Martim Afonso de Sousa
E979619
UNEXPLORED
Martim Afonso de Sousa was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman, navigator, and colonial administrator who led early expeditions to Brazil and helped establish Portugal’s colonial presence there.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Martim Afonso de Sousa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12312719 — 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: Martim Afonso de Sousa Context triple: [São Vicente, foundedBy, Martim Afonso de Sousa]
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A.
Zumbi
Zumbi is a small town in southeastern Ecuador that serves as an administrative and commercial center in the Amazonian region of Zamora-Chinchipe.
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B.
Zumbi
Zumbi is a neighborhood in the city of Recife, Brazil.
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C.
Zumbi dos Palmares
Zumbi dos Palmares was a 17th-century Afro-Brazilian leader and last chief of the Quilombo dos Palmares, symbolizing Black resistance to slavery in Brazil.
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D.
Barbosa
Barbosa is a municipality in the Antioquia Department of Colombia, located within the Aburrá Valley metropolitan area north of Medellín.
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E.
Prince of Grão-Pará
The Prince of Grão-Pará was the traditional title given to the second in line to the Brazilian imperial throne during the era of the Empire of Brazil.
- 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: Martim Afonso de Sousa Target entity description: Martim Afonso de Sousa was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman, navigator, and colonial administrator who led early expeditions to Brazil and helped establish Portugal’s colonial presence there.
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A.
Zumbi
Zumbi is a small town in southeastern Ecuador that serves as an administrative and commercial center in the Amazonian region of Zamora-Chinchipe.
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B.
Zumbi
Zumbi is a neighborhood in the city of Recife, Brazil.
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C.
Zumbi dos Palmares
Zumbi dos Palmares was a 17th-century Afro-Brazilian leader and last chief of the Quilombo dos Palmares, symbolizing Black resistance to slavery in Brazil.
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D.
Barbosa
Barbosa is a municipality in the Antioquia Department of Colombia, located within the Aburrá Valley metropolitan area north of Medellín.
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E.
Prince of Grão-Pará
The Prince of Grão-Pará was the traditional title given to the second in line to the Brazilian imperial throne during the era of the Empire of Brazil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.