Dan Shomron
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Dan Shomron was an Israeli general who later became IDF Chief of Staff and is best known for planning and leading the 1976 Entebbe hostage-rescue raid.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dan Shomron canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9369330 — 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: Dan Shomron Context triple: [Operation Entebbe, commander, Dan Shomron]
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A.
Doron Peled
Doron Peled is a computer scientist known for his contributions to formal methods and model checking, particularly in collaboration with Edmund M. Clarke.
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B.
Oren Uziel
Oren Uziel is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for genre-blending projects such as The Cloverfield Paradox and 22 Jump Street.
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C.
Uri Tadmor
Uri Tadmor is a linguist known for his research on Austronesian languages, particularly the Lamaholot language of eastern Indonesia.
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D.
Amnon Yariv
Amnon Yariv is an Israeli-American physicist and electrical engineer renowned for his pioneering contributions to lasers, optoelectronics, and photonics theory.
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E.
Yigal Paicovitch
Yigal Paicovitch, better known as Yigal Allon, was an Israeli military commander, Palmach leader, and politician who served as acting prime minister and a key architect of Israel’s early defense and settlement policies.
- 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: Dan Shomron Target entity description: Dan Shomron was an Israeli general who later became IDF Chief of Staff and is best known for planning and leading the 1976 Entebbe hostage-rescue raid.
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A.
Doron Peled
Doron Peled is a computer scientist known for his contributions to formal methods and model checking, particularly in collaboration with Edmund M. Clarke.
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B.
Oren Uziel
Oren Uziel is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for genre-blending projects such as The Cloverfield Paradox and 22 Jump Street.
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C.
Uri Tadmor
Uri Tadmor is a linguist known for his research on Austronesian languages, particularly the Lamaholot language of eastern Indonesia.
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D.
Amnon Yariv
Amnon Yariv is an Israeli-American physicist and electrical engineer renowned for his pioneering contributions to lasers, optoelectronics, and photonics theory.
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E.
Yigal Paicovitch
Yigal Paicovitch, better known as Yigal Allon, was an Israeli military commander, Palmach leader, and politician who served as acting prime minister and a key architect of Israel’s early defense and settlement policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Israeli general
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human ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Israeli military doctrine
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linked to:
Doctrine of the Israel Defense Forces
|
| awardReceived | various Israeli military decorations ⓘ |
| conflict |
Operation Entebbe
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Six-Day War ⓘ War of Attrition ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| countryOfService | Israel ⓘ |
| employer | Israel Defense Forces ⓘ |
| familyName | Shomron ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
counter-terrorism operations
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military strategy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Dan ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
military planning
ⓘ
operational command ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle |
IDF Chief of Staff
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linked to:
Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
|
| hasRole |
field commander
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operation planner ⓘ |
| influenced | IDF special operations tactics ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Israel Defense Forces General Staff
ⓘ
linked to:
General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
|
| militaryBranch | Israel Defense Forces ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Lieutenant General
ⓘ
Rav Aluf ⓘ |
| name | Dan Shomron ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
leadership in Israeli airborne forces
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successful long-range hostage-rescue mission at Entebbe ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Entebbe hostage rescue 1976
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linked to:
Operation Entebbe
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| notableFor |
commanding the Entebbe hostage-rescue raid
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planning Operation Entebbe ⓘ service as IDF Chief of Staff ⓘ |
| notableWork | planning and execution of the Entebbe raid ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
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soldier ⓘ |
| partOf | Israeli Paratroopers ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
ⓘ
Commander of the Paratroopers Brigade ⓘ Head of Southern Command (IDF) ⓘ |
| residence | Israel ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | IDF officer ⓘ |
| workLocation | Tel Aviv ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dan Shomron Description of subject: Dan Shomron was an Israeli general who later became IDF Chief of Staff and is best known for planning and leading the 1976 Entebbe hostage-rescue raid.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.