Cousin Island
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Cousin Island is a small granitic island in the Seychelles renowned as a protected nature reserve and important seabird and turtle nesting site.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cousin Island canonical | 4 |
| Cousin Island Special Reserve | 2 |
| Cousine Island | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7056471 — 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: Cousin Island Context triple: [Praslin, hasNearbyIsland, Cousin Island]
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A.
Daphne Major
Daphne Major is a small, uninhabited Galápagos island renowned as a natural laboratory for evolutionary biology, especially long-term studies of Darwin’s finches.
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B.
Aldabra Atoll
Aldabra Atoll is a remote coral atoll in the Indian Ocean’s Seychelles, renowned for its vast population of giant tortoises and largely untouched natural ecosystem.
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C.
Corvo Island
Corvo Island is the smallest and northernmost island of Portugal’s Azores archipelago, known for its volcanic crater landscape and remote, tranquil character.
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D.
Livingstone Island
Livingstone Island is a small rocky island perched on the edge of Victoria Falls in the Zambezi River, famous as a viewing point and for its natural infinity pool, Devil’s Pool.
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E.
Canopus Island
Canopus Island is a small island located within Lake Mahopac in Putnam County, New York, known primarily as part of the lake’s scenic recreational landscape.
- 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: Cousin Island Target entity description: Cousin Island is a small granitic island in the Seychelles renowned as a protected nature reserve and important seabird and turtle nesting site.
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A.
Daphne Major
Daphne Major is a small, uninhabited Galápagos island renowned as a natural laboratory for evolutionary biology, especially long-term studies of Darwin’s finches.
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B.
Aldabra Atoll
Aldabra Atoll is a remote coral atoll in the Indian Ocean’s Seychelles, renowned for its vast population of giant tortoises and largely untouched natural ecosystem.
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C.
Corvo Island
Corvo Island is the smallest and northernmost island of Portugal’s Azores archipelago, known for its volcanic crater landscape and remote, tranquil character.
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D.
Livingstone Island
Livingstone Island is a small rocky island perched on the edge of Victoria Falls in the Zambezi River, famous as a viewing point and for its natural infinity pool, Devil’s Pool.
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E.
Canopus Island
Canopus Island is a small island located within Lake Mahopac in Putnam County, New York, known primarily as part of the lake’s scenic recreational landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
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nature reserve ⓘ protected area ⓘ |
| access | by boat only ⓘ |
| area |
0.34 square kilometres
ⓘ
34 hectares ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| conservationFocus |
marine turtles
ⓘ
restoration of native vegetation ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ |
| country | Seychelles ⓘ |
| designation | special reserve ⓘ |
| designationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| distanceFromPraslin | about 2 kilometres ⓘ |
| formerOwner | BirdLife International ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Nature Seychelles
ⓘ
linked to:
Seychelles Islands Foundation
|
| habitat |
beaches
ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ native woodland ⓘ rocky shore ⓘ |
| humanSettlement | no permanent residents ⓘ |
| IBAStatus | Important Bird Area ⓘ |
| importantFor |
biodiversity conservation
ⓘ
seabird nesting ⓘ turtle nesting ⓘ |
| islandType | granitic island ⓘ |
| legalProtection | Seychelles national park legislation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Inner Islands of Seychelles ⓘ Lesser Cousin group ⓘ
linked to:
Malakula group
|
| managementObjective |
ecotourism
ⓘ
environmental education ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| nearestIsland | Praslin ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of the first island-wide restoration projects in the Seychelles ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
fairy tern
ⓘ
green sea turtle ⓘ hawksbill sea turtle ⓘ lesser noddy ⓘ wedge-tailed shearwater ⓘ white-tailed tropicbird ⓘ |
| ownership |
Republic of Seychelles
ⓘ
linked to:
Seychelles
|
| partOf |
Cousin Island Special Reserve
ⓘ
linked to:
Cousin Island
|
| protectedFor |
coastal forest ecosystem
ⓘ
sea turtles ⓘ seabirds ⓘ |
| RamsarStatus | Ramsar site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cousin Island Description of subject: Cousin Island is a small granitic island in the Seychelles renowned as a protected nature reserve and important seabird and turtle nesting site.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Cousin Island