Ferdinand Marcos
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Ferdinand Marcos was a Filipino politician and dictator who ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, known for declaring martial law, widespread human rights abuses, and large-scale corruption.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ferdinand Marcos canonical | 57 |
| Ferdinand E. Marcos | 11 |
| President Ferdinand E. Marcos | 4 |
| Ferdinand Marcos Sr. | 2 |
| Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos | 1 |
| President Ferdinand Marcos | 1 |
| Second term of Ferdinand Marcos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T714709 — 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: Ferdinand Marcos Context triple: [President of the Philippines, officeHoldersInclude, Ferdinand Marcos]
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A.
Carlos P. Garcia
Carlos P. Garcia was a Filipino lawyer, poet, and statesman who became the eighth President of the Philippines, known for his "Filipino First" policy and emphasis on economic nationalism.
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B.
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and the ninth president of the Philippines, known for his economic reforms and for moving the country's Independence Day to June 12.
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C.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo was a Filipino revolutionary leader and the first President of the Philippines, who played a central role in the struggle for independence from Spanish and later American rule.
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D.
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Quirino was a Filipino lawyer and statesman who served as the sixth President of the Philippines, leading the country’s post-World War II reconstruction and economic recovery.
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E.
Jose P. Laurel
Jose P. Laurel was a Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as president during the Japanese occupation in World War II and later became a prominent postwar statesman.
- 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: Ferdinand Marcos Target entity description: Ferdinand Marcos was a Filipino politician and dictator who ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, known for declaring martial law, widespread human rights abuses, and large-scale corruption.
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A.
Carlos P. Garcia
Carlos P. Garcia was a Filipino lawyer, poet, and statesman who became the eighth President of the Philippines, known for his "Filipino First" policy and emphasis on economic nationalism.
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B.
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and the ninth president of the Philippines, known for his economic reforms and for moving the country's Independence Day to June 12.
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C.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo was a Filipino revolutionary leader and the first President of the Philippines, who played a central role in the struggle for independence from Spanish and later American rule.
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D.
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Quirino was a Filipino lawyer and statesman who served as the sixth President of the Philippines, leading the country’s post-World War II reconstruction and economic recovery.
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E.
Jose P. Laurel
Jose P. Laurel was a Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as president during the Japanese occupation in World War II and later became a prominent postwar statesman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
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: Ferdinand Marcos Description of subject: Ferdinand Marcos was a Filipino politician and dictator who ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, known for declaring martial law, widespread human rights abuses, and large-scale corruption.
Referenced by (77)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valor) on Mount Samat
linked to: Ferdinand Marcos
linked to: Ferdinand Marcos
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Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay
linked to: Ferdinand Marcos
linked to: Ferdinand Marcos
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Libingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig, Philippines
linked to: Ferdinand Marcos
linked to: Ferdinand Marcos
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Corazon
linked to: Ferdinand Marcos
linked to: Ferdinand Marcos
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National Assembly
subject linked to:
National Assembly
linked to: Ferdinand Marcos