House of Slaves
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The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Slaves canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3979301 — 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: House of Slaves Context triple: [Gorée Island, contains, House of Slaves]
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A.
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
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B.
One of Life’s Slaves
One of Life’s Slaves is a naturalist novel by Norwegian author Jonas Lie that explores the struggles and social constraints faced by individuals in 19th-century Scandinavian society.
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C.
New Slaves
"New Slaves" is a politically charged hip-hop song by Kanye West that critiques racism, consumerism, and mass incarceration in modern society.
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D.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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E.
The Black Book
The Black Book is a postmodern novel by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk that blends mystery, philosophical reflection, and Istanbul’s labyrinthine atmosphere to explore identity and storytelling.
- 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: House of Slaves Target entity description: The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
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A.
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
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B.
One of Life’s Slaves
One of Life’s Slaves is a naturalist novel by Norwegian author Jonas Lie that explores the struggles and social constraints faced by individuals in 19th-century Scandinavian society.
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C.
New Slaves
"New Slaves" is a politically charged hip-hop song by Kanye West that critiques racism, consumerism, and mass incarceration in modern society.
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D.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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E.
The Black Book
The Black Book is a postmodern novel by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk that blends mystery, philosophical reflection, and Istanbul’s labyrinthine atmosphere to explore identity and storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
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memorial ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | colonial architecture ⓘ |
| builtFor | slave trade ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Senegal ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | victims of the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| function |
memorial site
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museum of the slave trade ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Door of No Return
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cellars ⓘ courtyard ⓘ slave quarters ⓘ upper-floor living quarters ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| inception | late 18th century ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
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French ⓘ Wolof ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
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Dakar Region ⓘ Gorée Island ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Dakar ⓘ |
| notableVisitor |
Barack Obama
ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| openingDateAsMuseum | 1962 ⓘ |
| operator | Government of Senegal ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gorée Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Island of Gorée World Heritage Site
|
| preserves | memory of enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| theme |
colonial history
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human rights ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| UNESCOCriteria | cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCORegion | Africa ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commemorative ceremonies
ⓘ
educational visits ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ |
| visitorFrequency | high ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: House of Slaves Description of subject: The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.