Maung Thura
E175558
Maung Thura, better known by his stage name Zarganar, is a prominent Burmese comedian, actor, and dissident famed for his sharp political satire and repeated imprisonments under Myanmar’s military regimes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maung Thura canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1522202 — 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: Maung Thura Context triple: [Maung, hasNotableBearer, Maung Thura]
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A.
Maung Maung
Maung Maung was a Burmese lawyer, writer, and briefly the president of Myanmar in 1988 during a period of political upheaval.
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B.
Maung
Maung is a Burmese surname commonly used in Myanmar and among the Burmese diaspora.
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C.
U Nu
U Nu was a prominent Burmese political leader and the first Prime Minister of independent Burma, known for his role in postcolonial Asian diplomacy and non-aligned movement initiatives.
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D.
Min Ko Naing
Min Ko Naing is a prominent Burmese pro-democracy activist and former student leader renowned for his role in organizing resistance against military rule in Myanmar.
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E.
Hkakabo Razi
Hkakabo Razi is a remote, glaciated mountain in northern Myanmar that is widely regarded as the highest peak in Southeast Asia.
- 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: Maung Thura Target entity description: Maung Thura, better known by his stage name Zarganar, is a prominent Burmese comedian, actor, and dissident famed for his sharp political satire and repeated imprisonments under Myanmar’s military regimes.
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A.
Maung Maung
Maung Maung was a Burmese lawyer, writer, and briefly the president of Myanmar in 1988 during a period of political upheaval.
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B.
Maung
Maung is a Burmese surname commonly used in Myanmar and among the Burmese diaspora.
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C.
U Nu
U Nu was a prominent Burmese political leader and the first Prime Minister of independent Burma, known for his role in postcolonial Asian diplomacy and non-aligned movement initiatives.
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D.
Min Ko Naing
Min Ko Naing is a prominent Burmese pro-democracy activist and former student leader renowned for his role in organizing resistance against military rule in Myanmar.
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E.
Hkakabo Razi
Hkakabo Razi is a remote, glaciated mountain in northern Myanmar that is widely regarded as the highest peak in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ dissident ⓘ human ⓘ political prisoner ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Burmese film industry
ⓘ
Burmese theatre ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
democracy in Myanmar
ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lillian Hellman–Dashiell Hammett Award
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linked to:
Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award
One Humanity Award ⓘ PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award ⓘ |
| birthName | Maung Thura ⓘ |
| causeOfImprisonment |
criticism of government
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political activities ⓘ support for Cyclone Nargis relief efforts ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Myanmar ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Myanmar ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Dental Medicine Yangon ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bamar ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | dentistry ⓘ |
| genre |
political comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasBeenImprisonedBy |
Myanmar military government
ⓘ
linked to:
Tatmadaw
|
| hasChild | Hnin Pwint Thura ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Burmese ⓘ |
| nationality | Burmese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Burmese comedy
ⓘ
criticism of Myanmar military regime ⓘ political satire ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Burmese stage comedy shows
ⓘ
Burmese television comedy programs ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human rights activist ⓘ poet ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| opposes |
Myanmar military junta
ⓘ
linked to:
Tatmadaw
|
| participatedIn | Cyclone Nargis relief work ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Yangon ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-democracy ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | prisoner of conscience ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Amnesty International ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| spouse | Nwe Zin Win ⓘ |
| stageName | Zarganar ⓘ |
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: Maung Thura Description of subject: Maung Thura, better known by his stage name Zarganar, is a prominent Burmese comedian, actor, and dissident famed for his sharp political satire and repeated imprisonments under Myanmar’s military regimes.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.