Tonquin
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Tonquin was an early 19th-century American trading ship best known for its role in the Pacific Northwest fur trade and its disastrous expedition for John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tonquin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19763668 — 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: Tonquin Context triple: [Pacific Fur Company, shipUsed, Tonquin]
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A.
Lang Son
Lang Son is a mountainous border city in northeastern Vietnam known as a key trade gateway with China and for its surrounding karst landscapes and historical sites.
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B.
Chau Doc
Chau Doc is a riverfront city in Vietnam’s An Giang Province, known as a cultural crossroads near the Cambodian border and a gateway to the Mekong Delta.
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C.
Long Xuyen
Long Xuyen is a major city in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, serving as the capital of An Giang Province and an important economic and cultural center.
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D.
Phuc Yen
Phuc Yen is a city in northern Vietnam known as an industrial and residential center within Vinh Phuc Province, near the capital Hanoi.
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E.
Dong Hoi City
Dong Hoi City is the coastal capital and largest urban center of Quang Binh Province in central Vietnam, known as a gateway to the Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park.
- 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: Tonquin Target entity description: Tonquin was an early 19th-century American trading ship best known for its role in the Pacific Northwest fur trade and its disastrous expedition for John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company.
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A.
Lang Son
Lang Son is a mountainous border city in northeastern Vietnam known as a key trade gateway with China and for its surrounding karst landscapes and historical sites.
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B.
Chau Doc
Chau Doc is a riverfront city in Vietnam’s An Giang Province, known as a cultural crossroads near the Cambodian border and a gateway to the Mekong Delta.
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C.
Long Xuyen
Long Xuyen is a major city in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, serving as the capital of An Giang Province and an important economic and cultural center.
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D.
Phuc Yen
Phuc Yen is a city in northern Vietnam known as an industrial and residential center within Vinh Phuc Province, near the capital Hanoi.
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E.
Dong Hoi City
Dong Hoi City is the coastal capital and largest urban center of Quang Binh Province in central Vietnam, known as a gateway to the Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.