Lee Kuan Yew
E453899
Lee Kuan Yew was the founding Prime Minister of Singapore, widely credited with transforming the country from a poor port city into a prosperous, modern, and highly developed nation-state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lee Kuan Yew canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4574278 — 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: Lee Kuan Yew Context triple: [Yusof Ishak, headOfGovernmentDuringTerm, Lee Kuan Yew]
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A.
Lee Hsien Loong
Lee Hsien Loong is the third Prime Minister of Singapore, serving since 2004 and known for his leadership of the People's Action Party and role in shaping the country's economic and social policies.
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B.
Yap Kim Hock
Yap Kim Hock is a former Malaysian badminton player best known as a world-class men's doubles specialist and Olympic silver medalist.
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C.
Cheah Soon Kit
Cheah Soon Kit is a former Malaysian badminton player renowned for his achievements in men's doubles on the international stage.
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D.
John J. Lee
John J. Lee was a benefactor whose contributions to Yale University led to the university’s basketball arena being named in his honor.
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E.
Anthony Tan
Anthony Tan is a Malaysian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading super-app for ride-hailing, deliveries, and digital financial services.
- 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: Lee Kuan Yew Target entity description: Lee Kuan Yew was the founding Prime Minister of Singapore, widely credited with transforming the country from a poor port city into a prosperous, modern, and highly developed nation-state.
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A.
Lee Hsien Loong
Lee Hsien Loong is the third Prime Minister of Singapore, serving since 2004 and known for his leadership of the People's Action Party and role in shaping the country's economic and social policies.
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B.
Yap Kim Hock
Yap Kim Hock is a former Malaysian badminton player best known as a world-class men's doubles specialist and Olympic silver medalist.
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C.
Cheah Soon Kit
Cheah Soon Kit is a former Malaysian badminton player renowned for his achievements in men's doubles on the international stage.
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D.
John J. Lee
John J. Lee was a benefactor whose contributions to Yale University led to the university’s basketball arena being named in his honor.
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E.
Anthony Tan
Anthony Tan is a Malaysian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading super-app for ride-hailing, deliveries, and digital financial services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Temasek
NERFINISHED
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Order of the Bath ⓘ Order of the Companions of Honour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| child |
Lee Hsien Loong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lee Hsien Yang NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Wei Ling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-09-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-03-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London School of Economics ⓘ Raffles College NERFINISHED ⓘ Raffles Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| founderOf | People's Action Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Lee Kuan Yew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of Lee Kuan Yew ⓘ |
| ideology |
authoritarian democracy
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economic liberalism ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding Prime Minister of Singapore
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transforming Singapore into a developed nation ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Malay ⓘ Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInChineseCharacters | 李光耀 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story
NERFINISHED
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Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going NERFINISHED ⓘ The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1990-11-28 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1959-06-05 ⓘ |
| pinyinName | Lǐ Guāngyào NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Singapore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Straits Settlements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty | People's Action Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister Mentor of Singapore
NERFINISHED
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Prime Minister of Singapore ⓘ Senior Minister of Singapore ⓘ |
| primeMinisterOf | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | agnosticism ⓘ |
| spouse | Kwa Geok Choo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lee Kuan Yew Description of subject: Lee Kuan Yew was the founding Prime Minister of Singapore, widely credited with transforming the country from a poor port city into a prosperous, modern, and highly developed nation-state.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.