Ras Spartel
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Ras Spartel is an alternative name for Cape Spartel, a prominent headland marking the northwestern tip of Africa near the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ras Spartel canonical | 1 |
| Ras Spartel (Arabic-derived name) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10135444 — 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: Ras Spartel Context triple: [Cape Spartel, hasAlternativeName, Ras Spartel]
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A.
Al Hoceima Bay
Al Hoceima Bay is a scenic Mediterranean coastal inlet in northern Morocco known for its clear waters, beaches, and surrounding cliffs within the Al Hoceima region.
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B.
Bay of Agadir
The Bay of Agadir is a sweeping Atlantic bay on Morocco’s southern coast, known for its long sandy beaches, resort-lined waterfront, and role as a major tourist hub.
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C.
Saleh Bay
Saleh Bay is a large, sheltered bay on the northern coast of Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its rich marine biodiversity and traditional coastal communities.
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D.
Bizerte Isthmus
Bizerte Isthmus is a narrow land corridor in northern Tunisia that links the African mainland to the Bizerte area between the Mediterranean Sea and inland waters.
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E.
Strait of Bonifacio
The Strait of Bonifacio is a narrow, often treacherous sea passage in the Mediterranean that separates the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and connects the Tyrrhenian Sea with the western Mediterranean.
- 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: Ras Spartel Target entity description: Ras Spartel is an alternative name for Cape Spartel, a prominent headland marking the northwestern tip of Africa near the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco.
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A.
Al Hoceima Bay
Al Hoceima Bay is a scenic Mediterranean coastal inlet in northern Morocco known for its clear waters, beaches, and surrounding cliffs within the Al Hoceima region.
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B.
Bay of Agadir
The Bay of Agadir is a sweeping Atlantic bay on Morocco’s southern coast, known for its long sandy beaches, resort-lined waterfront, and role as a major tourist hub.
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C.
Saleh Bay
Saleh Bay is a large, sheltered bay on the northern coast of Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its rich marine biodiversity and traditional coastal communities.
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D.
Bizerte Isthmus
Bizerte Isthmus is a narrow land corridor in northern Tunisia that links the African mainland to the Bizerte area between the Mediterranean Sea and inland waters.
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E.
Strait of Bonifacio
The Strait of Bonifacio is a narrow, often treacherous sea passage in the Mediterranean that separates the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and connects the Tyrrhenian Sea with the western Mediterranean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cape
ⓘ
headland ⓘ |
| alternateName | Cape Spartel ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| coordinates | 35.7667°N 5.9333°W ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| elevation | about 315 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| forms | western entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| geologicalType | rocky promontory ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Cape Spartel Lighthouse ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Strait of Gibraltar
ⓘ
southern coast of Spain ⓘ |
| languageVariantName |
Cap Spartel (French name)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cap Spartel
Ras Spartel (Arabic-derived name) ⓘ
linked to:
Ras Spartel
|
| lighthouseBuiltIn | 1864 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
ⓘ
northwestern tip of Africa ⓘ |
| locatedInHemisphere |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Western Hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Strait of Gibraltar
ⓘ
Tangier ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Bay of Tangier
ⓘ
Cap Malabata ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Malabata
|
| partOf |
Moroccan Atlantic coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Moroccan Atlantic façade
|
| seaToEast | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| seaToWest | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| significance |
important landmark for maritime navigation
ⓘ
marks transition between Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| tourism | popular viewpoint and tourist destination ⓘ |
| usedFor | shipping navigation ⓘ |
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: Ras Spartel Description of subject: Ras Spartel is an alternative name for Cape Spartel, a prominent headland marking the northwestern tip of Africa near the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ras Spartel