Dakar Rally
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The Dakar Rally is a famous annual off-road endurance race, originally from Paris to Dakar and now held in various challenging terrains, known for its extreme difficulty and adventurous spirit.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dakar Rally canonical | 12 |
| Paris–Dakar Rally | 3 |
| 1982 Paris-Dakar Rally | 2 |
| 1982 Paris-Dakar Rally disappearance | 1 |
| Dakar Rally victories | 1 |
| Le Dakar | 1 |
| Paris–Dakar Rally (405 T16 variant) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T667901 — 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: Dakar Rally Context triple: [Amaury Sport Organisation, organises, Dakar Rally]
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A.
Le Mans
Le Mans is a historic city in northwestern France best known for its annual 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance sports car race.
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B.
New York–Paris
New York–Paris is a major transatlantic air route connecting the United States and France, linking New York City with the French capital.
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C.
Circuit des Yeux
Circuit des Yeux is the experimental folk and avant-garde music project of American singer-songwriter and composer Haley Fohr, known for her deep voice and emotionally intense, genre-blurring albums.
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D.
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was a traditional educational journey through Europe, especially Italy and France, undertaken by wealthy young Europeans from the 17th to 19th centuries to study art, culture, and classical antiquity.
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E.
Carrera
Carrera is a renowned line of luxury sports watches produced by the Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, known for its racing-inspired design and chronograph functionality.
- 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: Dakar Rally Target entity description: The Dakar Rally is a famous annual off-road endurance race, originally from Paris to Dakar and now held in various challenging terrains, known for its extreme difficulty and adventurous spirit.
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A.
Le Mans
Le Mans is a historic city in northwestern France best known for its annual 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance sports car race.
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B.
New York–Paris
New York–Paris is a major transatlantic air route connecting the United States and France, linking New York City with the French capital.
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C.
Circuit des Yeux
Circuit des Yeux is the experimental folk and avant-garde music project of American singer-songwriter and composer Haley Fohr, known for her deep voice and emotionally intense, genre-blurring albums.
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D.
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was a traditional educational journey through Europe, especially Italy and France, undertaken by wealthy young Europeans from the 17th to 19th centuries to study art, culture, and classical antiquity.
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E.
Carrera
Carrera is a renowned line of luxury sports watches produced by the Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, known for its racing-inspired design and chronograph functionality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
motorsport event
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off-road endurance race ⓘ rally raid ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dakar Rally
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surface form:
Le Dakar
Dakar Rally ⓘ
surface form:
Paris–Dakar Rally
|
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstEditionFinishLocation | Dakar ⓘ |
| firstEditionStartLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| formerHostCountry |
France
ⓘ
Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Niger ⓘ Senegal ⓘ |
| formerHostRegion | Africa ⓘ |
| founder | Thierry Sabine ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | rally raid racing ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
bivouac camps
ⓘ
limited assistance ⓘ long daily stages ⓘ navigation challenges ⓘ |
| hasNotableRisk |
competitor fatalities
ⓘ
spectator accidents ⓘ |
| hostCountry |
Argentina
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Bolivia ⓘ Chile ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ Peru ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| hostRegion |
Saudi Arabia
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South America ⓘ |
| inception | 1978 ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | international ⓘ |
| movedFromAfrica | 2009 ⓘ |
| notableTerrain |
desert
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dunes ⓘ off-road trails ⓘ rocky tracks ⓘ |
| organizer | Amaury Sport Organisation ⓘ |
| originalRoute | Paris to Dakar ⓘ |
| participantType |
amateur drivers
ⓘ
professional drivers ⓘ |
| raceType | time-based stages ⓘ |
| regulationType |
FIA cross-country rally regulations
ⓘ
FIM cross-country rally regulations ⓘ |
| reputation |
adventurous endurance event
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extremely difficult rally raid ⓘ |
| safetyRisk | high ⓘ |
| sport | motorsport ⓘ |
| stageFormat | multi-stage rally ⓘ |
| typicalStartMonth | January ⓘ |
| vehicleClass |
cars
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motorcycles ⓘ quads ⓘ side-by-side vehicles ⓘ trucks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dakar Rally Description of subject: The Dakar Rally is a famous annual off-road endurance race, originally from Paris to Dakar and now held in various challenging terrains, known for its extreme difficulty and adventurous spirit.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
1982 Paris-Dakar Rally
subject surface form:
Amaury Sport Organisation
this entity surface form:
Paris–Dakar Rally
this entity surface form:
Le Dakar
subject surface form:
Mark Thatcher
this entity surface form:
1982 Paris-Dakar Rally disappearance
subject surface form:
Mark Thatcher
this entity surface form:
1982 Paris-Dakar Rally
this entity surface form:
Paris–Dakar Rally (405 T16 variant)
this entity surface form:
Dakar Rally victories
this entity surface form:
Paris–Dakar Rally
this entity surface form:
Paris–Dakar Rally