Moor's head
E93045
Moor's head is a heraldic emblem depicting a black African head, famously used on the flag and coat of arms of Corsica.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moor's head canonical | 6 |
| Moor's head (heraldry) | 1 |
| Moor's head with raised headband | 1 |
| Moor's head without blindfold | 1 |
| Moor’s head | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T783957 — 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: Moor's head Context triple: [Corsica, symbol, Moor's head]
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A.
Munttoren
Munttoren is a historic clock and bell tower in central Amsterdam, originally part of the city’s medieval fortifications and now a notable canal-side landmark.
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B.
Leatherhead
Leatherhead is a historic market town in the county of Surrey in South East England, situated on the River Mole and serving as a local commercial and commuter hub.
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C.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
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D.
Indian Head
Indian Head is a prominent rocky headland and lookout point on the eastern coast of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia, known for its scenic ocean views and marine wildlife sightings.
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E.
Stone Tower
Stone Tower is a historic stone observation tower located within Lynn Woods Reservation in Lynn, Massachusetts, offering panoramic views of the surrounding forest and coastline.
- 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: Moor's head Target entity description: Moor's head is a heraldic emblem depicting a black African head, famously used on the flag and coat of arms of Corsica.
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A.
Munttoren
Munttoren is a historic clock and bell tower in central Amsterdam, originally part of the city’s medieval fortifications and now a notable canal-side landmark.
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B.
Leatherhead
Leatherhead is a historic market town in the county of Surrey in South East England, situated on the River Mole and serving as a local commercial and commuter hub.
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C.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
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D.
Indian Head
Indian Head is a prominent rocky headland and lookout point on the eastern coast of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia, known for its scenic ocean views and marine wildlife sightings.
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E.
Stone Tower
Stone Tower is a historic stone observation tower located within Lynn Woods Reservation in Lynn, Massachusetts, offering panoramic views of the surrounding forest and coastline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emblem
ⓘ
heraldic charge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Maure
ⓘ
Moor's head of Corsica ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Corsica ⓘ |
| category |
ethnic heraldry
ⓘ
symbol of Corsica ⓘ |
| depicts | black African head ⓘ |
| foundIn |
European heraldry
ⓘ
Italian heraldry ⓘ
linked to:
European heraldry
Sardinian heraldry ⓘ |
| hasColor | black ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
European colonial history
ⓘ
Mediterranean history ⓘ |
| hasElement |
blindfold (historical variants)
ⓘ
head in profile ⓘ headband ⓘ |
| hasOrientation |
left-facing (historical variants)
ⓘ
right-facing (modern Corsican version) ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Four Moors (Quattro Mori) of Sardinia
ⓘ
Moor of Freising ⓘ |
| subjectOf | debates about racial imagery in heraldry ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Corsican identity
ⓘ
freedom ⓘ resistance ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Territorial Collectivity of Corsica
ⓘ
linked to:
Corsica
|
| usedIn | heraldry ⓘ |
| usedOn |
coat of arms of Corsica
ⓘ
flag of Corsica ⓘ |
| usedSince | at least 18th century (Corsica) ⓘ |
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: Moor's head Description of subject: Moor's head is a heraldic emblem depicting a black African head, famously used on the flag and coat of arms of Corsica.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Moor's head
linked to: Moor's head
linked to: Moor's head
subject linked to:
French name "Tête de Maure"
subject linked to:
French name "Tête de Maure"
linked to: Moor's head