Larabanga
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Larabanga is a historic village in northern Ghana best known for its ancient mud-and-stick mosque, one of the oldest Islamic structures in West Africa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larabanga canonical | 4 |
| Islamic community of Larabanga | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22618025 — 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: Larabanga Context triple: [Savannah Region, hasSettlement, Larabanga]
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A.
Kaolack
Kaolack is a major city in western Senegal known as a regional commercial hub and center of peanut trade.
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B.
Bignona
Bignona is a town in southern Senegal’s Casamance region, known as a local center of trade and cultural diversity.
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C.
Djenné Songhay
Djenné Songhay is a regional variety of the Songhay language spoken around the town of Djenné in Mali.
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D.
Djenné
Djenné is an ancient Malian town renowned for its mud-brick architecture and historic Great Mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most famous examples of Sudano-Sahelian architecture.
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E.
Ambouli
Ambouli is a district of Djibouti City that hosts the country’s main international airport and related urban infrastructure.
- 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: Larabanga Target entity description: Larabanga is a historic village in northern Ghana best known for its ancient mud-and-stick mosque, one of the oldest Islamic structures in West Africa.
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A.
Kaolack
Kaolack is a major city in western Senegal known as a regional commercial hub and center of peanut trade.
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B.
Bignona
Bignona is a town in southern Senegal’s Casamance region, known as a local center of trade and cultural diversity.
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C.
Djenné Songhay
Djenné Songhay is a regional variety of the Songhay language spoken around the town of Djenné in Mali.
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D.
Djenné
Djenné is an ancient Malian town renowned for its mud-brick architecture and historic Great Mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most famous examples of Sudano-Sahelian architecture.
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E.
Ambouli
Ambouli is a district of Djibouti City that hosts the country’s main international airport and related urban infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Larabanga