Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
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Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial territory in West Africa that combined the coastal colony of Freetown with the surrounding protectorate until the country’s independence in 1961.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Protectorate of Sierra Leone | 1 |
| Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate canonical | 1 |
| Sierra Leone colony | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10952992 — 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.
Target entity: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate Context triple: [Lamina Sankoh, placeOfBirth, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate]
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A.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
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B.
Mano River Union
The Mano River Union is a subregional organization in West Africa that promotes economic cooperation and regional integration among its member states.
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C.
British Gold Coast
The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.
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D.
Swaziland Protectorate
Swaziland Protectorate was a British colonial protectorate in Southern Africa that preceded the modern independent nation of Eswatini.
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E.
Nyasaland
Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate Target entity description: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial territory in West Africa that combined the coastal colony of Freetown with the surrounding protectorate until the country’s independence in 1961.
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A.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
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B.
Mano River Union
The Mano River Union is a subregional organization in West Africa that promotes economic cooperation and regional integration among its member states.
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C.
British Gold Coast
The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.
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D.
Swaziland Protectorate
Swaziland Protectorate was a British colonial protectorate in Southern Africa that preceded the modern independent nation of Eswatini.
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E.
Nyasaland
Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former British colony
ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Freetown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
French Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Freetown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialPower |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| colonialStatus |
British Crown Colony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | Freetown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | British West African pound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateDissolved | 27 April 1961 ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1896 ⓘ |
| endPoint | 1961 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroups |
Krio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mende NERFINISHED ⓘ Temne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flagUsedBy | British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Dominion of Sierra Leone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | British colonial administration ⓘ |
| hadGovernor | Governor of Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Sierra Leone Colony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Leone Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Governor of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfState | Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| independenceDate | 27 April 1961 ⓘ |
| independenceGrantedTo | Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | crown colony and protectorate ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Africa
ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Empire
ⓘ
British West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Colony of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Upper Guinea Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| shortName | Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| startPoint | 1896 ⓘ |
| usedLegalSystem | English common law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate Description of subject: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial territory in West Africa that combined the coastal colony of Freetown with the surrounding protectorate until the country’s independence in 1961.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.