Vasco da Gama statue
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The Vasco da Gama statue is a monument in Sines, Portugal, honoring the famed Portuguese explorer known for opening the sea route from Europe to India.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vasco da Gama statue canonical | 2 |
| Statue of Vasco da Gama | 1 |
| statue of Vasco da Gama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2397031 — 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: Vasco da Gama statue Context triple: [Sines, hasLandmark, Vasco da Gama statue]
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A.
Gandhi statue
The Gandhi statue is a prominent monument honoring Mahatma Gandhi, located along the seafront at Chennai’s Marina Beach.
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B.
Sir Francis Drake statue
The Sir Francis Drake statue is a public monument honoring the famed 16th-century English sea captain and explorer, located in Tavistock, Devon.
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C.
Cristo Rei of Dili statue
The Cristo Rei of Dili statue is a towering seaside monument of Christ overlooking the city of Dili in East Timor, and is one of the country’s most iconic religious and tourist landmarks.
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D.
El Caballito statue
El Caballito statue is a prominent equestrian monument in Mexico City, widely recognized as a historic symbol of the city’s colonial and artistic heritage.
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E.
Angel of the Waters statue
The Angel of the Waters statue is a celebrated neoclassical bronze sculpture crowning New York City's Bethesda Fountain, symbolizing healing and purity.
- 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: Vasco da Gama statue Target entity description: The Vasco da Gama statue is a monument in Sines, Portugal, honoring the famed Portuguese explorer known for opening the sea route from Europe to India.
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A.
Gandhi statue
The Gandhi statue is a prominent monument honoring Mahatma Gandhi, located along the seafront at Chennai’s Marina Beach.
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B.
Sir Francis Drake statue
The Sir Francis Drake statue is a public monument honoring the famed 16th-century English sea captain and explorer, located in Tavistock, Devon.
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C.
Cristo Rei of Dili statue
The Cristo Rei of Dili statue is a towering seaside monument of Christ overlooking the city of Dili in East Timor, and is one of the country’s most iconic religious and tourist landmarks.
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D.
El Caballito statue
El Caballito statue is a prominent equestrian monument in Mexico City, widely recognized as a historic symbol of the city’s colonial and artistic heritage.
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E.
Angel of the Waters statue
The Angel of the Waters statue is a celebrated neoclassical bronze sculpture crowning New York City's Bethesda Fountain, symbolizing healing and purity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monument
ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ statue ⓘ |
| accessibleTo | public ⓘ |
| commemorates | opening of the sea route from Europe to India ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Vasco da Gama ⓘ |
| genre | public art ⓘ |
| hasHeritageType | local monument ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfInscription | Portuguese ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Age of Discovery
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Exploration
European exploration of India ⓘ Portuguese maritime history ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
cultural tourism attraction
ⓘ
historical tourism attraction ⓘ |
| honours | Vasco da Gama ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sines ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Setúbal District ⓘ |
| locatedInMunicipality | Sines ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Alentejo ⓘ |
| locationType | coastal town ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Vasco da Gama ⓘ |
| subjectHasNationality | Portuguese ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole | explorer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vasco da Gama statue Description of subject: The Vasco da Gama statue is a monument in Sines, Portugal, honoring the famed Portuguese explorer known for opening the sea route from Europe to India.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.