Kogelo, Kenya
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Kogelo, Kenya is a rural village in Siaya County best known internationally as the ancestral home of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kogelo | 9 |
| Kogelo, Kenya canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10986353 — 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: Kogelo, Kenya Context triple: [Habiba Akumu Obama, residence, Kogelo, Kenya]
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A.
Central Province, Kenya
Central Province, Kenya was a former administrative region in central Kenya known for its fertile highlands, tea and coffee production, and predominantly Kikuyu population.
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B.
Nakuru
Nakuru is a prominent Kenyan city in the Rift Valley region, known for its proximity to Lake Nakuru National Park and its role as an important agricultural and commercial center.
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C.
Nyeri, Kenya
Nyeri, Kenya is a town in central Kenya near the Aberdare Range, known for its colonial-era history, agricultural economy, and as the final resting place of Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell.
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D.
Parklands, Nairobi
Parklands, Nairobi is a predominantly residential and commercial suburb northwest of Nairobi’s central business district, known for its diverse communities, educational institutions, and proximity to major city amenities.
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E.
Maseno
Maseno is a town in western Kenya, near Kisumu, known as the birthplace of prominent politician Raila Odinga and as a local educational center.
- 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: Kogelo, Kenya Target entity description: Kogelo, Kenya is a rural village in Siaya County best known internationally as the ancestral home of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s family.
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A.
Central Province, Kenya
Central Province, Kenya was a former administrative region in central Kenya known for its fertile highlands, tea and coffee production, and predominantly Kikuyu population.
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B.
Nakuru
Nakuru is a prominent Kenyan city in the Rift Valley region, known for its proximity to Lake Nakuru National Park and its role as an important agricultural and commercial center.
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C.
Nyeri, Kenya
Nyeri, Kenya is a town in central Kenya near the Aberdare Range, known for its colonial-era history, agricultural economy, and as the final resting place of Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell.
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D.
Parklands, Nairobi
Parklands, Nairobi is a predominantly residential and commercial suburb northwest of Nairobi’s central business district, known for its diverse communities, educational institutions, and proximity to major city amenities.
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E.
Maseno
Maseno is a town in western Kenya, near Kisumu, known as the birthplace of prominent politician Raila Odinga and as a local educational center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | village ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | rural village ⓘ |
| climate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly Luo community ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 60 km from Kisumu by road ⓘ |
| gainedInternationalAttention |
after Barack Obama’s 2008 U.S. presidential campaign
ⓘ
after Barack Obama’s election as President of the United States ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Siaya County Government
ⓘ
linked to:
County Government of Siaya
|
| hasCoordinateLocation | approximate coordinates in western Kenya ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion | Luo Nyanza ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
small-scale trade
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | local primary schools ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
local health facilities
ⓘ
primary schools ⓘ rural roads ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant | Nyang’oma Kogelo ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Kisumu ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfBurial |
Barack Obama Sr.
ⓘ
Sarah Obama ⓘ
linked to:
Sarah Onyango Obama
|
| hasPlaceOfWorship | local churches ⓘ |
| hasPostalCountry | KE ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Nyang’oma Kogelo sub-location ⓘ |
| hasTourismAttraction | Barack Obama heritage sites ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the ancestral home of Barack Obama’s family
ⓘ
being the home village of Barack Obama’s paternal relatives ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Luo ⓘ Swahili ⓘ
linked to:
Swahili language
|
| locatedIn | western Kenya ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Nyanza Province
ⓘ
Siaya County ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Barack Obama Sr.
ⓘ
Sarah Obama ⓘ
linked to:
Sarah Onyango Obama
|
| partOf |
Kenya
ⓘ
Siaya County ⓘ |
| timeZone | East Africa Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
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: Kogelo, Kenya Description of subject: Kogelo, Kenya is a rural village in Siaya County best known internationally as the ancestral home of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s family.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Alego Constituency
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