Cinqué
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Cinqué is the historical West African man who led a revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad and is portrayed as the central figure in the film "Amistad."
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7560938 — 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: Cinqué Context triple: [Amistad, mainCharacter, Cinqué]
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A.
Roure
Roure is a small mountain commune in southeastern France, located in the Alpes-Maritimes department within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
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B.
Dolomieu
Dolomieu is a commune in the Isère department of southeastern France, known as the birthplace of mathematician Élie Cartan.
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C.
Sauvestre
Sauvestre is a French surname most notably associated with architect Stephen Sauvestre, who contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower.
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D.
Capucine
Capucine was a French fashion model and film actress best known for her elegant screen presence in 1960s comedies and dramas, including roles in films like The Pink Panther.
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E.
Moulinois
Moulinois is the French term for an inhabitant or native of the town of Moulins in central France.
- 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: Cinqué Target entity description: Cinqué is the historical West African man who led a revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad and is portrayed as the central figure in the film "Amistad."
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A.
Roure
Roure is a small mountain commune in southeastern France, located in the Alpes-Maritimes department within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
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B.
Dolomieu
Dolomieu is a commune in the Isère department of southeastern France, known as the birthplace of mathematician Élie Cartan.
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C.
Sauvestre
Sauvestre is a French surname most notably associated with architect Stephen Sauvestre, who contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower.
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D.
Capucine
Capucine was a French fashion model and film actress best known for her elegant screen presence in 1960s comedies and dramas, including roles in films like The Pink Panther.
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E.
Moulinois
Moulinois is the French term for an inhabitant or native of the town of Moulins in central France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
enslaved person
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cinque
ⓘ
linked to:
Cinqué
Joseph Cinqué ⓘ Sengbe Pieh ⓘ |
| capturedBy | slave traders ⓘ |
| countryInvolvedInLegalCase | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Mende ⓘ |
| eventParticipatedIn |
Amistad slave ship revolt
ⓘ
linked to:
United States v. The Amistad
United States v. The Amistad legal case ⓘ
linked to:
United States v. The Amistad
|
| givenName | Sengbe ⓘ |
| hasWorkAbout |
film Amistad
ⓘ
linked to:
Amistad
various historical books on the Amistad case ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Mende ⓘ |
| legalStatusInUS | eventually recognized as free ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being central figure in the Amistad court case in the United States
ⓘ
leading the revolt on the Spanish slave ship La Amistad ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sierra Leone region
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Djimon Hounsou ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
film Amistad
ⓘ
linked to:
Amistad
|
| religion | traditional African religion ⓘ |
| resisted | Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| role | leader of the Amistad mutiny ⓘ |
| shipInvolved |
La Amistad
ⓘ
linked to:
Amistad
|
| symbolOf |
resistance to slavery
ⓘ
struggle for freedom ⓘ |
| transportedOn |
La Amistad
ⓘ
linked to:
Amistad
|
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
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: Cinqué Description of subject: Cinqué is the historical West African man who led a revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad and is portrayed as the central figure in the film "Amistad."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cinqué