Patos
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Patos is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in northeastern Brazil, known as a regional commercial and service center in the semi-arid hinterland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patos canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1172551 — 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: Patos Context triple: [Paraíba, hasCity, Patos]
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A.
Branta
Branta is a genus of black geese that includes species such as the barnacle goose, brant goose, and the Hawaiian nēnē.
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B.
Sialia
Sialia is a genus of small North American thrushes commonly known as bluebirds, noted for their vibrant blue plumage and insectivorous diet.
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C.
Pavo
Pavo is a genus of large, colorful birds in the pheasant family that includes the well-known peafowls.
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D.
Pelican
Pelican was the English galleon originally commanded by Sir Francis Drake on his circumnavigation voyage, later renamed the Golden Hind.
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E.
Ducks
Ducks is the nickname for the University of Oregon’s athletic teams, most prominently its college football program.
- 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: Patos Target entity description: Patos is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in northeastern Brazil, known as a regional commercial and service center in the semi-arid hinterland.
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A.
Branta
Branta is a genus of black geese that includes species such as the barnacle goose, brant goose, and the Hawaiian nēnē.
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B.
Sialia
Sialia is a genus of small North American thrushes commonly known as bluebirds, noted for their vibrant blue plumage and insectivorous diet.
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C.
Pavo
Pavo is a genus of large, colorful birds in the pheasant family that includes the well-known peafowls.
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D.
Pelican
Pelican was the English galleon originally commanded by Sir Francis Drake on his circumnavigation voyage, later renamed the Golden Hind.
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E.
Ducks
Ducks is the nickname for the University of Oregon’s athletic teams, most prominently its college football program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
state of Paraíba
ⓘ
linked to:
Paraíba
|
| governingBody | municipal government of Patos ⓘ |
| hasClimate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| hasCountryCode | BR ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatus | municipality of Paraíba ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage |
Portuguese
ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese language
|
| hasSettlementType | city ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionCode | PB ⓘ |
| isLocatedInTimeZone | UTC−3 ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Brazil
ⓘ
Northeast Brazil semi-arid hinterland ⓘ Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ |
| isRegionalHubFor |
commerce
ⓘ
services ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brazilian semi-arid region
ⓘ
Paraíba ⓘ sertão of Paraíba ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | South America ⓘ |
| role |
regional commercial center
ⓘ
regional service center ⓘ |
| timezone | BRT ⓘ |
| utcOffset | −03:00 ⓘ |
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: Patos Description of subject: Patos is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in northeastern Brazil, known as a regional commercial and service center in the semi-arid hinterland.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.