Ramón Sampedro
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Ramón Sampedro was a Spanish seaman and writer who became widely known for his decades-long legal battle for the right to end his life after being left quadriplegic by a diving accident.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ramón Sampedro canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2246696 — 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: Ramón Sampedro Context triple: [Javier Bardem, portrayed, Ramón Sampedro]
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A.
Antonio López García
Antonio López García is a renowned Spanish realist painter and sculptor celebrated for his meticulously detailed, introspective depictions of everyday life and urban landscapes.
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B.
Ramón García
Ramón García is an architect known for his work on the design of Puerto Rico’s Capitol building in San Juan.
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C.
José Ruiz y Blasco
José Ruiz y Blasco was a Spanish painter and art teacher best known as the father and early artistic mentor of Pablo Picasso.
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D.
Rafael de Sobremonte
Rafael de Sobremonte was a Spanish colonial administrator and Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, remembered for his controversial leadership during the early stages of the Argentine struggle for independence.
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E.
Marcelino Oreja
Marcelino Oreja is a Spanish politician and diplomat who notably served as Secretary General of the Council of Europe and later as a European Commissioner.
- 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: Ramón Sampedro Target entity description: Ramón Sampedro was a Spanish seaman and writer who became widely known for his decades-long legal battle for the right to end his life after being left quadriplegic by a diving accident.
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A.
Antonio López García
Antonio López García is a renowned Spanish realist painter and sculptor celebrated for his meticulously detailed, introspective depictions of everyday life and urban landscapes.
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B.
Ramón García
Ramón García is an architect known for his work on the design of Puerto Rico’s Capitol building in San Juan.
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C.
José Ruiz y Blasco
José Ruiz y Blasco was a Spanish painter and art teacher best known as the father and early artistic mentor of Pablo Picasso.
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D.
Rafael de Sobremonte
Rafael de Sobremonte was a Spanish colonial administrator and Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, remembered for his controversial leadership during the early stages of the Argentine struggle for independence.
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E.
Marcelino Oreja
Marcelino Oreja is a Spanish politician and diplomat who notably served as Secretary General of the Council of Europe and later as a European Commissioner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
euthanasia activist
ⓘ
human ⓘ seaman ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
legalization of euthanasia
ⓘ
right to die with dignity ⓘ |
| authorOf | Cartas desde el infierno ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | campaign for euthanasia in Spain ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Spain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-01-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-01-12 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Galician people ⓘ |
| familyName | Sampedro ⓘ |
| genre | autobiographical writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Ramón ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
The Sea Inside
ⓘ
surface form:
film "Mar adentro"
|
| languagesSpoken |
Galician
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalCase | Spanish right-to-die legal battle ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | assisted suicide ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | quadriplegia ⓘ |
| movement | right-to-die movement ⓘ |
| name | Ramón Sampedro self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableFor | legal battle for the right to end his life ⓘ |
| notableWork | Cartas desde el infierno ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
ⓘ
seaman ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
A Coruña
ⓘ
Galicia ⓘ Porto do Son ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
A Coruña
ⓘ
Boiro ⓘ Galicia ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Javier Bardem ⓘ |
| positionHeld | right-to-die advocate ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Galicia
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| significantEvent | diving accident that left him quadriplegic ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Mar adentro ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ramón Sampedro Description of subject: Ramón Sampedro was a Spanish seaman and writer who became widely known for his decades-long legal battle for the right to end his life after being left quadriplegic by a diving accident.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.