Mulatu Teshome
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Mulatu Teshome is an Ethiopian diplomat and politician who served as President of Ethiopia prior to Sahle-Work Zewde.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mulatu Teshome canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8710335 — 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: Mulatu Teshome Context triple: [Sahle-Work Zewde, predecessor, Mulatu Teshome]
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A.
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Mengistu Haile Mariam is a former Ethiopian military officer and Marxist-Leninist leader who ruled Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991, overseeing the Derg regime known for authoritarian rule, the Red Terror, and widespread human rights abuses.
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B.
Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael
Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael was a prominent Ethiopian nobleman, military leader, and father of Emperor Haile Selassie I, noted for his key role in defending Ethiopia’s independence in the late 19th century.
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C.
Eskinder Nega
Eskinder Nega is an Ethiopian journalist, blogger, and former political prisoner known for his outspoken criticism of authoritarianism and advocacy for democracy and human rights in Ethiopia.
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D.
Yohannes Abraham
Yohannes Abraham is an American policy and political advisor who has held senior roles in U.S. government and international policy organizations.
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E.
Serkalem Fasil
Serkalem Fasil is an Ethiopian journalist and former newspaper publisher known for her imprisonment on politically motivated charges under the Ethiopian government.
- 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: Mulatu Teshome Target entity description: Mulatu Teshome is an Ethiopian diplomat and politician who served as President of Ethiopia prior to Sahle-Work Zewde.
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A.
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Mengistu Haile Mariam is a former Ethiopian military officer and Marxist-Leninist leader who ruled Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991, overseeing the Derg regime known for authoritarian rule, the Red Terror, and widespread human rights abuses.
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B.
Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael
Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael was a prominent Ethiopian nobleman, military leader, and father of Emperor Haile Selassie I, noted for his key role in defending Ethiopia’s independence in the late 19th century.
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C.
Eskinder Nega
Eskinder Nega is an Ethiopian journalist, blogger, and former political prisoner known for his outspoken criticism of authoritarianism and advocacy for democracy and human rights in Ethiopia.
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D.
Yohannes Abraham
Yohannes Abraham is an American policy and political advisor who has held senior roles in U.S. government and international policy organizations.
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E.
Serkalem Fasil
Serkalem Fasil is an Ethiopian journalist and former newspaper publisher known for her imprisonment on politically motivated charges under the Ethiopian government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-01-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Beijing
ⓘ
China ⓘ Peking University ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
international law
ⓘ
international politics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| headOfStateOf | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| heldDiplomaticPost |
Ambassador of Ethiopia to Australia
ⓘ
Ambassador of Ethiopia to Azerbaijan ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Bangladesh ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Brunei ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Cambodia ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to China ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Indonesia ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Japan ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Kazakhstan ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Laos ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Malaysia ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Mongolia ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Myanmar ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Nepal ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to New Zealand ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to North Korea ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Pakistan ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Singapore ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to South Korea ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Sri Lanka ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Tajikistan ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Thailand ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkmenistan ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Uzbekistan ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to Vietnam ⓘ Ambassador of Ethiopia to the Philippines ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Amharic
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ Oromo ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front
ⓘ
Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization ⓘ
linked to:
Oromo People's Democratic Organization
|
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 2018-10-25 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 2013-10-07 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Arjo
ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ Welega ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of Ethiopia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Girma Wolde-Giorgis ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Sahle-Work Zewde ⓘ |
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: Mulatu Teshome Description of subject: Mulatu Teshome is an Ethiopian diplomat and politician who served as President of Ethiopia prior to Sahle-Work Zewde.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sahle-Work Zewde is the first female President of Ethiopia