Saloth Sar
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Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot, was the Cambodian revolutionary leader who headed the Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the Cambodian genocide in the late 1970s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saloth Sar canonical | 3 |
| Saloth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7011815 — 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: Saloth Sar Context triple: [Pol Pot, birthName, Saloth Sar]
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A.
Ming the Merciless
Ming the Merciless is a fictional tyrannical alien emperor and the primary antagonist in the Flash Gordon science fiction franchise.
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B.
Ahkmenrah
Ahkmenrah is a fictional ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose magical tablet brings museum exhibits to life in the "Night at the Museum" film series.
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C.
Atufal
Atufal is a towering, imposing African slave in Herman Melville’s novella "Benito Cereno," whose silent presence and chains symbolize both resistance and the hidden tensions aboard the ship.
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D.
Thoosa
Thoosa is a minor sea nymph in Greek mythology, known primarily as the mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus by the sea god Poseidon.
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E.
Netjerkare Siptah
Netjerkare Siptah was a little-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt who ruled briefly toward the end of the Sixth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period.
- 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: Saloth Sar Target entity description: Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot, was the Cambodian revolutionary leader who headed the Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the Cambodian genocide in the late 1970s.
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A.
Ming the Merciless
Ming the Merciless is a fictional tyrannical alien emperor and the primary antagonist in the Flash Gordon science fiction franchise.
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B.
Ahkmenrah
Ahkmenrah is a fictional ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose magical tablet brings museum exhibits to life in the "Night at the Museum" film series.
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C.
Atufal
Atufal is a towering, imposing African slave in Herman Melville’s novella "Benito Cereno," whose silent presence and chains symbolize both resistance and the hidden tensions aboard the ship.
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D.
Thoosa
Thoosa is a minor sea nymph in Greek mythology, known primarily as the mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus by the sea god Poseidon.
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E.
Netjerkare Siptah
Netjerkare Siptah was a little-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt who ruled briefly toward the end of the Sixth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ war criminal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Brother Number One
ⓘ
Pol Pot ⓘ |
| cameToPowerBy | Cambodian Civil War victory ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Cambodia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1925-05-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-04-15 ⓘ |
| education | studied in Paris ⓘ |
| estimatedVictims | between 1.5 and 2 million people ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Khmer ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | radio electronics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| ideology |
Maoism
ⓘ
agrarian socialism ⓘ communism ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
Year Zero policy
ⓘ
linked to:
Year Zero
abolition of money ⓘ evacuation of cities ⓘ forced collectivization ⓘ |
| laterResidence | Thai-Cambodian border region ⓘ |
| leaderOf |
Communist Party of Kampuchea
ⓘ
Khmer Rouge ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French Communist Party (while in France)
ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of France
|
| movement |
Khmer Rouge insurgency
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambodian Civil War
|
| name | Saloth Sar ⓘ |
| neverTriedBy | international tribunal ⓘ |
| notableWork | Cambodian genocide ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1979-01-07 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1976-04-14 ⓘ |
| overthrownBy |
Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
|
| overthrownInYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| periodOfRule | 1975-1979 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Prek Sbauv ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Anlong Veng ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ |
| provinceOfBirth |
Kampong Thom Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Kompong Thom Province
|
| religion |
Theravada Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
| residence | Phnom Penh (during rule) ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Cambodian genocide
ⓘ
mass killings in Cambodia ⓘ |
| spouse |
Khieu Ponnary
ⓘ
Meas Sam ⓘ |
| subjectOf | international war crimes investigations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saloth Sar Description of subject: Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot, was the Cambodian revolutionary leader who headed the Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the Cambodian genocide in the late 1970s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.