Île Royale colony
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Île Royale colony was a French colonial settlement in the North Atlantic, centered on Cape Breton Island and its fortress of Louisbourg, that served as a key military and fishing outpost in New France.
All labels observed (1)
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| Île Royale colony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19707076 — 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: Île Royale colony Context triple: [Chevalier de Drucour, governedTerritory, Île Royale colony]
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A.
Colony of New Brunswick
The Colony of New Brunswick was a British North American province on Canada’s Atlantic coast that existed from 1784 until it joined Confederation as the province of New Brunswick in 1867.
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B.
Colony of Newfoundland
The Colony of Newfoundland was a British colonial territory on the island of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic, centered on its fishing industry and later becoming part of the Canadian Confederation as the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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C.
Colony of Nova Scotia
The Colony of Nova Scotia was a British North American province on the Atlantic coast that became one of the founding regions of modern Canada.
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D.
Placentia colony
Placentia colony was an ancient Roman settlement in northern Italy that served as a strategic military and commercial hub in the Po Valley.
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E.
Colony of Saint Vincent
The Colony of Saint Vincent was a former British colonial territory in the Caribbean centered on the island of Saint Vincent, which later became part of the independent nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- 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: Île Royale colony Target entity description: Île Royale colony was a French colonial settlement in the North Atlantic, centered on Cape Breton Island and its fortress of Louisbourg, that served as a key military and fishing outpost in New France.
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A.
Colony of New Brunswick
The Colony of New Brunswick was a British North American province on Canada’s Atlantic coast that existed from 1784 until it joined Confederation as the province of New Brunswick in 1867.
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B.
Colony of Newfoundland
The Colony of Newfoundland was a British colonial territory on the island of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic, centered on its fishing industry and later becoming part of the Canadian Confederation as the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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C.
Colony of Nova Scotia
The Colony of Nova Scotia was a British North American province on the Atlantic coast that became one of the founding regions of modern Canada.
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D.
Placentia colony
Placentia colony was an ancient Roman settlement in northern Italy that served as a strategic military and commercial hub in the Po Valley.
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E.
Colony of Saint Vincent
The Colony of Saint Vincent was a former British colonial territory in the Caribbean centered on the island of Saint Vincent, which later became part of the independent nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.