Sonam Gyatso
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Sonam Gyatso was the 3rd Dalai Lama of Tibet, a prominent Gelugpa Buddhist leader whose alliance with Mongol ruler Altan Khan helped establish the Dalai Lama title and spread Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonam Gyatso canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22601620 — 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: Sonam Gyatso Context triple: [Altan Khan, alliedWith, Sonam Gyatso]
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A.
Jetsün Dragpa Gyaltsen
Jetsün Dragpa Gyaltsen was a prominent 12th–13th century Tibetan Buddhist master and scholar, recognized as one of the founding patriarchs of the Sakya tradition.
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B.
Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Lhakpa Tsamchoe is a Tibetan actress best known internationally for her role in the film "Seven Years in Tibet."
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C.
Tsewang Rabtan
Tsewang Rabtan was an 18th-century Dzungar khan known for expanding and consolidating the Dzungar Khanate in Central Asia and waging major conflicts against the Qing dynasty.
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D.
Ngawang Namgyal
Ngawang Namgyal was a 17th-century Tibetan Buddhist lama and statesman best known for unifying Bhutan and establishing it as a distinct Himalayan Buddhist kingdom.
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E.
Gyalzen Norbu
Gyalzen Norbu is a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Himalayan peak Mountain of the Spirit.
- 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: Sonam Gyatso Target entity description: Sonam Gyatso was the 3rd Dalai Lama of Tibet, a prominent Gelugpa Buddhist leader whose alliance with Mongol ruler Altan Khan helped establish the Dalai Lama title and spread Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia.
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A.
Jetsün Dragpa Gyaltsen
Jetsün Dragpa Gyaltsen was a prominent 12th–13th century Tibetan Buddhist master and scholar, recognized as one of the founding patriarchs of the Sakya tradition.
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B.
Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Lhakpa Tsamchoe is a Tibetan actress best known internationally for her role in the film "Seven Years in Tibet."
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C.
Tsewang Rabtan
Tsewang Rabtan was an 18th-century Dzungar khan known for expanding and consolidating the Dzungar Khanate in Central Asia and waging major conflicts against the Qing dynasty.
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D.
Ngawang Namgyal
Ngawang Namgyal was a 17th-century Tibetan Buddhist lama and statesman best known for unifying Bhutan and establishing it as a distinct Himalayan Buddhist kingdom.
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E.
Gyalzen Norbu
Gyalzen Norbu is a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Himalayan peak Mountain of the Spirit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.