Gonçalo Velho Cabral
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gonçalo Velho Cabral canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4155797 — 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: Gonçalo Velho Cabral Context triple: [voyages of Henry the Navigator, notableExplorer, Gonçalo Velho Cabral]
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A.
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese navigator and fleet commander best known for leading the 1500 voyage that resulted in the European discovery of Brazil.
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B.
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.
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C.
Diogo Cão
Diogo Cão was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer known for pioneering voyages along the west coast of Africa during the Age of Discovery.
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D.
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
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E.
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.
- 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: Gonçalo Velho Cabral Target entity description: 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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A.
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese navigator and fleet commander best known for leading the 1500 voyage that resulted in the European discovery of Brazil.
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B.
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.
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C.
Diogo Cão
Diogo Cão was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer known for pioneering voyages along the west coast of Africa during the Age of Discovery.
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D.
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century explorer
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Portuguese navigator ⓘ explorer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| continentOfExploration | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Order of Christ
NERFINISHED
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Prince Henry the Navigator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explored |
Azores archipelago
NERFINISHED
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Santa Maria Island NERFINISHED ⓘ São Miguel Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Atlantic navigation
ⓘ
maritime exploration ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Cabral family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | Portuguese nobility ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early discovery of Azorean islands
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leading colonization of Santa Maria in the Azores ⓘ leading colonization of São Miguel in the Azores ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Portuguese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Captain-Donatary of Santa Maria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Captain-Donatary of São Miguel ⓘ |
| notableWork |
early discovery of islands in the Azores
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exploration of the Azores archipelago ⓘ settlement of Santa Maria Island ⓘ settlement of São Miguel Island ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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military commander ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| participantIn | Portuguese maritime expansion ⓘ |
| partOf | Portuguese Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Prince Henry the Navigator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Azores
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa Maria Island NERFINISHED ⓘ São Miguel Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Captain-Donatary of Santa Maria
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Captain-Donatary of São Miguel ⓘ |
| regionGoverned |
Santa Maria Island
NERFINISHED
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São Miguel Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| roleInHistory | pioneer of settlement in the Azores ⓘ |
| typeOfNavigator | Atlantic navigator ⓘ |
| underTheAuthorityOf |
Portuguese Crown
NERFINISHED
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Prince Henry the Navigator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gonçalo Velho Cabral Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.