Gorée Island
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Gorée Island is a small island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, historically known as a major center of the Atlantic slave trade and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gorée Island canonical | 8 |
| Island of Gorée | 3 |
| Gorée | 2 |
| Island of Gorée World Heritage Site | 2 |
| Castel de Gorée | 1 |
| Commune of Gorée | 1 |
| Gorée Island harbor | 1 |
| Island of Gorée UNESCO World Heritage Site | 1 |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site Gorée Island | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T698514 — 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: Gorée Island Context triple: [Dakar, hasIsland, Gorée Island]
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A.
Annobón
Annobón is a small, remote volcanic island and province of Equatorial Guinea in the Gulf of Guinea, known for its unique biodiversity and Portuguese-influenced Creole culture.
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B.
Robert Island
Robert Island is one of the remote, ice-covered islands of the South Shetland archipelago off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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C.
St. Helena
St. Helena is a small, historic city in California’s Napa Valley known for its wineries, vineyards, and upscale culinary and tourism scene.
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D.
Saint Helena
Saint Helena is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, best known as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile and death.
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E.
Elmina Castle
Elmina Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that became one of the most significant hubs of the transatlantic slave trade.
- 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: Gorée Island Target entity description: Gorée Island is a small island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, historically known as a major center of the Atlantic slave trade and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A.
Annobón
Annobón is a small, remote volcanic island and province of Equatorial Guinea in the Gulf of Guinea, known for its unique biodiversity and Portuguese-influenced Creole culture.
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B.
Robert Island
Robert Island is one of the remote, ice-covered islands of the South Shetland archipelago off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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C.
St. Helena
St. Helena is a small, historic city in California’s Napa Valley known for its wineries, vineyards, and upscale culinary and tourism scene.
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D.
Saint Helena
Saint Helena is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, best known as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile and death.
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E.
Elmina Castle
Elmina Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that became one of the most significant hubs of the transatlantic slave trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
island ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | commune of Senegal ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | French colonial architecture ⓘ |
| area | approximately 0.18 square kilometres ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African diaspora
ⓘ
memory of slavery ⓘ |
| colonialPower |
England
ⓘ
France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Portugal ⓘ |
| contains |
Gorée Island
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Castel de Gorée
Fort d’Estrées ⓘ House of Slaves ⓘ Saint-Charles Church ⓘ historical museum of Senegal ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Senegal ⓘ |
| countryCapitalProximity | near Dakar ⓘ |
| currentUse |
memorial to the Atlantic slave trade
ⓘ
residential area ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ |
| firstEuropeanOccupation | Portuguese ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Gorée Island
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Commune of Gorée
|
| heritageProtection | protected under Senegalese law ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfImportance | 15th to 19th centuries ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Door of No Return
ⓘ
House of Slaves museum ⓘ historic colonial architecture ⓘ memory of the slave trade ⓘ role in the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| length | about 900 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Dakar ⓘ Dakar Region ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+0 ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | Dakar ⓘ |
| majorHistoricalFunction |
slave-trading centre
ⓘ
trading post ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | derived from Dutch "Goede Reede" meaning "good harbour" ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cap-Vert Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Cap-Vert Peninsula area
|
| population | approximately 1,000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| religionPresence |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| tourismActivity | guided historical tours ⓘ |
| transportConnection | ferry link with Dakar ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria | (vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageId | 26 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion | Africa ⓘ |
| visitedBy | heads of state and international dignitaries ⓘ |
| width | about 350 metres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gorée Island Description of subject: Gorée Island is a small island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, historically known as a major center of the Atlantic slave trade and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Island of Gorée
this entity surface form:
Castel de Gorée
this entity surface form:
Commune of Gorée
this entity surface form:
Island of Gorée
subject surface form:
House of Slaves
subject surface form:
House of Slaves
this entity surface form:
Island of Gorée World Heritage Site
this entity surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Gorée Island
this entity surface form:
Island of Gorée World Heritage Site
this entity surface form:
Island of Gorée UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form:
Gorée Island harbor
this entity surface form:
Gorée
this entity surface form:
Gorée
this entity surface form:
Island of Gorée