Obinna
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Igbo-language surname
Nigerian surname
association football player
basketball player
family name
person
politician
sprinter
surname
Obinna is a Nigerian surname commonly associated with Igbo heritage and borne by various notable individuals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obinna canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12490407 — 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: Obinna Context triple: [John Michael Nchekwube Obinna, familyName, Obinna]
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A.
Obinugwu
Obinugwu is a town in southeastern Nigeria located within Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State.
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B.
Nwankwo
Nwankwo is the given name of Nigerian football legend Nwankwo Kanu, a highly decorated forward known for his time at Ajax, Inter Milan, and Arsenal.
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C.
Okpokwu
Okpokwu is a local government area in Benue State, Nigeria, predominantly inhabited by the Idoma people.
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D.
Dumebi
Dumebi is a popular Afrobeats hit song by Nigerian singer Rema that helped launch him to international prominence.
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E.
Ikechukwu
Ikechukwu is a Nigerian rapper and actor known for his contributions to the Afrobeats and hip-hop scenes.
- 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: Obinna Target entity description: Obinna is a Nigerian surname commonly associated with Igbo heritage and borne by various notable individuals.
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A.
Obinugwu
Obinugwu is a town in southeastern Nigeria located within Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State.
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B.
Nwankwo
Nwankwo is the given name of Nigerian football legend Nwankwo Kanu, a highly decorated forward known for his time at Ajax, Inter Milan, and Arsenal.
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C.
Okpokwu
Okpokwu is a local government area in Benue State, Nigeria, predominantly inhabited by the Idoma people.
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D.
Dumebi
Dumebi is a popular Afrobeats hit song by Nigerian singer Rema that helped launch him to international prominence.
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E.
Ikechukwu
Ikechukwu is a Nigerian rapper and actor known for his contributions to the Afrobeats and hip-hop scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Igbo-language surname
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Nigerian surname ⓘ association football player ⓘ association football player ⓘ basketball player ⓘ basketball player ⓘ family name ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ politician ⓘ sprinter ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Nigeria
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Nigeria ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Southeastern Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociation | Igbo people ⓘ |
| frequencyOfUse | common among Igbo families ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeUse | Christian given name among Igbo people ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | primarily masculine given name in Igbo culture ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Igbo language
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linked to:
Igbo
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| meaningInIgbo |
Father’s heart
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Heart of the Father ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
African surname
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West African surname ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Obinna Chidoka
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Obinna Ekezie ⓘ Obinna Metu ⓘ Obinna Nsofor ⓘ Obinna Nwobodo ⓘ Obinna Oleka ⓘ |
| sport |
athletics
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basketball ⓘ basketball ⓘ football ⓘ football ⓘ |
| usedAs |
given name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
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linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Obinna Description of subject: Obinna is a Nigerian surname commonly associated with Igbo heritage and borne by various notable individuals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.