Pushpa Kamal Dahal
E318817
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, widely known as Prachanda, is a prominent Nepalese politician and former guerrilla leader who headed the Maoist insurgency and has served multiple terms as Nepal’s prime minister.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pushpa Kamal Dahal canonical | 11 |
| Prachanda | 5 |
| Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3000088 — 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: Pushpa Kamal Dahal Context triple: [Nepalese Maoist movement, leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal]
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A.
Bhimsen Thapa
Bhimsen Thapa was a prominent early 19th-century Nepalese statesman and military leader who served as Mukhtiyar (prime minister) of Nepal and played a key role in shaping the country’s foreign and military policy.
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B.
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
Laxmi Prasad Devkota was a renowned Nepali poet, playwright, and essayist widely celebrated as the "Mahakavi" (Great Poet) of Nepali literature.
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C.
Bhanubhakta Acharya
Bhanubhakta Acharya was a pioneering 19th-century Nepali poet and translator, celebrated as the "Adikavi" (first poet) of Nepali literature for his influential works including the translation of the Ramayana into Nepali.
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D.
Ajaypal Singh Banga
Ajaypal Singh Banga is an Indian-American business executive and former Mastercard CEO who currently serves as President of the World Bank Group.
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E.
Gopinath Bordoloi
Gopinath Bordoloi was a prominent Indian freedom fighter and the first Chief Minister of Assam, revered for his role in safeguarding the state's political and cultural identity after independence.
- 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: Pushpa Kamal Dahal Target entity description: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, widely known as Prachanda, is a prominent Nepalese politician and former guerrilla leader who headed the Maoist insurgency and has served multiple terms as Nepal’s prime minister.
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A.
Bhimsen Thapa
Bhimsen Thapa was a prominent early 19th-century Nepalese statesman and military leader who served as Mukhtiyar (prime minister) of Nepal and played a key role in shaping the country’s foreign and military policy.
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B.
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
Laxmi Prasad Devkota was a renowned Nepali poet, playwright, and essayist widely celebrated as the "Mahakavi" (Great Poet) of Nepali literature.
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C.
Bhanubhakta Acharya
Bhanubhakta Acharya was a pioneering 19th-century Nepali poet and translator, celebrated as the "Adikavi" (first poet) of Nepali literature for his influential works including the translation of the Ramayana into Nepali.
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D.
Ajaypal Singh Banga
Ajaypal Singh Banga is an Indian-American business executive and former Mastercard CEO who currently serves as President of the World Bank Group.
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E.
Gopinath Bordoloi
Gopinath Bordoloi was a prominent Indian freedom fighter and the first Chief Minister of Assam, revered for his role in safeguarding the state's political and cultural identity after independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guerrilla leader
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ prime minister ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| advocates | Federal democratic republic in Nepal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Prachanda
ⓘ
linked to:
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Nepal ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-12-11 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Brahmin ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Nepal ⓘ |
| ideology |
Communism
ⓘ
linked to:
communism
Maoism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Nepali ⓘ |
| movement |
Maoist insurgency in Nepal
ⓘ
linked to:
Nepalese Maoist movement
Nepalese Civil War ⓘ
linked to:
Nepalese Maoist movement
|
| name | Pushpa Kamal Dahal ⓘ |
| nationality | Nepalese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Becoming prime minister after the end of the monarchy in Nepal
ⓘ
Leading the decade-long Maoist insurgency in Nepal ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| officeAssumed |
Prime Minister of Nepal, first term 2008
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Nepal, second term 2016 ⓘ Prime Minister of Nepal, third term 2022 ⓘ |
| opposed |
Nepalese monarchy
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Nepal
|
| participatedIn | Constitution drafting process of Nepal ⓘ |
| party | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Gandaki Province
ⓘ
Kaski District ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
Far-left
ⓘ
Left-wing ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
ⓘ
Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) ⓘ Member of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal ⓘ Member of the House of Representatives of Nepal ⓘ Prime Minister of Nepal ⓘ
linked to:
Prime Minister
|
| previousParty |
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
|
| regionOfActivity |
Nepal
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Kathmandu ⓘ |
| roleInConflict | Leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) insurgency ⓘ |
| roleInPeaceProcess | Key negotiator in ending the Nepalese Civil War ⓘ |
| signed | Comprehensive Peace Accord of Nepal ⓘ |
| spouse | Sita Dahal ⓘ |
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: Pushpa Kamal Dahal Description of subject: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, widely known as Prachanda, is a prominent Nepalese politician and former guerrilla leader who headed the Maoist insurgency and has served multiple terms as Nepal’s prime minister.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Pushpa Kamal Dahal