St Nicholas Island
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St Nicholas Island, better known today as Drake's Island, is a small fortified island in Plymouth Sound, England, historically used for coastal defense and military installations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St Nicholas Island canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14225109 — 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: St Nicholas Island Context triple: [Drake's Island, hasAlternativeName, St Nicholas Island]
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A.
Petre Island
Petre Island is a privately owned island in Lake Mahopac, New York, best known for its Frank Lloyd Wright–designed house and dramatic natural setting.
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B.
Paşalimanı Island
Paşalimanı Island is a small Turkish island in the Sea of Marmara known for its tranquil villages, olive groves, and relatively undeveloped, natural coastline.
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C.
Didicas Island
Didicas Island is a small, volcanically active island in the Babuyan Island group of northern Philippines, known for having emerged from undersea eruptions in the 20th century.
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D.
Gezira Island
Gezira Island is a large Nile island in central Cairo known for its upscale Zamalek district, cultural venues, and landmarks such as the Cairo Tower.
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E.
Oeno Island
Oeno Island is a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the South Pacific Ocean that forms part of the British Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands.
- 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: St Nicholas Island Target entity description: St Nicholas Island, better known today as Drake's Island, is a small fortified island in Plymouth Sound, England, historically used for coastal defense and military installations.
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A.
Petre Island
Petre Island is a privately owned island in Lake Mahopac, New York, best known for its Frank Lloyd Wright–designed house and dramatic natural setting.
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B.
Paşalimanı Island
Paşalimanı Island is a small Turkish island in the Sea of Marmara known for its tranquil villages, olive groves, and relatively undeveloped, natural coastline.
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C.
Didicas Island
Didicas Island is a small, volcanically active island in the Babuyan Island group of northern Philippines, known for having emerged from undersea eruptions in the 20th century.
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D.
Gezira Island
Gezira Island is a large Nile island in central Cairo known for its upscale Zamalek district, cultural venues, and landmarks such as the Cairo Tower.
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E.
Oeno Island
Oeno Island is a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the South Pacific Ocean that forms part of the British Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Drake’s Island (near mouth in Plymouth Sound)