Maya Kasandra Soetoro
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Maya Kasandra Soetoro is an Indonesian-born American educator and author best known as the maternal half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maya Kasandra Soetoro canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9633451 — 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: Maya Kasandra Soetoro Context triple: [Maya Soetoro-Ng, birthName, Maya Kasandra Soetoro]
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A.
Yessica Kumala
Yessica Kumala is an Indonesian-born former nightclub employee best known as the wife of American actor Josh Holloway.
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B.
Marcella Araica
Marcella Araica is an American recording and mixing engineer and producer known for her work with major pop and R&B artists.
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C.
Aurelia Fadilla
Aurelia Fadilla was a Roman noblewoman of the 2nd century AD, known primarily as the daughter of Emperor Antoninus Pius and Empress Faustina the Elder.
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D.
Petra Parada
Petra Parada was a relative of Margarita Maza de Juárez, the wife of Mexican president Benito Juárez, and thus part of a family closely linked to 19th-century Mexican political history.
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E.
Jasmine Trias
Jasmine Trias is a Filipino-American singer and entertainer who gained national recognition as a standout finalist on the third season of American Idol.
- 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: Maya Kasandra Soetoro Target entity description: Maya Kasandra Soetoro is an Indonesian-born American educator and author best known as the maternal half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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A.
Yessica Kumala
Yessica Kumala is an Indonesian-born former nightclub employee best known as the wife of American actor Josh Holloway.
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B.
Marcella Araica
Marcella Araica is an American recording and mixing engineer and producer known for her work with major pop and R&B artists.
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C.
Aurelia Fadilla
Aurelia Fadilla was a Roman noblewoman of the 2nd century AD, known primarily as the daughter of Emperor Antoninus Pius and Empress Faustina the Elder.
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D.
Petra Parada
Petra Parada was a relative of Margarita Maza de Juárez, the wife of Mexican president Benito Juárez, and thus part of a family closely linked to 19th-century Mexican political history.
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E.
Jasmine Trias
Jasmine Trias is a Filipino-American singer and entertainer who gained national recognition as a standout finalist on the third season of American Idol.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educator
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| basedIn | Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | naturalized American citizen ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in education ⓘ |
| earlyLifeLocation |
Hawaii
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jakarta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Barnard College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York University ⓘ University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Indonesian ⓘ |
| familyName | Soetoro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Lolo Soetoro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
ⓘ
multicultural education ⓘ peace education ⓘ |
| genre | children's literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
community educator
ⓘ
public speaker ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Indonesian ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| middleName | Kasandra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Ann Dunham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | peace education movement ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the maternal half-sister of Barack Obama ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Barack Obama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Ladder to the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
educator ⓘ |
| parentOf | two daughters ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Jakarta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
faculty member
ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ |
| relative | Barack Obama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling | Barack Obama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maya Kasandra Soetoro Description of subject: Maya Kasandra Soetoro is an Indonesian-born American educator and author best known as the maternal half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Maya Soetoro-Ng