Okoye
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Okoye is the fiercely loyal and highly skilled Wakandan warrior who leads the Dora Milaje and serves as one of Black Panther’s closest allies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Okoye canonical | 16 |
| Danai Gurira as Okoye | 1 |
| Dr. Okoye | 1 |
| Okoye (Marvel Comics) | 1 |
| leading the Dora Milaje | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1788506 — 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: Okoye Context triple: [Avengers: Infinity War, featuresCharacter, Okoye]
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A.
Shuri
Shuri is a historic town on Okinawa Island best known as the former royal capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the site of Shuri Castle.
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B.
Kezia Aoko
Kezia Aoko is the first wife of Barack Obama Sr. and the stepmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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C.
Sif
Sif is a goddess in Norse mythology best known as the golden-haired wife of Thor and a deity associated with earth, fertility, and grain.
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D.
Korina
Korina is the surname of Irina Korina, a contemporary Russian artist known for her installations and sculptural works.
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E.
Rakai Pikatan
Rakai Pikatan was a 9th-century Javanese king of the Medang (Mataram) Kingdom, known for consolidating royal power in Central Java and patronizing major Hindu temple construction.
- 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: Okoye Target entity description: Okoye is the fiercely loyal and highly skilled Wakandan warrior who leads the Dora Milaje and serves as one of Black Panther’s closest allies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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A.
Shuri
Shuri is a historic town on Okinawa Island best known as the former royal capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the site of Shuri Castle.
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B.
Kezia Aoko
Kezia Aoko is the first wife of Barack Obama Sr. and the stepmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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C.
Sif
Sif is a goddess in Norse mythology best known as the golden-haired wife of Thor and a deity associated with earth, fertility, and grain.
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D.
Korina
Korina is the surname of Irina Korina, a contemporary Russian artist known for her installations and sculptural works.
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E.
Rakai Pikatan
Rakai Pikatan was a 9th-century Javanese king of the Medang (Mataram) Kingdom, known for consolidating royal power in Central Java and patronizing major Hindu temple construction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dora Milaje member
ⓘ
Marvel Cinematic Universe character ⓘ Wakandan ⓘ fictional character ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Black Panther
ⓘ
Dora Milaje ⓘ Dora Milaje ⓘ
surface form:
Wakandan Royal Guard
|
| alignment | hero ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Avengers
ⓘ
Black Panther ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Avengers: Endgame
ⓘ
surface form:
Avengers: Endgame (2019 film)
Avengers: Infinity War ⓘ
surface form:
Avengers: Infinity War (2018 film)
Black Panther ⓘ
surface form:
Black Panther (2018 film)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ⓘ
surface form:
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022 film)
What If...? (TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
What If...? (Marvel animated series)
|
| basedOn |
Okoye
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Okoye (Marvel Comics)
|
| citizenship | Wakanda ⓘ |
| commands | Dora Milaje ⓘ |
| createdFor | Marvel Cinematic Universe ⓘ |
| fightingStyle |
martial arts
ⓘ
spear combat ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst |
Erik Killmonger
ⓘ
Outriders ⓘ Thanos ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Black Panther
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Panther (2018 film)
|
| fullName | Okoye self-link ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hairStyle | shaved head ⓘ |
| homeContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| homeCountry | Wakanda ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Xhosa (as Wakandan language in MCU) ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
T'Challa
ⓘ
Wakanda ⓘ |
| nationalRole | protector of the Wakandan throne ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exceptional combat skills
ⓘ
fierce loyalty to Wakanda ⓘ Okoye self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
leading the Dora Milaje
|
| occupation |
general of the Dora Milaje
ⓘ
head of Wakandan armed forces ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
disciplined
ⓘ
honorable ⓘ loyal ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Danai Gurira ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| teamRole | field commander ⓘ |
| universe | Marvel Cinematic Universe ⓘ |
| weapon | vibranium spear ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Okoye Description of subject: Okoye is the fiercely loyal and highly skilled Wakandan warrior who leads the Dora Milaje and serves as one of Black Panther’s closest allies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Danai Gurira as Okoye
this entity surface form:
Dr. Okoye
this entity surface form:
leading the Dora Milaje
subject surface form:
Wakanda
subject surface form:
Everett K. Ross (Marvel Cinematic Universe)