Mer Island
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Mer Island is a small inhabited coral island in the eastern Torres Strait of Australia, best known as the home of Eddie Mabo and the landmark native title case Mabo v Queensland (No 2).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mer Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18598786 — 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: Mer Island Context triple: [Murray Island, alsoKnownAs, Mer Island]
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A.
Frank Island
Frank Island is a small, forested island located within Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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B.
Mill Island
Mill Island is a historic river island and cultural-recreational complex in the center of Bydgoszcz, Poland, known for its preserved industrial architecture, museums, and scenic waterfront.
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C.
Mill Island
Mill Island is a small island located off the coast of Blue Hill in Hancock County, Maine, known as part of the town’s coastal and maritime landscape.
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D.
Barron Island
Barron Island is a small island located within Van Diemen Gulf off the northern coast of Australia in the Northern Territory.
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E.
Belmont Island
Belmont Island is a small, uninhabited rocky islet in New York City's East River, known primarily as a minor navigational landmark near Manhattan.
- 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: Mer Island Target entity description: Mer Island is a small inhabited coral island in the eastern Torres Strait of Australia, best known as the home of Eddie Mabo and the landmark native title case Mabo v Queensland (No 2).
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A.
Frank Island
Frank Island is a small, forested island located within Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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B.
Mill Island
Mill Island is a small island located off the coast of Blue Hill in Hancock County, Maine, known as part of the town’s coastal and maritime landscape.
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C.
Mill Island
Mill Island is a historic river island and cultural-recreational complex in the center of Bydgoszcz, Poland, known for its preserved industrial architecture, museums, and scenic waterfront.
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D.
Barron Island
Barron Island is a small island located within Van Diemen Gulf off the northern coast of Australia in the Northern Territory.
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E.
Belmont Island
Belmont Island is a small, uninhabited rocky islet in New York City's East River, known primarily as a minor navigational landmark near Manhattan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.