Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
E162947
Tenkodogo is a historic town in eastern Burkina Faso, considered one of the country’s oldest settlements and an important regional center for the Gurma people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T788165 — 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: Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso Context triple: [Town of Chapel Hill, hasSisterCity, Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso]
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A.
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked West African country known for its diverse cultures, Sahelian landscapes, and capital city, Ouagadougou.
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B.
Mali
Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
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C.
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea known for its cocoa production, diverse cultures, and economic prominence in the region.
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D.
Benin
Benin is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea known for its historical Kingdom of Dahomey and as a key region in the transatlantic slave trade.
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E.
Senegal
Senegal is a West African country on the Atlantic coast known for its vibrant culture, historic role in transatlantic trade, and diverse coastal and Sahelian landscapes.
- 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: Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso Target entity description: Tenkodogo is a historic town in eastern Burkina Faso, considered one of the country’s oldest settlements and an important regional center for the Gurma people.
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A.
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked West African country known for its diverse cultures, Sahelian landscapes, and capital city, Ouagadougou.
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B.
Mali
Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
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C.
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea known for its cocoa production, diverse cultures, and economic prominence in the region.
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D.
Benin
Benin is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea known for its historical Kingdom of Dahomey and as a key region in the transatlantic slave trade.
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E.
Senegal
Senegal is a West African country on the Atlantic coast known for its vibrant culture, historic role in transatlantic trade, and diverse coastal and Sahelian landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
commune ⓘ |
| climateClassification | Aw (Köppen) ⓘ |
| commonLanguages |
Gourmanchéma
ⓘ
Mooré ⓘ |
| connectedBy | road network ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| countryCapital | Ouagadougou ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the oldest towns in Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| ethnicRegionFor | Gurma people ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative center
ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ regional market center ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early settlement in the region ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Ouagadougou ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boulgou Province
ⓘ
Centre-Est Region ⓘ eastern Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| provinceCapitalOf | Boulgou Province ⓘ |
| regionCapitalOf | Centre-Est Region ⓘ |
| religions |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ |
| role |
provincial capital
ⓘ
regional center ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+0 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso Description of subject: Tenkodogo is a historic town in eastern Burkina Faso, considered one of the country’s oldest settlements and an important regional center for the Gurma people.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Town of Chapel Hill