Caribbean colonies
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Caribbean colonies were early European-controlled island territories in the Caribbean Sea that became centers of plantation agriculture, forced Indigenous and African labor, and transatlantic trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caribbean colonies canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13909012 — 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: Caribbean colonies Context triple: [encomenderos in the Americas, practicedIn, Caribbean colonies]
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A.
Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company
The Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company were a network of Dutch-controlled island and coastal territories in the Caribbean and northern South America that served as key hubs for trade, plantation agriculture, and the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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B.
British colonies
The British colonies were overseas territories under the sovereignty and administration of the United Kingdom that formed the core of the British Empire and spanned regions across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania.
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C.
Colony of Jamaica
The Colony of Jamaica was a British colonial territory in the Caribbean that existed from the mid-17th century until its independence in 1962.
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D.
British West Indies
The British West Indies were a group of Caribbean colonies under British rule, central to the Atlantic slave trade and plantation-based sugar economy from the 17th to 19th centuries.
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E.
Colonarie
Colonarie is a small village in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, known as the birthplace of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves.
- 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: Caribbean colonies Target entity description: Caribbean colonies were early European-controlled island territories in the Caribbean Sea that became centers of plantation agriculture, forced Indigenous and African labor, and transatlantic trade.
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A.
Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company
The Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company were a network of Dutch-controlled island and coastal territories in the Caribbean and northern South America that served as key hubs for trade, plantation agriculture, and the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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B.
British colonies
The British colonies were overseas territories under the sovereignty and administration of the United Kingdom that formed the core of the British Empire and spanned regions across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania.
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C.
Colony of Jamaica
The Colony of Jamaica was a British colonial territory in the Caribbean that existed from the mid-17th century until its independence in 1962.
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D.
British West Indies
The British West Indies were a group of Caribbean colonies under British rule, central to the Atlantic slave trade and plantation-based sugar economy from the 17th to 19th centuries.
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E.
Colonarie
Colonarie is a small village in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, known as the birthplace of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.