of the country’s standard written and official form.
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B.
King Andrianampoinimerina
King Andrianampoinimerina was a late 18th- to early 19th-century Merina ruler who unified much of Madagascar and laid the foundations for the modern Malagasy state.
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C.
Prince Mahanaga
Prince Mahanaga was an ancient Sri Lankan royal figure remembered as a prominent ruler of the southern Kingdom of Ruhuna.
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D.
King Béhanzin
King Béhanzin was the last independent king of Dahomey, renowned for his fierce resistance against French colonial conquest in the late 19th century.
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E.
Deogratias Niyizonkiza
Deogratias Niyizonkiza is a Burundian genocide survivor and humanitarian whose life story of fleeing civil war, rebuilding in the United States, and later founding a health clinic in rural Burundi is chronicled in Tracy Kidder’s nonfiction book "Strength in What Remains."
- F. None of above. chosen
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