Ribeira Brava
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Ribeira Brava is the main town and administrative center of the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde, known for its coastal setting and colonial-era architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ribeira Brava canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3809030 — 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: Ribeira Brava Context triple: [São Nicolau, capital, Ribeira Brava]
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A.
Sertã
Sertã is a municipality and town in central Portugal known for its forested landscapes, river beaches, and traditional cuisine.
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B.
Serpa
Serpa is a historic walled town and municipality in Portugal’s Alentejo region, known for its medieval architecture, whitewashed houses, and traditional cheese production.
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C.
Beiras
Beiras is a traditional region in central Portugal known for its diverse landscapes, historic cities, and cultural heritage.
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D.
Miranda do Douro
Miranda do Douro is a municipality in northeastern Portugal known for its distinct cultural identity, including the official regional use of the Mirandese language.
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E.
Golegã
Golegã is a Portuguese town famed for its equestrian traditions and annual horse fair, located in the Centro Region of Portugal.
- 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: Ribeira Brava Target entity description: Ribeira Brava is the main town and administrative center of the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde, known for its coastal setting and colonial-era architecture.
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A.
Sertã
Sertã is a municipality and town in central Portugal known for its forested landscapes, river beaches, and traditional cuisine.
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B.
Serpa
Serpa is a historic walled town and municipality in Portugal’s Alentejo region, known for its medieval architecture, whitewashed houses, and traditional cheese production.
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C.
Beiras
Beiras is a traditional region in central Portugal known for its diverse landscapes, historic cities, and cultural heritage.
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D.
Miranda do Douro
Miranda do Douro is a municipality in northeastern Portugal known for its distinct cultural identity, including the official regional use of the Mirandese language.
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E.
Golegã
Golegã is a Portuguese town famed for its equestrian traditions and annual horse fair, located in the Centro Region of Portugal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipal seat
ⓘ
settlement ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterOf | São Nicolau Island ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Ribeira Brava Municipality ⓘ |
| country |
Cape Verde Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Verde
|
| countryCapital | no ⓘ |
| governedBy |
municipality of Ribeira Brava
ⓘ
surface form:
municipal council of Ribeira Brava
|
| hasArchitecturalHeritage | Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | colonial-era architecture ⓘ |
| hasClimate | arid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
services ⓘ small-scale commerce ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature | coastal setting ⓘ |
| hasNameOriginLanguage |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| hasNearbyGeographicalFeature | mountainous interior of São Nicolau ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
colorful colonial houses
ⓘ
historic town center ⓘ narrow streets ⓘ |
| hasPopulationScale | small town ⓘ |
| hasPort | small coastal port ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Catholic church ⓘ |
| hasRole |
administrative center
ⓘ
municipal capital ⓘ |
| hasTourismAttractionType |
coastal scenery
ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ |
| hasUrbanFeature |
central square
ⓘ
market area ⓘ municipal buildings ⓘ |
| hasUrbanFunction |
educational center
ⓘ
local transport hub ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| isMainTownOf | São Nicolau Island ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Cape Verdean Creole
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Barlavento Islands
ⓘ
Sotavento and Barlavento archipelago of Cape Verde ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | island of São Nicolau ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Northern Cape Verde ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Cape Verde Time
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabo Verde Time
|
| locatedOnCoastOf | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | São Nicolau ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “wild river” in Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf | Ribeira Brava Municipality ⓘ |
| roadConnection | connected by road to other settlements on São Nicolau ⓘ |
| timeZoneUTCOffset | UTC−01:00 ⓘ |
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: Ribeira Brava Description of subject: Ribeira Brava is the main town and administrative center of the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde, known for its coastal setting and colonial-era architecture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.