Sam Bockarie
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Sam Bockarie was a notorious Sierra Leonean rebel commander and key leader of the Revolutionary United Front, implicated in extensive war crimes and atrocities during the country's civil conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sam Bockarie canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6276817 — 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: Sam Bockarie Context triple: [Sierra Leone Civil War, notableCommander, Sam Bockarie]
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A.
Asake Bomani
Asake Bomani is an American writer and former jazz singer best known as the ex-wife of actor and activist Danny Glover.
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B.
Joel Bolomboy
Joel Bolomboy is a professional basketball player known for his collegiate career as a standout forward at Weber State University and subsequent play in the NBA and top European leagues.
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C.
Tony Almeida
Tony Almeida is a key fictional Counter Terrorist Unit agent in the television series "24," known for his complex loyalties and evolving role across multiple seasons.
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D.
Tony Sanneh
Tony Sanneh is a retired American soccer defender best known for his key role with the U.S. national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and his career in Major League Soccer and the German Bundesliga.
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E.
Patrick Chinamasa
Patrick Chinamasa is a Zimbabwean politician and lawyer who has served in several key ministerial roles, including as Minister of Finance and Minister of Justice.
- 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: Sam Bockarie Target entity description: Sam Bockarie was a notorious Sierra Leonean rebel commander and key leader of the Revolutionary United Front, implicated in extensive war crimes and atrocities during the country's civil conflict.
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A.
Asake Bomani
Asake Bomani is an American writer and former jazz singer best known as the ex-wife of actor and activist Danny Glover.
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B.
Joel Bolomboy
Joel Bolomboy is a professional basketball player known for his collegiate career as a standout forward at Weber State University and subsequent play in the NBA and top European leagues.
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C.
Tony Almeida
Tony Almeida is a key fictional Counter Terrorist Unit agent in the television series "24," known for his complex loyalties and evolving role across multiple seasons.
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D.
Tony Sanneh
Tony Sanneh is a retired American soccer defender best known for his key role with the U.S. national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and his career in Major League Soccer and the German Bundesliga.
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E.
Patrick Chinamasa
Patrick Chinamasa is a Zimbabwean politician and lawyer who has served in several key ministerial roles, including as Minister of Finance and Minister of Justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
perpetrator of war crimes ⓘ rebel commander ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| allyOf | Foday Sankoh ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Maskita
ⓘ
Mosquito ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
ⓘ
Charles Taylor ⓘ
linked to:
Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor
|
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wounds ⓘ |
| conflict | Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Liberia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1964-10-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-05-05 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kono people ⓘ |
| fullName | Sam Bockarie ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Sam ⓘ |
| implicatedIn |
atrocities against civilians
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crimes against humanity ⓘ forced amputations ⓘ looting and pillage ⓘ sexual violence in conflict ⓘ use of child soldiers ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Krio ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| memberOf | Revolutionary United Front ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Revolutionary United Front armed wing
ⓘ
linked to:
Revolutionary United Front
|
| notableEvent |
RUF attacks on Freetown in 1999
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RUF offensive operations in late 1990s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the Revolutionary United Front
ⓘ
role in the Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
rebel military commander
ⓘ
warlord ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Koidu ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Liberia ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
field commander of RUF forces
ⓘ
senior commander of the Revolutionary United Front ⓘ |
| residence |
Liberia
ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
international human rights reports
ⓘ
investigations by the Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Foday Sankoh ⓘ |
| yearOfBirth | 1964 ⓘ |
| yearOfDeath | 2003 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sam Bockarie Description of subject: Sam Bockarie was a notorious Sierra Leonean rebel commander and key leader of the Revolutionary United Front, implicated in extensive war crimes and atrocities during the country's civil conflict.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.