Ooni of Ife
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The Ooni of Ife is the paramount traditional ruler of Ile-Ife and a highly revered spiritual and cultural leader among the Yoruba people of Nigeria.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ooni of Ife canonical | 18 |
| 51st Ooni of Ife | 4 |
| Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi | 2 |
| 49th Ooni of Ife | 1 |
| 50th Ooni of Ife | 1 |
| Aafin Ooni Ile-Ife | 1 |
| Ooni | 1 |
| Ooni Ile-Ife | 1 |
| Ooni of Ife (traditional ruler) | 1 |
| Ooni of Ife traditional domain | 1 |
| chiefs of Ile-Ife | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T441461 — 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: Ooni of Ife Context triple: [Yoruba, traditionalRulerTitle, Ooni of Ife]
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A.
Olara Otunnu
Olara Otunnu is a Ugandan diplomat, lawyer, and human rights advocate known for his work on behalf of war-affected children and his leadership roles at the United Nations.
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B.
Bobo Ashanti
Bobo Ashanti is a mansion (branch) of the Rastafari movement known for its strict religious observances, distinctive turbaned attire, and emphasis on priestly order and African repatriation.
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C.
Elef A. O. Ose
Elef A. O. Ose was a Norwegian-American community leader who played a key role in organizing Norwegian immigrants in the United States through fraternal and cultural activities.
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D.
Abiodun Okulaja
Abiodun Okulaja is a soccer referee best known for officiating at the highest levels of professional play in the United States, including Major League Soccer.
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E.
Haile Selassie I
Haile Selassie I was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and a central figure in modern Ethiopian history, widely revered in the Rastafari movement as a messianic and divine figure.
- 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: Ooni of Ife Target entity description: The Ooni of Ife is the paramount traditional ruler of Ile-Ife and a highly revered spiritual and cultural leader among the Yoruba people of Nigeria.
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A.
Olara Otunnu
Olara Otunnu is a Ugandan diplomat, lawyer, and human rights advocate known for his work on behalf of war-affected children and his leadership roles at the United Nations.
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B.
Bobo Ashanti
Bobo Ashanti is a mansion (branch) of the Rastafari movement known for its strict religious observances, distinctive turbaned attire, and emphasis on priestly order and African repatriation.
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C.
Elef A. O. Ose
Elef A. O. Ose was a Norwegian-American community leader who played a key role in organizing Norwegian immigrants in the United States through fraternal and cultural activities.
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D.
Abiodun Okulaja
Abiodun Okulaja is a soccer referee best known for officiating at the highest levels of professional play in the United States, including Major League Soccer.
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E.
Haile Selassie I
Haile Selassie I was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and a central figure in modern Ethiopian history, widely revered in the Rastafari movement as a messianic and divine figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba royal title
ⓘ
cultural institution ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ traditional rulership title ⓘ |
| associatedWithMythology |
Oduduwa
ⓘ
Yoruba creation myths ⓘ |
| capitalOfDomain | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| ceremonialFunction |
performs rites in Yoruba religious ceremonies
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presides over traditional festivals in Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
symbol of Ile-Ife kingship
ⓘ
symbol of Yoruba unity ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix |
His Imperial Majesty
ⓘ
Oba ⓘ |
| hasTitleNumbering |
Ooni of Ife
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
51st Ooni of Ife
|
| inception | pre-colonial era ⓘ |
| influences |
Yoruba cultural practices
ⓘ
Yoruba religious institutions ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Ile-Ife
ⓘ
surface form:
Ile-Ife traditional domain
|
| language |
Yoruba
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoruba language
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Osun State
ⓘ
Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest Nigeria
|
| occupation | traditional ruler ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice |
Ooni of Ife
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
51st Ooni of Ife
|
| partOf | Yoruba traditional chieftaincy system ⓘ |
| position |
Ooni of Ife
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Ooni of Ife self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy | Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi ⓘ |
| precededBy | Oba Okunade Sijuwade ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Nigerian traditional council ⓘ |
| region |
Western Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Yorubaland
|
| religion |
Ifa tradition
ⓘ
Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| residence |
Ile-Ife
ⓘ
Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| role |
cultural leader of the Yoruba people
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custodian of Ile-Ife sacred sites ⓘ custodian of Yoruba traditions ⓘ paramount traditional ruler of Ile-Ife ⓘ spiritual leader of the Yoruba people ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | traditional kingmakers’ selection ⓘ |
| significantPlace | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| titleHolderOf | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| typeOfMonarchy | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
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: Ooni of Ife Description of subject: The Ooni of Ife is the paramount traditional ruler of Ile-Ife and a highly revered spiritual and cultural leader among the Yoruba people of Nigeria.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
this entity surface form:
51st Ooni of Ife
subject surface form:
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
this entity surface form:
51st Ooni of Ife
subject surface form:
Oba Okunade Sijuwade
this entity surface form:
chiefs of Ile-Ife
this entity surface form:
Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
this entity surface form:
51st Ooni of Ife
this entity surface form:
Ooni
this entity surface form:
Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
this entity surface form:
Aafin Ooni Ile-Ife
this entity surface form:
50th Ooni of Ife
this entity surface form:
49th Ooni of Ife
this entity surface form:
51st Ooni of Ife
this entity surface form:
Ooni of Ife (traditional ruler)
this entity surface form:
Ooni Ile-Ife