Atlantic Ocean (historical region)
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The Atlantic Ocean (historical region) refers to the coastal maritime zone along the western shores of West Africa that historically connected inland kingdoms like Baol to trans-Atlantic trade and navigation routes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Atlantic Ocean (historical region) canonical | 1 |
| Atlantic Ocean (to the west of its territory) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14153605 — 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: Atlantic Ocean (historical region) Context triple: [Baol, hasCoastline, Atlantic Ocean (historical region)]
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A.
Atlantic Ocean region
The Atlantic Ocean region is the vast expanse of ocean separating the Americas from Europe and Africa, encompassing numerous seas, bays, and coastal areas such as Scapa Bay.
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B.
Atlantic Ocean (fictional setting)
Atlantic Ocean (fictional setting) is an imagined maritime region that serves as the broader oceanic backdrop for the fictional island town of New England and its surrounding coastal narratives.
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C.
Central Atlantic Ocean
The Central Atlantic Ocean is the mid-portion of the Atlantic Ocean basin, characterized by deep abyssal plains, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and extensive open-ocean waters between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
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D.
North-East Atlantic Ocean
The North-East Atlantic Ocean is the northeastern portion of the Atlantic, encompassing waters off Europe and parts of the Arctic and governed for environmental protection and marine management by regional bodies such as the OSPAR Commission.
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E.
North Atlantic area
The North Atlantic area is the broad transatlantic region encompassing the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean and surrounding countries in Europe and North America that form the geographic focus of NATO’s collective security.
- 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: Atlantic Ocean (historical region) Target entity description: The Atlantic Ocean (historical region) refers to the coastal maritime zone along the western shores of West Africa that historically connected inland kingdoms like Baol to trans-Atlantic trade and navigation routes.
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A.
Atlantic Ocean region
The Atlantic Ocean region is the vast expanse of ocean separating the Americas from Europe and Africa, encompassing numerous seas, bays, and coastal areas such as Scapa Bay.
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B.
Atlantic Ocean (fictional setting)
Atlantic Ocean (fictional setting) is an imagined maritime region that serves as the broader oceanic backdrop for the fictional island town of New England and its surrounding coastal narratives.
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C.
Central Atlantic Ocean
The Central Atlantic Ocean is the mid-portion of the Atlantic Ocean basin, characterized by deep abyssal plains, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and extensive open-ocean waters between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
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D.
North-East Atlantic Ocean
The North-East Atlantic Ocean is the northeastern portion of the Atlantic, encompassing waters off Europe and parts of the Arctic and governed for environmental protection and marine management by regional bodies such as the OSPAR Commission.
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E.
North Atlantic area
The North Atlantic area is the broad transatlantic region encompassing the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean and surrounding countries in Europe and North America that form the geographic focus of NATO’s collective security.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Atlantic Ocean (to the west of its territory)