Aung San Suu Kyi
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Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese political leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for her long struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aung San Suu Kyi canonical | 43 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi (honorary doctorate, not student) | 1 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi, 2016-04-06 | 1 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi, 2021-02-01 | 1 |
| Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi | 1 |
| Suu Kyi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T302846 — 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: Aung San Suu Kyi Context triple: [Ambassador of Conscience Award, hasRecipient, Aung San Suu Kyi]
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A.
Cynthia Maung
Cynthia Maung is a Burmese physician and human rights activist renowned for founding the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai-Myanmar border to provide healthcare for refugees and displaced people.
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B.
Nguyen Thi Binh
Nguyen Thi Binh is a Vietnamese revolutionary and diplomat who served as the chief negotiator for the Viet Cong at the Paris Peace Accords and later became Vietnam’s vice president.
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C.
Irene Khan
Irene Khan is a Bangladeshi human rights advocate and former Secretary-General of Amnesty International, recognized globally for her work on justice, poverty, and women's rights.
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D.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and a long-serving leader of her country.
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E.
Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for advocating girls’ right to schooling after surviving a Taliban assassination attempt.
- 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: Aung San Suu Kyi Target entity description: Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese political leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for her long struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar.
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A.
Cynthia Maung
Cynthia Maung is a Burmese physician and human rights activist renowned for founding the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai-Myanmar border to provide healthcare for refugees and displaced people.
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B.
Nguyen Thi Binh
Nguyen Thi Binh is a Vietnamese revolutionary and diplomat who served as the chief negotiator for the Viet Cong at the Paris Peace Accords and later became Vietnam’s vice president.
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C.
Irene Khan
Irene Khan is a Bangladeshi human rights advocate and former Secretary-General of Amnesty International, recognized globally for her work on justice, poverty, and women's rights.
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D.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and a long-serving leader of her country.
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E.
Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for advocating girls’ right to schooling after surviving a Taliban assassination attempt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
ⓘ
democracy activist ⓘ human ⓘ human rights activist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| arrestedBy |
State Peace and Development Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Myanmar military junta
|
| awardReceived |
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
ⓘ
Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Rafto Prize ⓘ Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1945-06-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Burma (until 1937)
ⓘ
surface form:
British Burma
Yangon ⓘ
surface form:
Rangoon
|
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Myanmar ⓘ |
| detainedFor | approximately 15 years over a 21-year period ⓘ |
| detentionEvent | coup d'état of 1 February 2021 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St Hugh’s College, Oxford
ⓘ
surface form:
St Hugh's College, Oxford
University of Delhi ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName |
Aung San Suu Kyi
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Suu Kyi
|
| father | Aung San ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | philosophy, politics and economics ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Aung San ⓘ |
| ideology | liberal democracy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
non-violent struggle for democracy in Myanmar
ⓘ
opposition to military rule in Myanmar ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Burmese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
2021 Myanmar anti-coup protests
ⓘ
surface form:
Burmese opposition
|
| mother | Khin Kyi ⓘ |
| movement | pro-democracy movement in Myanmar ⓘ |
| name | Aung San Suu Kyi self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Burmese ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Four Freedoms
ⓘ
surface form:
Freedom from Fear
|
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 2021-02-01 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 2016-03-30 ⓘ |
| politicalParty | National League for Democracy ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairperson of the National League for Democracy
ⓘ
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar ⓘ Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar ⓘ State Counsellor of Myanmar ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence | Yangon ⓘ |
| spouse | Michael Aris ⓘ |
| subjectOf | house arrest by Myanmar military authorities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aung San Suu Kyi Description of subject: Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese political leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for her long struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar.
Referenced by (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nobel Peace Prize
this entity surface form:
Aung San Suu Kyi (honorary doctorate, not student)
this entity surface form:
Suu Kyi
this entity surface form:
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi
this entity surface form:
Aung San Suu Kyi, 2016-04-06
this entity surface form:
Aung San Suu Kyi, 2021-02-01