Paraná
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Paraná is a state in southern Brazil known for its diverse landscapes, including the Iguaçu Falls on the border with Argentina and Paraguay, and its strong agricultural and industrial economy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paraná canonical | 78 |
| Paraná (Brazil) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4585263 — 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: Paraná Context triple: [Foz do Iguaçu, state, Paraná]
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Paraná
Paraná is the capital city of Argentina's Entre Ríos Province, located on the eastern bank of the Paraná River and serving as an important political, cultural, and economic center in the Mesopotamia region.
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Paraná River
The Paraná River is one of South America's longest and most important rivers, flowing through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina and serving as a key waterway for transport, hydroelectric power, and regional ecosystems.
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Paraguay River
The Paraguay River is a major South American waterway that flows through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina, forming part of the Río de la Plata Basin and serving as a vital route for transport, agriculture, and ecosystems in the region.
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Paragua River
The Paragua River is a significant waterway in southeastern Venezuela that drains part of the Guiana Highlands before joining the Caroní River within the Orinoco River basin.
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Negro River (Paraguay)
The Negro River in Paraguay is a smaller watercourse in the country’s river system that ultimately feeds into the major Paraguay River basin.
- 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: Paraná Target entity description: Paraná is a state in southern Brazil known for its diverse landscapes, including the Iguaçu Falls on the border with Argentina and Paraguay, and its strong agricultural and industrial economy.
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A.
Paraná
Paraná is the capital city of Argentina's Entre Ríos Province, located on the eastern bank of the Paraná River and serving as an important political, cultural, and economic center in the Mesopotamia region.
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B.
Paraná River
The Paraná River is one of South America's longest and most important rivers, flowing through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina and serving as a key waterway for transport, hydroelectric power, and regional ecosystems.
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C.
Paraguay River
The Paraguay River is a major South American waterway that flows through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina, forming part of the Río de la Plata Basin and serving as a vital route for transport, agriculture, and ecosystems in the region.
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D.
Paragua River
The Paragua River is a significant waterway in southeastern Venezuela that drains part of the Guiana Highlands before joining the Caroní River within the Orinoco River basin.
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E.
Negro River (Paraguay)
The Negro River in Paraguay is a smaller watercourse in the country’s river system that ultimately feeds into the major Paraguay River basin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
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: Paraná Description of subject: Paraná is a state in southern Brazil known for its diverse landscapes, including the Iguaçu Falls on the border with Argentina and Paraguay, and its strong agricultural and industrial economy.
Referenced by (79)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
southern Brazil
subject linked to:
Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba (IPPUC)
subject linked to:
Wire Opera House (Ópera de Arame)
subject linked to:
Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul
subject linked to:
Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul