Cay Sal Bank
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Cay Sal Bank is a remote, largely uninhabited atoll-like carbonate platform in the western Bahamas, known for its shallow reefs and proximity to the Straits of Florida and Cuba.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cay Sal Bank canonical | 1 |
| Cay Sal Island | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1487182 — 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: Cay Sal Bank Context triple: [Bahama Banks, hasPart, Cay Sal Bank]
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A.
Bedloe's Island
Bedloe's Island is the former name of Liberty Island in New York Harbor, best known today as the site of the Statue of Liberty.
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B.
Cape Sable
Cape Sable is the southernmost point of mainland Florida, a remote coastal region of the Everglades known for its wetlands, wildlife, and vulnerability to hurricanes and sea-level rise.
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C.
Boat Island
Boat Island is a small island located within the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, known for its marine biodiversity and scenic coastal environment.
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D.
Poplar Island
Poplar Island is a restored island in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay known for large-scale habitat reconstruction and wildlife conservation efforts.
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E.
Fannette Island
Fannette Island is the only island in Lake Tahoe, known for its picturesque setting in Emerald Bay and the ruins of a small stone teahouse on its summit.
- 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: Cay Sal Bank Target entity description: Cay Sal Bank is a remote, largely uninhabited atoll-like carbonate platform in the western Bahamas, known for its shallow reefs and proximity to the Straits of Florida and Cuba.
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A.
Bedloe's Island
Bedloe's Island is the former name of Liberty Island in New York Harbor, best known today as the site of the Statue of Liberty.
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B.
Cape Sable
Cape Sable is the southernmost point of mainland Florida, a remote coastal region of the Everglades known for its wetlands, wildlife, and vulnerability to hurricanes and sea-level rise.
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C.
Boat Island
Boat Island is a small island located within the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, known for its marine biodiversity and scenic coastal environment.
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D.
Poplar Island
Poplar Island is a restored island in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay known for large-scale habitat reconstruction and wildlife conservation efforts.
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E.
Fannette Island
Fannette Island is the only island in Lake Tahoe, known for its picturesque setting in Emerald Bay and the ruins of a small stone teahouse on its summit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bank
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carbonate platform ⓘ geographic region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Straits of Florida
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deep water channels ⓘ |
| climate | tropical marine ⓘ |
| country | Bahamas ⓘ |
| elevation | generally low-lying ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
atoll-like shape
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carbonate sediments ⓘ clear waters ⓘ fringing reefs ⓘ shallow reefs ⓘ submerged shoals ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Anguilla Cays
ⓘ
Big Dog Rocks ⓘ Cay Sal Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cay Sal Island
Cistern Cay ⓘ Dog Rocks ⓘ Double Headed Shot Cays ⓘ Elbow Cays ⓘ Little Dog Rocks ⓘ Marion Rock ⓘ Moultrie Cays ⓘ Anguilla Cays ⓘ
surface form:
North Anguilla Cays
Elbow Cays ⓘ
surface form:
North Elbow Cay
Cistern Cay ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Cay
Orange Cay ⓘ Salt Cay ⓘ Sand Key ⓘ Anguilla Cays ⓘ
surface form:
South Anguilla Cays
South Cay ⓘ Elbow Cays ⓘ
surface form:
South Elbow Cay
Cistern Cay ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest Cay
Southwest Point Cays ⓘ Water Cays ⓘ coral reefs ⓘ reef system ⓘ rocky islets ⓘ sand cays ⓘ shallow lagoons ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
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Lucayan Archipelago ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ
surface form:
northern Caribbean Sea
western Bahamas ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Cuba
ⓘ
Florida Keys ⓘ Straits of Florida ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Cuba ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Florida Keys ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Andros Island ⓘ |
| partOf | Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ |
| population | largely uninhabited ⓘ |
| strategicLocation | between Cuba and Florida ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boating
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diving ⓘ fishing ⓘ |
| vulnerableTo |
hurricanes
ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cay Sal Bank Description of subject: Cay Sal Bank is a remote, largely uninhabited atoll-like carbonate platform in the western Bahamas, known for its shallow reefs and proximity to the Straits of Florida and Cuba.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cay Sal Island