Min Aung Hlaing
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Min Aung Hlaing is the commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s military who led the 2021 coup d’état, overthrowing the elected government and triggering widespread domestic and international condemnation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Min Aung Hlaing canonical | 7 |
| Senior General Min Aung Hlaing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2026658 — 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: Min Aung Hlaing Context triple: [2021 Myanmar anti-coup protests, opposes, Min Aung Hlaing]
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A.
Aung San
Aung San was a Burmese nationalist leader and founding father of modern Myanmar, instrumental in securing the country’s independence from British colonial rule.
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B.
Than Shwe
Than Shwe is a Burmese military general who served as the de facto ruler of Myanmar, leading its authoritarian junta for nearly two decades.
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C.
Khin Nyunt
Khin Nyunt is a former Burmese military intelligence chief and prime minister who was a key figure in Myanmar’s authoritarian junta during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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D.
Maung Maung Soe
Maung Maung Soe is a Burmese given name borne by several individuals, most notably a Myanmar military general sanctioned internationally for alleged human rights abuses against the Rohingya.
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E.
Maung Aye
Maung Aye is a Burmese military general who served as a leading figure in Myanmar’s former ruling junta and was considered one of the country’s most powerful men during its years of military 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: Min Aung Hlaing Target entity description: Min Aung Hlaing is the commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s military who led the 2021 coup d’état, overthrowing the elected government and triggering widespread domestic and international condemnation.
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A.
Aung San
Aung San was a Burmese nationalist leader and founding father of modern Myanmar, instrumental in securing the country’s independence from British colonial rule.
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B.
Than Shwe
Than Shwe is a Burmese military general who served as the de facto ruler of Myanmar, leading its authoritarian junta for nearly two decades.
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C.
Khin Nyunt
Khin Nyunt is a former Burmese military intelligence chief and prime minister who was a key figure in Myanmar’s authoritarian junta during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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D.
Maung Maung Soe
Maung Maung Soe is a Burmese given name borne by several individuals, most notably a Myanmar military general sanctioned internationally for alleged human rights abuses against the Rohingya.
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E.
Maung Aye
Maung Aye is a Burmese military general who served as a leading figure in Myanmar’s former ruling junta and was considered one of the country’s most powerful men during its years of military rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
genocide against the Rohingya ⓘ human rights violations ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
ⓘ
surface form:
Myanmar Armed Forces
|
| appointedAsCommanderInChief | 2011 ⓘ |
| child | Aung Pyae Sone ⓘ |
| commanded | operations in Rakhine State ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Myanmar ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-07-03 ⓘ |
| education | Defence Services Academy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Burmese ⓘ |
| leaderOf |
Tatmadaw
ⓘ
surface form:
Myanmar military junta
State Administration Council ⓘ |
| led |
2021 Myanmar coup d'état
ⓘ
surface form:
2021 Myanmar coup d’état
|
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
ⓘ
surface form:
Tatmadaw
|
| militaryRank | Senior General ⓘ |
| name | Min Aung Hlaing self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Burmese ⓘ |
| notableEvent | seizure of power on 2021-02-01 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
heading Myanmar’s post-2021 military junta
ⓘ
leading the 2021 Myanmar coup d’état ⓘ |
| occupation |
military leader
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| overthrew |
National Unity Government of Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Aung San Suu Kyi
National League for Democracy ⓘ
surface form:
National League for Democracy government
|
| placeOfBirth |
Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
Dawei ⓘ Tanintharyi Region ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | military authoritarianism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the State Administration Council
ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces ⓘ Prime Minister of Myanmar ⓘ |
| religion |
Theravada
ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| residence | Naypyidaw ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar ⓘ |
| sanctionedBy |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ European Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| spouse | Kyu Kyu Hla ⓘ |
| startTimeAsChairmanOfStateAdministrationCouncil | 2021-02-02 ⓘ |
| startTimeAsPrimeMinisterOfMyanmar | 2021-08-01 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | international sanctions ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Min Aung Hlaing Description of subject: Min Aung Hlaing is the commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s military who led the 2021 coup d’état, overthrowing the elected government and triggering widespread domestic and international condemnation.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tatmadaw
this entity surface form:
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing