Madeira
E15891
UNESCO World Heritage Site
archipelago
autonomous region
city
fortified wine
international airport
irrigation channel
island
island group
mountain
regional parliament
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its rugged volcanic landscapes, mild subtropical climate, and namesake fortified wine.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madeira canonical | 71 |
| Autonomous Region of Madeira | 38 |
| Madeira archipelago | 28 |
| Madeira Island | 23 |
| Madeira Islands | 6 |
| Madeira Archipelago | 2 |
| Madeira Autonomous Region | 2 |
| Região Autónoma da Madeira | 2 |
| Island of Madeira | 1 |
| IslandOfMadeira | 1 |
| Islands of Madeira | 1 |
| Madeira Islands (for Portugal) | 1 |
| Madeira region | 1 |
| Madeira wine | 1 |
| MadeiraArchipelago | 1 |
| Santa Cruz, Madeira | 1 |
| island of Madeira | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T44182 — 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: Madeira Context triple: [Portugal, hasAutonomousRegion, Madeira]
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A.
Azores
The Azores are a remote Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, known for their volcanic landscapes, lush greenery, and mild maritime climate.
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B.
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa, known for their volcanic landscapes, subtropical climate, and popularity as a tourist destination.
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C.
Algarve
Algarve is a popular coastal region in southern Portugal known for its beaches, cliffs, and resort towns.
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D.
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a small British Overseas Territory at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, known for its strategic location at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea and its iconic limestone Rock of Gibraltar.
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E.
St. Helena
St. Helena is a small, historic city in California’s Napa Valley known for its wineries, vineyards, and upscale culinary and tourism scene.
- 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: Madeira Target entity description: Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its rugged volcanic landscapes, mild subtropical climate, and namesake fortified wine.
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A.
Azores
The Azores are a remote Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, known for their volcanic landscapes, lush greenery, and mild maritime climate.
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B.
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa, known for their volcanic landscapes, subtropical climate, and popularity as a tourist destination.
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C.
Algarve
Algarve is a popular coastal region in southern Portugal known for its beaches, cliffs, and resort towns.
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D.
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a small British Overseas Territory at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, known for its strategic location at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea and its iconic limestone Rock of Gibraltar.
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E.
St. Helena
St. Helena is a small, historic city in California’s Napa Valley known for its wineries, vineyards, and upscale culinary and tourism scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
archipelago ⓘ autonomous region ⓘ city ⓘ fortified wine ⓘ international airport ⓘ irrigation channel ⓘ island ⓘ island ⓘ island group ⓘ island group ⓘ mountain ⓘ regional parliament ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Desertas Islands
ⓘ
Madeira self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Madeira Island
Porto Santo Island ⓘ Savage Islands ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| elevation | 1862 metres ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
ⓘ
surface form:
Funchal
|
| hasClimate |
mild
ⓘ
subtropical ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineFeature |
rocky shores
ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ |
| hasCurrency | euro ⓘ |
| hasDemonym | Madeiran ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalOrigin | volcanic ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | autonomous regional government ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | Pico Ruivo ⓘ |
| hasLegislature | Legislative Assembly of Madeira ⓘ |
| hasMainEconomicActivity |
services sector
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ viticulture ⓘ |
| hasMajorReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | Laurisilva forest ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| hasPopulation | approximately 250000 ⓘ |
| hasStatus | autonomous region of Portugal ⓘ |
| hasTimeZone | UTC±0 ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction | levada walking trails ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Madeira
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Madeira wine
|
| locatedIn |
Madeira
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Madeira self-linksurface differs ⓘ Madeira self-linksurface differs ⓘ Madeira self-linksurface differs ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
|
| locatedSouthwestOf |
mainland Portugal
ⓘ
surface form:
Portugal mainland
|
| locatedWestOf | Morocco ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Madeira self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| partOf | Macaronesia ⓘ |
| usesDrivingSide | right ⓘ |
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: Madeira Description of subject: Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its rugged volcanic landscapes, mild subtropical climate, and namesake fortified wine.
Referenced by (181)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Madeira Island
subject surface form:
Madeira wine
subject surface form:
Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport
subject surface form:
Laurisilva of Madeira
subject surface form:
Funchal
subject surface form:
Funchal
this entity surface form:
Madeira archipelago
subject surface form:
Funchal
this entity surface form:
Madeira Autonomous Region
subject surface form:
Funchal
this entity surface form:
Madeira archipelago
subject surface form:
Funchal
this entity surface form:
Autonomous Region of Madeira
subject surface form:
Funchal
this entity surface form:
Madeira Island
this entity surface form:
Madeira Island
this entity surface form:
Autonomous Region of Madeira
this entity surface form:
Santa Cruz, Madeira
this entity surface form:
Madeira archipelago
this entity surface form:
Madeira Island
this entity surface form:
Madeira archipelago
this entity surface form:
Autonomous Region of Madeira
this entity surface form:
Autonomous Region of Madeira
this entity surface form:
Autonomous Region of Madeira
this entity surface form:
Madeira archipelago
this entity surface form:
Madeira archipelago
this entity surface form:
Autonomous Region of Madeira
this entity surface form:
Madeira Island
this entity surface form:
Madeira Island
this entity surface form:
Região Autónoma da Madeira
this entity surface form:
Madeira archipelago
this entity surface form:
Madeira Archipelago
this entity surface form:
Autonomous Region of Madeira
this entity surface form:
Madeira Islands (for Portugal)