The Elders
E8810
The Elders is an independent group of global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela to promote peace, human rights, and ethical leadership worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Elders canonical | 11 |
| The Elders (supporter) | 1 |
| The Elders (with others) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60482 — 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: The Elders Context triple: [Sydney Peace Prize, hasRecipient, The Elders]
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A.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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B.
L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
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C.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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D.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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E.
City of Firsts
City of Firsts is a historic Massachusetts city known for its early industrial innovations and numerous pioneering achievements in American manufacturing and technology.
- 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: The Elders Target entity description: The Elders is an independent group of global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela to promote peace, human rights, and ethical leadership worldwide.
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A.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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B.
L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
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C.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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D.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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E.
City of Firsts
City of Firsts is a historic Massachusetts city known for its early industrial innovations and numerous pioneering achievements in American manufacturing and technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advocacy group
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international organization ⓘ non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| announcedBy | Nelson Mandela ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy |
Peter Gabriel
ⓘ
Richard Branson ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs | independent group of global leaders ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
climate justice
ⓘ
conflict resolution ⓘ gender equality ⓘ global governance ⓘ human rights ⓘ peacebuilding ⓘ rule of law ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Nelson Mandela ⓘ |
| founder | Nelson Mandela ⓘ |
| hasChairperson |
Ban Ki-moon
ⓘ
Desmond Tutu ⓘ Kofi Annan ⓘ Mary Robinson ⓘ |
| hasFocusIssue |
Middle East peace process
ⓘ
linked to:
Arab–Israeli peace process
climate change ⓘ nuclear non-proliferation ⓘ strengthening multilateralism ⓘ women’s rights ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aung San Suu Kyi
ⓘ
Ban Ki-moon ⓘ Desmond Tutu ⓘ Ela Bhatt ⓘ Ernesto Zedillo ⓘ
linked to:
President Ernesto Zedillo
Fernando Henrique Cardoso ⓘ Graça Machel ⓘ Gro Harlem Brundtland ⓘ Hina Jilani ⓘ Jimmy Carter ⓘ Kofi Annan ⓘ Lakhdar Brahimi ⓘ Martti Ahtisaari ⓘ Mary Robinson ⓘ Nelson Mandela ⓘ Ricardo Lagos ⓘ Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Independent global leaders working together for peace, justice and human rights ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| inception |
18 July 2007
ⓘ
2007 ⓘ |
| inceptionYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| legalForm | charitable organization ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | non-profit ⓘ |
| operatesOnPrinciple |
collective leadership
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ethical leadership ⓘ independence from governments ⓘ |
| purpose |
promote ethical leadership
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promote human rights ⓘ promote justice ⓘ promote peace ⓘ support conflict resolution ⓘ support sustainable development ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| website | https://theelders.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Elders Description of subject: The Elders is an independent group of global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela to promote peace, human rights, and ethical leadership worldwide.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.