Chokalingam
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Chokalingam is the family name of American actress, writer, and producer Mindy Kaling (born Vera Mindy Chokalingam), known for her work on "The Office" and "The Mindy Project."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chokalingam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23174430 — 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: Chokalingam Context triple: [Vera Mindy Chokalingam, familyName, Chokalingam]
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A.
Arulpragasam
Arulpragasam is the family name of Mathangi "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, the British-Sri Lankan musician and artist known for her genre-blending music and political themes.
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B.
Kandaswamy
Kandaswamy is a form of the Hindu god Murugan (also known as Skanda or Kartikeya), widely revered as a warrior deity and patron god of Tamil people.
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C.
Kumaraswami
Kumaraswami is the given name of K. Kamaraj, a prominent Indian independence activist and influential Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
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D.
Shanmugaratnam
Shanmugaratnam is a Tamil-origin surname most prominently associated with Singaporean statesman and current President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
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E.
Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy
Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy, better known as Vaiko, is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu and the founder and general secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) party.
- 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: Chokalingam Target entity description: Chokalingam is the family name of American actress, writer, and producer Mindy Kaling (born Vera Mindy Chokalingam), known for her work on "The Office" and "The Mindy Project."
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A.
Arulpragasam
Arulpragasam is the family name of Mathangi "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, the British-Sri Lankan musician and artist known for her genre-blending music and political themes.
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B.
Kandaswamy
Kandaswamy is a form of the Hindu god Murugan (also known as Skanda or Kartikeya), widely revered as a warrior deity and patron god of Tamil people.
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C.
Kumaraswami
Kumaraswami is the given name of K. Kamaraj, a prominent Indian independence activist and influential Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
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D.
Shanmugaratnam
Shanmugaratnam is a Tamil-origin surname most prominently associated with Singaporean statesman and current President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
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E.
Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy
Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy, better known as Vaiko, is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu and the founder and general secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.