Diogo Lopes de Sequeira
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Diogo Lopes de Sequeira was a Portuguese navigator and colonial administrator known for leading early 16th-century expeditions that helped establish Portugal’s presence in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14927300 — 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: Diogo Lopes de Sequeira Context triple: [Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean, hasKeyFigure, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira]
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Gonçalo Velho Cabral
Gonçalo Velho Cabral was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer credited with the early discovery and settlement of several islands in the Azores under the patronage of Prince Henry the Navigator.
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B.
Bartolomeu Perestrelo
Bartolomeu Perestrelo was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and colonizer who served as the first captain-donatary of the island of Porto Santo in the Madeira archipelago.
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C.
Diogo de Azambuja
Diogo de Azambuja was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and explorer best known for leading the expedition that established Portugal’s first major fortified trading post in West Africa.
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D.
Diogo de Boitaca
Diogo de Boitaca was a prominent early 16th-century Portuguese architect and master of the Manueline style, noted for his foundational work on major religious monuments in Portugal.
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E.
João da Nova
João da Nova was a Portuguese explorer and navigator of the Age of Discovery, noted for his voyages in the Indian Ocean and early contributions to Portugal’s maritime expansion.
- 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: Diogo Lopes de Sequeira Target entity description: Diogo Lopes de Sequeira was a Portuguese navigator and colonial administrator known for leading early 16th-century expeditions that helped establish Portugal’s presence in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia.
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A.
Gonçalo Velho Cabral
Gonçalo Velho Cabral was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer credited with the early discovery and settlement of several islands in the Azores under the patronage of Prince Henry the Navigator.
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B.
Bartolomeu Perestrelo
Bartolomeu Perestrelo was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and colonizer who served as the first captain-donatary of the island of Porto Santo in the Madeira archipelago.
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C.
Diogo de Azambuja
Diogo de Azambuja was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and explorer best known for leading the expedition that established Portugal’s first major fortified trading post in West Africa.
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D.
Diogo de Boitaca
Diogo de Boitaca was a prominent early 16th-century Portuguese architect and master of the Manueline style, noted for his foundational work on major religious monuments in Portugal.
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E.
João da Nova
João da Nova was a Portuguese explorer and navigator of the Age of Discovery, noted for his voyages in the Indian Ocean and early contributions to Portugal’s maritime expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
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