Auma
E249997
Auma is a Kenyan-British community activist, sociologist, and author best known as the half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Auma canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2268803 — 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: Auma Context triple: [Auma Obama, givenName, Auma]
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A.
Laleia
Laleia is a town in northern Timor-Leste known as the birthplace of independence leader and former president Xanana Gusmão.
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B.
Lenaia
Lenaia was an ancient Athenian winter festival in honor of Dionysus, featuring dramatic competitions and celebrations of wine and fertility.
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C.
Amaala
Amaala is a luxury tourism and wellness destination being developed on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast as part of the country’s economic diversification and high-end tourism strategy.
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D.
Matua
Matua is a volcanic island in the central Kuril Islands chain, notable for its World War II-era Japanese military installations and strategic location in the northwest Pacific.
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E.
Anuta
Anuta is a small, remote Polynesian outlier island in the Solomon Islands known for its dense population, strong communal culture, and well-preserved traditional way of life.
- 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: Auma Target entity description: Auma is a Kenyan-British community activist, sociologist, and author best known as the half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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A.
Laleia
Laleia is a town in northern Timor-Leste known as the birthplace of independence leader and former president Xanana Gusmão.
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B.
Lenaia
Lenaia was an ancient Athenian winter festival in honor of Dionysus, featuring dramatic competitions and celebrations of wine and fertility.
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C.
Amaala
Amaala is a luxury tourism and wellness destination being developed on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast as part of the country’s economic diversification and high-end tourism strategy.
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D.
Matua
Matua is a volcanic island in the central Kuril Islands chain, notable for its World War II-era Japanese military installations and strategic location in the northwest Pacific.
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E.
Anuta
Anuta is a small, remote Polynesian outlier island in the Solomon Islands known for its dense population, strong communal culture, and well-preserved traditional way of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
ⓘ
community activist ⓘ person ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | Kenyan-British ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Kenya ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kenya
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Bayreuth
ⓘ
Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg ⓘ
surface form:
University of Heidelberg
|
| ethnicGroup | Luo people ⓘ |
| familyName |
Roy Obama
ⓘ
surface form:
Obama
|
| father | Barack Obama Sr. ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | sociology ⓘ |
| founded | Sauti Kuu Foundation ⓘ |
| genre | memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Auma self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| halfSibling | Barack Obama ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for youth empowerment
ⓘ
social justice activism in Kenya ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ
surface form:
Swahili
|
| notableFor |
being the half-sister of Barack Obama
ⓘ
her work in community development in Kenya ⓘ |
| notableRole | public speaker ⓘ |
| notableWork |
And Then Life Happens
ⓘ
surface form:
And Then Life Happens: A Memoir
|
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
community activist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Barack Obama presidential campaigns (support activities) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Nairobi ⓘ |
| positionHeld | founder of Sauti Kuu Foundation ⓘ |
| relative |
Roy Obama
ⓘ
surface form:
Abo Obama
Ann Dunham ⓘ Barack Obama ⓘ Barack Obama Sr. ⓘ Bernard Obama ⓘ Roy Obama ⓘ
surface form:
George Obama
Malik Obama ⓘ Mark Obama Ndesandjo ⓘ Maya Soetoro-Ng ⓘ |
| residence | Kenya ⓘ |
| sibling | Barack Obama ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Auma Description of subject: Auma is a Kenyan-British community activist, sociologist, and author best known as the half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.