Port Louis
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Port Louis is the capital and largest city of Mauritius, serving as its main economic, political, and cultural center as well as a key regional port in the Indian Ocean.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T371887 — 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: Port Louis Context triple: [Indian Ocean, hasMajorPort, Port Louis]
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Nouméa, New Caledonia
Nouméa is the capital and largest city of New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific known for its strategic port, multicultural population, and role as a regional administrative and economic center.
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B.
Dakar
Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal, located on the Atlantic coast and serving as a major political, economic, and cultural hub of West Africa.
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C.
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of Haiti, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.
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Ajaccio
Ajaccio is a coastal city on the French island of Corsica, best known as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte and now a popular Mediterranean tourist destination.
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Nouakchott
Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania, located on the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa.
- 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: Port Louis Target entity description: Port Louis is the capital and largest city of Mauritius, serving as its main economic, political, and cultural center as well as a key regional port in the Indian Ocean.
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A.
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Nouméa is the capital and largest city of New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific known for its strategic port, multicultural population, and role as a regional administrative and economic center.
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B.
Dakar
Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal, located on the Atlantic coast and serving as a major political, economic, and cultural hub of West Africa.
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C.
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of Haiti, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.
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Ajaccio
Ajaccio is a coastal city on the French island of Corsica, best known as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte and now a popular Mediterranean tourist destination.
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E.
Nouakchott
Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania, located on the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
capital city
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human settlement ⓘ port city ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Mauritius ⓘ |
| commonLanguage |
French
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Mauritian Creole ⓘ |
| country | Mauritius ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 43 metres ⓘ |
| foundedBy | French colonists ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| hasAirportAccess | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (via road) ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative capital of Mauritius
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commercial hub of Mauritius ⓘ financial center of Mauritius ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Aapravasi Ghat
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Caudan Waterfront ⓘ Central Market of Port Louis ⓘ
linked to:
Port Louis
Champ de Mars Racecourse ⓘ Citadel Fort Adelaide ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port Louis Harbour ⓘ |
| is |
key regional port in the Indian Ocean
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main cultural center of Mauritius ⓘ main economic center of Mauritius ⓘ main political center of Mauritius ⓘ |
| isSeatOf |
Government of Mauritius
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National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ Supreme Court of Mauritius ⓘ |
| largestCityOf | Mauritius ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict |
Port Louis District
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linked to:
Port Louis
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| locatedInTimeZone | Mauritius Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn | island of Mauritius ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Louis XV of France ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| population | over 140000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +4 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Port Louis Description of subject: Port Louis is the capital and largest city of Mauritius, serving as its main economic, political, and cultural center as well as a key regional port in the Indian Ocean.
Referenced by (106)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Speaker of the National Assembly (Mauritius)
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Speaker of the National Assembly
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