Joseph Boakai
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Joseph Boakai is a Liberian politician who served as vice president under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and later became a prominent presidential candidate.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Boakai canonical | 6 |
| Joseph Nyumah Boakai | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8933538 — 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: Joseph Boakai Context triple: [Liberian general election, 2005, electedVicePresident, Joseph Boakai]
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A.
Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh is a Liberian politician, diplomat, and intellectual known for his roles in government and his influence on contemporary Liberian political thought.
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B.
Michael Owusu Addo
Michael Owusu Addo is a renowned Ghanaian rapper and songwriter best known by his stage name Sarkodie, celebrated as one of Africa’s most influential hip-hop and hiplife artists.
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C.
Kofi Siriboe
Kofi Siriboe is an American actor and model best known for his role as Ralph Angel Bordelon on the television series "Queen Sugar."
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D.
Kofi Yamgnane
Kofi Yamgnane is a Togolese-born French politician and civil engineer known for his work in local government and his role as a symbol of diversity in French politics.
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E.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer who has served as President of Ghana, leading the country’s executive branch.
- 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: Joseph Boakai Target entity description: Joseph Boakai is a Liberian politician who served as vice president under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and later became a prominent presidential candidate.
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A.
Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh is a Liberian politician, diplomat, and intellectual known for his roles in government and his influence on contemporary Liberian political thought.
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B.
Michael Owusu Addo
Michael Owusu Addo is a renowned Ghanaian rapper and songwriter best known by his stage name Sarkodie, celebrated as one of Africa’s most influential hip-hop and hiplife artists.
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C.
Kofi Siriboe
Kofi Siriboe is an American actor and model best known for his role as Ralph Angel Bordelon on the television series "Queen Sugar."
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D.
Kofi Yamgnane
Kofi Yamgnane is a Togolese-born French politician and civil engineer known for his work in local government and his role as a symbol of diversity in French politics.
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E.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer who has served as President of Ghana, leading the country’s executive branch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Liberian politician
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 30 November 1944 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Worsonga, Lofa County, Liberia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Liberia ⓘ |
| degree | Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of West Africa
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University of Liberia ⓘ |
| electionOutcome |
Defeated by George Weah in the 2017 Liberian presidential election runoff
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Elected President of Liberia in the 2023 presidential election runoff ⓘ |
| familyName | Boakai ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Excellency ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for agriculture and rural development in Liberia
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leading the Unity Party in opposition after 2018 ⓘ serving as Vice President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018 ⓘ winning the 2023 Liberian presidential election ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Unity Party (Liberia) ⓘ |
| name |
Joseph Nyumah Boakai
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linked to:
Joseph Boakai
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| notableRunningMate | Jeremiah Koung (2023 presidential election) ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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farmer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeAssumed |
Minister of Agriculture of Liberia, 1983
ⓘ
President of Liberia, 22 January 2024 ⓘ Vice President of Liberia, 16 January 2006 ⓘ |
| officeLeft |
Minister of Agriculture of Liberia, 1985
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Vice President of Liberia, 22 January 2018 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of Liberia
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Vice President of Liberia ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (as Vice President’s president)
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linked to:
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
George Weah ⓘ |
| previousPosition | Minister of Agriculture of Liberia ⓘ |
| ranForOffice |
President of Liberia in 2011 (running mate to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf)
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President of Liberia in 2017 ⓘ President of Liberia in 2023 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Monrovia, Liberia
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linked to:
Monrovia
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| servedUnder | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ⓘ |
| spouse | Kebeh Boakai ⓘ |
| vicePresident | Jeremiah Koung ⓘ |
| workedFor |
Liberia Petroleum Refining Company
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Liberian Produce Marketing Corporation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Joseph Boakai Description of subject: Joseph Boakai is a Liberian politician who served as vice president under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and later became a prominent presidential candidate.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Joseph Boakai