Angostura (narrows of the Orinoco River)
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Angostura (narrows of the Orinoco River) is a historically significant, narrow stretch of the Orinoco in Venezuela that served as a key strategic and commercial chokepoint during the colonial and independence eras.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Angostura (narrows of the Orinoco River) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12373340 — 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: Angostura (narrows of the Orinoco River) Context triple: [Angostura, Venezuela, namedAfter, Angostura (narrows of the Orinoco River)]
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A.
La Guaira
La Guaira is a major port city on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, serving as the principal maritime gateway to the capital, Caracas.
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B.
Angostura River
The Angostura River is a significant Chilean watercourse that feeds into the Maipo River within the country’s central watershed.
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C.
Orinoco–Amazon waterway
The Orinoco–Amazon waterway is a natural inter-basin connection in South America that links the Orinoco and Amazon river systems, enabling water and species exchange between the two major basins.
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D.
Primera Angostura
Primera Angostura is a narrow channel within the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile, known as one of the key constricted passages along this historic maritime route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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E.
Caroni River
The Caroni River is one of the principal rivers of Trinidad, flowing through the island’s central plains and draining into the Gulf of Paria.
- 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: Angostura (narrows of the Orinoco River) Target entity description: Angostura (narrows of the Orinoco River) is a historically significant, narrow stretch of the Orinoco in Venezuela that served as a key strategic and commercial chokepoint during the colonial and independence eras.
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A.
La Guaira
La Guaira is a major port city on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, serving as the principal maritime gateway to the capital, Caracas.
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B.
Angostura River
The Angostura River is a significant Chilean watercourse that feeds into the Maipo River within the country’s central watershed.
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C.
Orinoco–Amazon waterway
The Orinoco–Amazon waterway is a natural inter-basin connection in South America that links the Orinoco and Amazon river systems, enabling water and species exchange between the two major basins.
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D.
Primera Angostura
Primera Angostura is a narrow channel within the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile, known as one of the key constricted passages along this historic maritime route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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E.
Caroni River
The Caroni River is a significant river in southeastern Venezuela known for its hydroelectric potential and for flowing through the Guayana region before joining the Orinoco.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.