Skikda, Algeria
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Skikda, Algeria is a Mediterranean port city in northeastern Algeria known historically as Philippeville during French colonial rule and as the site of significant events in the Algerian War of Independence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skikda, Algeria canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7003047 — 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: Skikda, Algeria Context triple: [Philippeville massacre, locatedInPresentDay, Skikda, Algeria]
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A.
Annaba, Algeria
Annaba, Algeria is a coastal city in northeastern Algeria best known as the modern location of ancient Hippo Regius, where Saint Augustine served as bishop.
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B.
El Azizia, Algeria
El Azizia is a small town in Algeria notable as the birthplace of prominent diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi.
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C.
El Telagh, Algeria
El Telagh, Algeria is a small town in northwestern Algeria known as the birthplace of Olympic marathon champion Alain Mimoun.
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D.
Kharbouch
Kharbouch is the family surname of Moroccan-American rapper and entrepreneur French Montana.
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E.
El Haouaria
El Haouaria is a coastal town in northeastern Tunisia known for its strategic location at the tip of the Cap Bon peninsula and its traditional falconry.
- 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: Skikda, Algeria Target entity description: Skikda, Algeria is a Mediterranean port city in northeastern Algeria known historically as Philippeville during French colonial rule and as the site of significant events in the Algerian War of Independence.
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A.
Annaba, Algeria
Annaba, Algeria is a coastal city in northeastern Algeria best known as the modern location of ancient Hippo Regius, where Saint Augustine served as bishop.
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B.
El Azizia, Algeria
El Azizia is a small town in Algeria notable as the birthplace of prominent diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi.
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C.
El Telagh, Algeria
El Telagh, Algeria is a small town in northwestern Algeria known as the birthplace of Olympic marathon champion Alain Mimoun.
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D.
Kharbouch
Kharbouch is the family surname of Moroccan-American rapper and entrepreneur French Montana.
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E.
El Haouaria
El Haouaria is a coastal town in northeastern Tunisia known for its strategic location at the tip of the Cap Bon peninsula and its traditional falconry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| administrativeRole | capital of Skikda Province ⓘ |
| belongsTo | People's Democratic Republic of Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| colonialPower | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonLanguage |
Algerian Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Algeria ⓘ |
| currency | Algerian dinar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName | Philippeville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | municipal council of Skikda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBeach | Mediterranean beaches ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
liquefied natural gas plant
ⓘ
oil refinery ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
fishing
ⓘ
petrochemical industry ⓘ port-related services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of Skikda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
highway
ⓘ
railway ⓘ seaport ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Algerian War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| is | Mediterranean port city ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Skikda Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northeastern Algeria ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| locatedOnBodyOfWater | Gulf of Skikda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Philippe I, King of the Belgians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySea | Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| partOf | Maghreb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portType |
commercial port
ⓘ
oil and gas terminal ⓘ passenger port ⓘ |
| postalCodeType | Algerian postal code ⓘ |
| railConnection |
Annaba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Constantine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Tell Atlas coastal region ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Islam ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
Constantine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jijel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +1 ⓘ |
| wasRenamed | Skikda after Algerian independence ⓘ |
| wasSiteOf | events during the Algerian War of Independence ⓘ |
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
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: Skikda, Algeria Description of subject: Skikda, Algeria is a Mediterranean port city in northeastern Algeria known historically as Philippeville during French colonial rule and as the site of significant events in the Algerian War of Independence.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.