Ganga Zumba
E1547428
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Ganga Zumba was a 17th-century leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a community of escaped enslaved Africans in colonial Brazil, and an important figure in early Afro-Brazilian resistance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ganga Zumba canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22642893 — 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: Ganga Zumba Context triple: [Zumbi dos Palmares, predecessor, Ganga Zumba]
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A.
Martim Afonso de Sousa
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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B.
Simão Bacamarte
Simão Bacamarte is a fictional alienist (psychiatrist) and central figure in Machado de Assis’s novella "O Alienista," known for his obsessive and satirical approach to diagnosing madness.
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C.
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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D.
Zumbi
Zumbi is a neighborhood in the city of Recife, Brazil.
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E.
Pedro De Pacas
Pedro De Pacas is a laid-back, perpetually stoned Chicano character portrayed by Cheech Marin in the classic stoner comedy film "Up in Smoke."
- 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: Ganga Zumba Target entity description: Ganga Zumba was a 17th-century leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a community of escaped enslaved Africans in colonial Brazil, and an important figure in early Afro-Brazilian resistance.
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A.
Martim Afonso de Sousa
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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B.
Simão Bacamarte
Simão Bacamarte is a fictional alienist (psychiatrist) and central figure in Machado de Assis’s novella "O Alienista," known for his obsessive and satirical approach to diagnosing madness.
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C.
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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D.
Zumbi
Zumbi is a neighborhood in the city of Recife, Brazil.
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E.
Pedro De Pacas
Pedro De Pacas is a laid-back, perpetually stoned Chicano character portrayed by Cheech Marin in the classic stoner comedy film "Up in Smoke."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.