Bou Craa conveyor system
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The Bou Craa conveyor system is one of the world’s longest conveyor belts, transporting phosphate ore across the Western Sahara desert from inland mines to the Atlantic coast for export.
All labels observed (1)
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| Bou Craa conveyor system canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14162146 — 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: Bou Craa conveyor system Context triple: [Port of El Aaiún, connectedTo, Bou Craa conveyor system]
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A.
Kégresse track system
The Kégresse track system is a flexible, rubber-based continuous track mechanism developed in the early 20th century to enable wheeled vehicles to traverse difficult terrain like snow, sand, and mud.
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B.
Barger-Compascuum
Barger-Compascuum is a village in the province of Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands, known for its peat history and open-air museum.
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C.
Minitrack system
The Minitrack system was an early ground-based satellite tracking network developed in the 1950s to detect and follow the radio signals of Earth-orbiting spacecraft.
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D.
Marly machine
The Marly machine was a monumental 17th-century hydraulic system built near the Château de Marly to pump water from the Seine to supply the fountains and gardens of the Palace of Versailles.
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E.
FLOW-MATIC
FLOW-MATIC was an early English-like business data processing programming language developed by Grace Hopper that directly inspired the design and syntax of COBOL.
- 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: Bou Craa conveyor system Target entity description: The Bou Craa conveyor system is one of the world’s longest conveyor belts, transporting phosphate ore across the Western Sahara desert from inland mines to the Atlantic coast for export.
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A.
Kégresse track system
The Kégresse track system is a flexible, rubber-based continuous track mechanism developed in the early 20th century to enable wheeled vehicles to traverse difficult terrain like snow, sand, and mud.
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B.
Barger-Compascuum
Barger-Compascuum is a village in the province of Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands, known for its peat history and open-air museum.
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C.
Minitrack system
The Minitrack system was an early ground-based satellite tracking network developed in the 1950s to detect and follow the radio signals of Earth-orbiting spacecraft.
-
D.
Marly machine
The Marly machine was a monumental 17th-century hydraulic system built near the Château de Marly to pump water from the Seine to supply the fountains and gardens of the Palace of Versailles.
-
E.
FLOW-MATIC
FLOW-MATIC was an early English-like business data processing programming language developed by Grace Hopper that directly inspired the design and syntax of COBOL.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Port of El Aaiún