Obaluaiê
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Obaluaiê is an orixá in Afro-Brazilian and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as a powerful deity of disease, healing, and the earth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Obaluaiê canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12066979 — 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: Obaluaiê Context triple: [Babalú-Ayé, alsoKnownAs, Obaluaiê]
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A.
Nabaloi
Nabaloi is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloi people of the northern Philippines, particularly in the Benguet region of Luzon.
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B.
Opebi
Opebi is a commercial and residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, known for its busy Opebi Road, offices, shops, and proximity to major hubs in Ikeja.
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C.
Agulu
Agulu is a town in southeastern Nigeria known for its large natural lake and location within Anambra State.
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D.
Beni
Beni is a town in western Nepal that serves as a gateway to the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna mountain regions.
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E.
Beni
Beni is a sparsely populated, largely Amazonian department in northeastern Bolivia known for its tropical lowlands, cattle ranching, and rich indigenous cultures.
- 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: Obaluaiê Target entity description: Obaluaiê is an orixá in Afro-Brazilian and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as a powerful deity of disease, healing, and the earth.
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A.
Nabaloi
Nabaloi is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloi people of the northern Philippines, particularly in the Benguet region of Luzon.
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B.
Opebi
Opebi is a commercial and residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, known for its busy Opebi Road, offices, shops, and proximity to major hubs in Ikeja.
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C.
Agulu
Agulu is a town in southeastern Nigeria known for its large natural lake and location within Anambra State.
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D.
Beni
Beni is a sparsely populated, largely Amazonian department in northeastern Bolivia known for its tropical lowlands, cattle ranching, and rich indigenous cultures.
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E.
Beni
Beni is a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that became internationally known as a major hotspot of conflict and public health crises, including serving as the epicenter of the 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.