Leeward Islands of Cape Verde
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The Leeward Islands of Cape Verde are the northern, typically drier subgroup of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean, including islands such as São Vicente, Santo Antão, and Sal.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leeward Islands of Cape Verde canonical | 2 |
| Northern Islands of Cape Verde | 1 |
| Northern island group of Cape Verde | 1 |
| Sotavento and Barlavento archipelagos of Cape Verde | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5173127 — 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: Leeward Islands of Cape Verde Context triple: [São Vicente (Cape Verde), islandGroup, Leeward Islands of Cape Verde]
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A.
Cape Verde Islands
The Cape Verde Islands are a volcanic archipelago and island nation off the northwest coast of Africa, known for their Creole Portuguese-African culture, strategic Atlantic location, and tourism.
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B.
Boa Vista (Cape Verde)
Boa Vista is a Cape Verdean island in the Atlantic Ocean known for its extensive white-sand beaches, sand dunes, and important sea turtle nesting sites.
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C.
Santo Antão (Cape Verde)
Santo Antão is the westernmost and one of the largest islands of Cape Verde, renowned for its dramatic mountainous landscapes, deep valleys, and lush hiking trails.
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D.
Fogo (Cape Verde)
Fogo (Cape Verde) is a volcanic island in the Cape Verde archipelago, dominated by the active stratovolcano Pico do Fogo and known for its dramatic landscapes and coffee cultivation.
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E.
São Vicente (Cape Verde)
São Vicente is a culturally vibrant island and municipality in Cape Verde, known for its port city Mindelo, lively music scene, and important role in the country’s maritime and cultural life.
- 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: Leeward Islands of Cape Verde Target entity description: The Leeward Islands of Cape Verde are the northern, typically drier subgroup of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean, including islands such as São Vicente, Santo Antão, and Sal.
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A.
Cape Verde Islands
The Cape Verde Islands are a volcanic archipelago and island nation off the northwest coast of Africa, known for their Creole Portuguese-African culture, strategic Atlantic location, and tourism.
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B.
Boa Vista (Cape Verde)
Boa Vista is a Cape Verdean island in the Atlantic Ocean known for its extensive white-sand beaches, sand dunes, and important sea turtle nesting sites.
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C.
Santo Antão (Cape Verde)
Santo Antão is the westernmost and one of the largest islands of Cape Verde, renowned for its dramatic mountainous landscapes, deep valleys, and lush hiking trails.
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D.
Fogo (Cape Verde)
Fogo (Cape Verde) is a volcanic island in the Cape Verde archipelago, dominated by the active stratovolcano Pico do Fogo and known for its dramatic landscapes and coffee cultivation.
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E.
São Vicente (Cape Verde)
São Vicente is a culturally vibrant island and municipality in Cape Verde, known for its port city Mindelo, lively music scene, and important role in the country’s maritime and cultural life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
island group ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionType | group of islands within national territory of Cape Verde ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Barlavento Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToIslandNation | Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | arid to semi-arid ⓘ |
| climateCharacteristic | typically drier than the southern Cape Verde islands ⓘ |
| climaticInfluence |
influenced by the Canary Current
ⓘ
influenced by the northeast trade winds ⓘ |
| country | Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | volcanic islands ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity | Mindelo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Boa Vista
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sal NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Luzia NERFINISHED ⓘ Santo Antão NERFINISHED ⓘ São Nicolau NERFINISHED ⓘ São Vicente NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPortugueseName | Ilhas de Barlavento NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUninhabitedIsland | Santa Luzia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNorthernSubgroupOf | Cape Verde archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Cape Verdean Creole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Macaronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| majorCityLocatedOn | Mindelo on São Vicente NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oceanRegion | eastern Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | integral part of the Republic of Cabo Verde ⓘ |
| regionalGrouping | northern islands of Cape Verde ⓘ |
| relativeLocation | north of the Sotavento (Windward) Islands of Cape Verde ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Republic of Cabo Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Cape Verde archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Cabo Verde Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | UTC−01:00 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Leeward Islands of Cape Verde Description of subject: The Leeward Islands of Cape Verde are the northern, typically drier subgroup of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean, including islands such as São Vicente, Santo Antão, and Sal.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sotavento and Barlavento archipelagos of Cape Verde
this entity surface form:
Northern Islands of Cape Verde
this entity surface form:
Northern island group of Cape Verde