Tarrafal prison camp
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Tarrafal prison camp was a notorious Portuguese colonial concentration camp in Cape Verde used to imprison and torture political opponents and anti-colonial activists during the Estado Novo regime.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tarrafal prison camp canonical | 1 |
| Tarrafal prison camp museum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19403397 — 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: Tarrafal prison camp Context triple: [Tarrafal, hasNearbySite, Tarrafal prison camp]
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A.
Angola Prison
Angola Prison is a notorious maximum-security penitentiary in rural Louisiana, known for its vast former plantation grounds, harsh conditions, and large population of long-term inmates.
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B.
Richmond Hill Prison, Grenada
Richmond Hill Prison in Grenada is the country’s main correctional facility, historically known for holding political prisoners including figures involved in the 1983 Grenadian coup.
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C.
Devil’s Island
Devil’s Island is a notorious former French penal colony off the coast of French Guiana, infamous for its harsh conditions and for imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus during the Dreyfus affair.
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D.
Montelupich Prison
Montelupich Prison was a notorious Nazi and later communist-era prison in Kraków, Poland, used for the incarceration, torture, and execution of political prisoners and war criminals.
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E.
Ilebu prison camp
Ilebu prison camp was the original name of the Nazi-era Grini concentration camp in Norway, used primarily for political prisoners during World War II.
- 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: Tarrafal prison camp Target entity description: Tarrafal prison camp was a notorious Portuguese colonial concentration camp in Cape Verde used to imprison and torture political opponents and anti-colonial activists during the Estado Novo regime.
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A.
Angola Prison
Angola Prison is a notorious maximum-security penitentiary in rural Louisiana, known for its vast former plantation grounds, harsh conditions, and large population of long-term inmates.
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B.
Richmond Hill Prison, Grenada
Richmond Hill Prison in Grenada is the country’s main correctional facility, historically known for holding political prisoners including figures involved in the 1983 Grenadian coup.
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C.
Devil’s Island
Devil’s Island is a notorious former French penal colony off the coast of French Guiana, infamous for its harsh conditions and for imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus during the Dreyfus affair.
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D.
Montelupich Prison
Montelupich Prison was a notorious Nazi and later communist-era prison in Kraków, Poland, used for the incarceration, torture, and execution of political prisoners and war criminals.
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E.
Ilebu prison camp
Ilebu prison camp was the original name of the Nazi-era Grini concentration camp in Norway, used primarily for political prisoners during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tarrafal prison camp