Grande Terre
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Grande Terre is the largest and main island of the remote Kerguelen archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, known for its harsh subantarctic climate and rugged, volcanic landscape.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grande Terre canonical | 5 |
| Île de l'Ouest | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2673549 — 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: Grande Terre Context triple: [Kerguelen Islands, hasMainIsland, Grande Terre]
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A.
Grande Terre
Grande Terre is the largest and most populous island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, known for its mountainous interior and surrounding coral reefs.
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B.
Île aux Vaches
Île aux Vaches is the former name of Île Saint-Louis, one of the two natural islands in the Seine at the historic center of Paris.
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C.
Grande-Terre
Grande-Terre is one of the main islands of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, known for its white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and tourism-centered coastal towns.
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D.
Grande-Terre
Grande-Terre is the larger of the two principal islands of the French overseas department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
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E.
Île Nouvelle
Île Nouvelle is a river island in southwestern France located in the Gironde estuary, known for its protected natural habitats and birdlife.
- 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: Grande Terre Target entity description: Grande Terre is the largest and main island of the remote Kerguelen archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, known for its harsh subantarctic climate and rugged, volcanic landscape.
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A.
Grande Terre
Grande Terre is the largest and most populous island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, known for its mountainous interior and surrounding coral reefs.
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B.
Île aux Vaches
Île aux Vaches is the former name of Île Saint-Louis, one of the two natural islands in the Seine at the historic center of Paris.
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C.
Grande-Terre
Grande-Terre is one of the main islands of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, known for its white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and tourism-centered coastal towns.
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D.
Grande-Terre
Grande-Terre is the larger of the two principal islands of the French overseas department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
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E.
Île Nouvelle
Île Nouvelle is a river island in southwestern France located in the Gironde estuary, known for its protected natural habitats and birdlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
ⓘ
main island ⓘ |
| accessedBy | ship ⓘ |
| administeredBy | French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ |
| archipelago | Kerguelen Islands ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
ⓘ
French overseas territories ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
glaciated areas
ⓘ
harsh weather ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ volcanic landscape ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
oceanic climate
ⓘ
subantarctic climate ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem | subantarctic island ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cliffs
ⓘ
deep bays ⓘ fjords ⓘ glaciers ⓘ mountain ranges ⓘ tundra vegetation ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalOrigin | volcanic ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | Mont Ross ⓘ |
| hasHumanPresence | research station ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | district of French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ |
| hasNoPermanentCivilianPopulation | true ⓘ |
| hasNoRoadConnectionTo | other countries ⓘ |
| hasPrevailingWinds | strong westerlies ⓘ |
| hasSurroundingSeaConditions | rough seas ⓘ |
| hasWeatherCharacteristic |
cool temperatures year-round
ⓘ
frequent storms ⓘ high humidity ⓘ |
| isHabitatFor |
penguins
ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| isLargestIslandOf | Kerguelen Islands ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ |
| isRemoteFrom | continental landmasses ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
southern Indian Ocean
ⓘ
subantarctic region ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Kerguelen Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Grande Terre (Kerguelen)
|
| mainSettlement | Port-aux-Français ⓘ |
| partOf | Kerguelen Islands ⓘ |
| usedFor |
meteorological observations
ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ |
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: Grande Terre Description of subject: Grande Terre is the largest and main island of the remote Kerguelen archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, known for its harsh subantarctic climate and rugged, volcanic landscape.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Île de l'Ouest