Gonâve Microplate
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The Gonâve Microplate is a small tectonic plate in the northern Caribbean region, located between the North American and Caribbean Plates and associated with significant seismic activity in Haiti and Jamaica.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gonâve Microplate canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4067009 — 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: Gonâve Microplate Context triple: [Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone, separates, Gonâve Microplate]
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A.
Mascarene Plateau
The Mascarene Plateau is a vast submerged volcanic plateau in the western Indian Ocean, stretching between the Seychelles and Mauritius and known for its rich marine biodiversity and shallow banks.
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B.
Grande-Terre
Grande-Terre is one of the main islands of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, known for its white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and tourism-centered coastal towns.
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C.
Grande-Terre
Grande-Terre is the larger of the two principal islands of the French overseas department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
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D.
Cap-Vert Peninsula
Cap-Vert Peninsula is the westernmost point of the African mainland, projecting into the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal and hosting the capital city, Dakar.
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E.
Grande Terre
Grande Terre is the largest and most populous island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, known for its mountainous interior and surrounding coral reefs.
- 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: Gonâve Microplate Target entity description: The Gonâve Microplate is a small tectonic plate in the northern Caribbean region, located between the North American and Caribbean Plates and associated with significant seismic activity in Haiti and Jamaica.
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A.
Mascarene Plateau
The Mascarene Plateau is a vast submerged volcanic plateau in the western Indian Ocean, stretching between the Seychelles and Mauritius and known for its rich marine biodiversity and shallow banks.
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B.
Grande-Terre
Grande-Terre is one of the main islands of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, known for its white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and tourism-centered coastal towns.
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C.
Grande-Terre
Grande-Terre is the larger of the two principal islands of the French overseas department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
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D.
Cap-Vert Peninsula
Cap-Vert Peninsula is the westernmost point of the African mainland, projecting into the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal and hosting the capital city, Dakar.
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E.
Grande Terre
Grande Terre is the largest and most populous island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, known for its mountainous interior and surrounding coral reefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological structure
ⓘ
tectonic microplate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
ⓘ
Haiti earthquake activity ⓘ Jamaica earthquake activity ⓘ Septentrional–Oriente fault zone ⓘ
linked to:
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
seismic activity in Haiti ⓘ seismic activity in Jamaica ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Caribbean Plate
ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ |
| containsStructure |
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
ⓘ
Septentrional–Oriente fault zone ⓘ
linked to:
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
|
| deformationStyle |
strike-slip faulting
ⓘ
transpressional tectonics ⓘ |
| extendsAlong |
Hispaniola region
ⓘ
linked to:
Hispaniola
Jamaica region ⓘ southern margin of Cuba ⓘ |
| geologicalProcess | plate boundary shear ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryType |
complex plate boundary zone
ⓘ
transform boundary ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern Caribbean region ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Gonâve Island ⓘ |
| movementType | left-lateral strike-slip motion ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gonâve Island ⓘ |
| partOf |
Caribbean plate boundary zone
ⓘ
linked to:
Caribbean Plate boundary zone
|
| relativeMotionTo |
Caribbean Plate
ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ |
| researchField |
Caribbean geology
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | strike-slip plate boundary zone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gonâve Microplate Description of subject: The Gonâve Microplate is a small tectonic plate in the northern Caribbean region, located between the North American and Caribbean Plates and associated with significant seismic activity in Haiti and Jamaica.
Referenced by (1)
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