Edem Kodjo
E911618
Edem Kodjo was a Togolese politician and diplomat who served as a prominent African statesman, including terms as Togo’s prime minister and a leading figure in continental diplomacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edem Kodjo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11196738 — 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: Edem Kodjo Context triple: [Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity, officeHolder, Edem Kodjo]
-
A.
Paul Biyoghé Mba
Paul Biyoghé Mba is a Gabonese politician who served as Prime Minister and has held several key governmental positions in Gabon.
-
B.
Pierre Goudiaby Atepa
Pierre Goudiaby Atepa is a prominent Senegalese architect known for major landmark projects across Africa and for founding the Atepa Group architectural firm.
-
C.
Jean Baptiste Kouame
Jean Baptiste Kouame is a songwriter best known for contributing to the hit single "Scream & Shout."
-
D.
Kofi Yamgnane
Kofi Yamgnane is a Togolese-born French politician and civil engineer known for his work in local government and his role as a symbol of diversity in French politics.
-
E.
Blaise Yaméogo
Blaise Yaméogo is a Burkinabè professional footballer known for playing as a forward in various African and European leagues.
- 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: Edem Kodjo Target entity description: Edem Kodjo was a Togolese politician and diplomat who served as a prominent African statesman, including terms as Togo’s prime minister and a leading figure in continental diplomacy.
-
A.
Paul Biyoghé Mba
Paul Biyoghé Mba is a Gabonese politician who served as Prime Minister and has held several key governmental positions in Gabon.
-
B.
Pierre Goudiaby Atepa
Pierre Goudiaby Atepa is a prominent Senegalese architect known for major landmark projects across Africa and for founding the Atepa Group architectural firm.
-
C.
Jean Baptiste Kouame
Jean Baptiste Kouame is a songwriter best known for contributing to the hit single "Scream & Shout."
-
D.
Kofi Yamgnane
Kofi Yamgnane is a Togolese-born French politician and civil engineer known for his work in local government and his role as a symbol of diversity in French politics.
-
E.
Blaise Yaméogo
Blaise Yaméogo is a Burkinabè professional footballer known for playing as a forward in various African and European leagues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kodjo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
ⓘ
international relations ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Edem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | African statesman ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | French ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Patriotic Pan-African Convergence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rally of the Togolese People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | prominent African statesman ⓘ |
| notableWork |
African integration diplomacy
ⓘ
Mediation in African political crises ⓘ |
| participatedIn | continental diplomacy ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of Finance of Togo
ⓘ
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Togo ⓘ President of the Patriotic Pan-African Convergence ⓘ Prime Minister of Togo ⓘ Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary-General of the Rally of the Togolese People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Addis Ababa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lomé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Edem Kodjo Description of subject: Edem Kodjo was a Togolese politician and diplomat who served as a prominent African statesman, including terms as Togo’s prime minister and a leading figure in continental diplomacy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.