Alcácer Quibir
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Alcácer Quibir is a town in northern Morocco historically renowned as the site of the 1578 Battle of Alcácer Quibir, where the Portuguese king Sebastian I was killed.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcácer Quibir canonical | 2 |
| Alcácer-Quibir | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11184121 — 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: Alcácer Quibir Context triple: [Sebastian I of Portugal, placeOfDeath, Alcácer Quibir]
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A.
Errachidia
Errachidia is a city in eastern Morocco that serves as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding desert and oasis regions.
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B.
Mohammedia
Mohammedia is a coastal city in western Morocco, situated between Casablanca and Rabat, known for its port, beaches, and industrial activities.
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C.
Sidi Ifni
Sidi Ifni is a small coastal city in southwestern Morocco known for its Spanish colonial heritage, Atlantic beaches, and distinctive Art Deco architecture.
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D.
Qasr el-Ghueita
Qasr el-Ghueita is a well-preserved ancient Egyptian desert temple-fortress complex dating mainly to the Ptolemaic period, located in Egypt’s Western Desert.
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E.
El Kseur
El Kseur is a town and commune in northern Algeria, situated in the Kabylie region within Béjaïa Province.
- 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: Alcácer Quibir Target entity description: Alcácer Quibir is a town in northern Morocco historically renowned as the site of the 1578 Battle of Alcácer Quibir, where the Portuguese king Sebastian I was killed.
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A.
Errachidia
Errachidia is a city in eastern Morocco that serves as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding desert and oasis regions.
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B.
Mohammedia
Mohammedia is a coastal city in western Morocco, situated between Casablanca and Rabat, known for its port, beaches, and industrial activities.
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C.
Sidi Ifni
Sidi Ifni is a small coastal city in southwestern Morocco known for its Spanish colonial heritage, Atlantic beaches, and distinctive Art Deco architecture.
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D.
Qasr el-Ghueita
Qasr el-Ghueita is a well-preserved ancient Egyptian desert temple-fortress complex dating mainly to the Ptolemaic period, located in Egypt’s Western Desert.
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E.
El Kseur
El Kseur is a town and commune in northern Algeria, situated in the Kabylie region within Béjaïa Province.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ monarch ⓘ town ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Ksar el Kebir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Three Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sebastianism (Portuguese messianic belief) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatant |
Kingdom of Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moroccan forces of Sultan Abd al-Malik I NERFINISHED ⓘ forces of deposed Sultan Abu Abdallah Mohammed II ⓘ |
| consequence |
beginning of the Iberian Union under Philip II of Spain
ⓘ
end of the Aviz dynasty in Portugal ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| country |
Morocco
ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ |
| countryCapital | Rabat (not capital) ⓘ |
| date | 4 August 1578 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 4 August 1578 ⓘ |
| hasFeature | historic battlefield site ⓘ |
| historicalName |
Alcácer Quibir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alcácer el-Kebir NERFINISHED ⓘ Alcácer-Quibir NERFINISHED ⓘ Alcácer-Quibir (Portuguese form) NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Qasr al-Kabir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 16th century Moroccan–Portuguese relations ⓘ |
| knownFor | Battle of Alcácer Quibir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Arabic
ⓘ
Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Moroccan Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Larache Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Larache
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tangier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Loukkos River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Alcácer Quibir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableDeath |
Abd al-Malik I of Morocco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Abu Abdallah Mohammed II of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Sebastian I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Battle of Alcácer Quibir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Alcácer Quibir ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam (majority) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | decisive Moroccan victory ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Battle of Alcácer Quibir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Alcácer Quibir Description of subject: Alcácer Quibir is a town in northern Morocco historically renowned as the site of the 1578 Battle of Alcácer Quibir, where the Portuguese king Sebastian I was killed.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alcácer-Quibir