Fort São Sebastião
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Fort São Sebastião is a 16th-century Portuguese coastal fortress on Mozambique Island, notable as one of the oldest and most imposing European fortifications in sub-Saharan Africa.
All labels observed (1)
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| Fort São Sebastião canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22117167 — 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: Fort São Sebastião Context triple: [Island of Mozambique, contains, Fort São Sebastião]
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A.
Forte de São Luís
Forte de São Luís is a historic defensive fortification that forms part of the renowned fortified complex surrounding the Portuguese border town of Elvas.
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B.
Forte de São José
Forte de São José is a historic defensive fortification that forms part of the renowned fortified ensemble of Elvas in Portugal, recognized for its significant military architecture and role in regional defense.
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C.
Fort of São João Baptista
Fort of São João Baptista is a historic Portuguese colonial fortification on Ibo Island in Mozambique, built to defend the island and its trading port.
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D.
Fortress of São João Baptista
The Fortress of São João Baptista is a historic coastal stronghold on Terceira Island in the Azores, built by the Portuguese in the 16th–17th centuries to defend the strategic port city of Angra do Heroísmo.
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E.
Forte de São Vicente
Forte de São Vicente is a historic hilltop fort in Torres Vedras, Portugal, that formed part of the defensive Lines of Torres Vedras built during the Peninsular War.
- 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: Fort São Sebastião Target entity description: Fort São Sebastião is a 16th-century Portuguese coastal fortress on Mozambique Island, notable as one of the oldest and most imposing European fortifications in sub-Saharan Africa.
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A.
Forte de São Luís
Forte de São Luís is a historic defensive fortification that forms part of the renowned fortified complex surrounding the Portuguese border town of Elvas.
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B.
Forte de São José
Forte de São José is a historic defensive fortification that forms part of the renowned fortified ensemble of Elvas in Portugal, recognized for its significant military architecture and role in regional defense.
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C.
Fort of São João Baptista
Fort of São João Baptista is a historic Portuguese colonial fortification on Ibo Island in Mozambique, built to defend the island and its trading port.
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D.
Fortress of São João Baptista
The Fortress of São João Baptista is a historic coastal stronghold on Terceira Island in the Azores, built by the Portuguese in the 16th–17th centuries to defend the strategic port city of Angra do Heroísmo.
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E.
Forte de São Vicente
Forte de São Vicente is a historic hilltop fort in Torres Vedras, Portugal, that formed part of the defensive Lines of Torres Vedras built during the Peninsular War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.