Cap-Vert urban area
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Cap-Vert urban area is the principal metropolitan region surrounding Dakar on the Cap-Vert Peninsula in Senegal, encompassing the city’s core and its surrounding urbanized zones.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dakar metropolitan area | 3 |
| Cap-Vert urban area canonical | 1 |
| Dakar urban agglomeration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16745038 — 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: Cap-Vert urban area Context triple: [Dakar Plateau, partOf, Cap-Vert urban area]
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A.
Biassou
Biassou was a prominent early leader of the Haitian Revolution, known for his role in organizing and directing the initial slave uprisings against French colonial rule.
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B.
Abidjan Autonomous District
Abidjan Autonomous District is a special administrative region in Côte d'Ivoire that encompasses the country's largest city and economic capital, Abidjan.
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C.
Xala
Xala is a 1974 satirical film (and earlier novel) by Ousmane Sembène that critiques post-independence African elites through the story of a corrupt businessman afflicted with impotence.
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D.
Place Félix-Éboué
Place Félix-Éboué is a public square in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, known for its central fountain and role as a local urban hub.
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E.
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Saint-Louis, Senegal is a historic coastal city and former colonial capital of French West Africa, known for its distinctive island setting, colonial architecture, and cultural significance at the mouth of the Senegal River.
- 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: Cap-Vert urban area Target entity description: Cap-Vert urban area is the principal metropolitan region surrounding Dakar on the Cap-Vert Peninsula in Senegal, encompassing the city’s core and its surrounding urbanized zones.
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A.
Biassou
Biassou was a prominent early leader of the Haitian Revolution, known for his role in organizing and directing the initial slave uprisings against French colonial rule.
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B.
Abidjan Autonomous District
Abidjan Autonomous District is a special administrative region in Côte d'Ivoire that encompasses the country's largest city and economic capital, Abidjan.
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C.
Xala
Xala is a 1974 satirical film (and earlier novel) by Ousmane Sembène that critiques post-independence African elites through the story of a corrupt businessman afflicted with impotence.
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D.
Place Félix-Éboué
Place Félix-Éboué is a public square in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, known for its central fountain and role as a local urban hub.
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E.
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Saint-Louis, Senegal is a historic coastal city and former colonial capital of French West Africa, known for its distinctive island setting, colonial architecture, and cultural significance at the mouth of the Senegal River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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