Teresina
E562759
Teresina is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Piauí, known for its hot climate and location near the confluence of the Parnaíba and Poti rivers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teresina canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5689213 — 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: Teresina Context triple: [Northeast Region of Brazil, majorCity, Teresina]
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A.
São Luís
São Luís is the historic capital of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, known for its well-preserved colonial architecture and rich Afro-Brazilian cultural heritage.
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B.
Belém
Belém is a historic riverside district of Lisbon, Portugal, known for its monuments of the Age of Discoveries, including the Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery.
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C.
Campina Grande
Campina Grande is a major city in northeastern Brazil known for its technology and education hubs and for hosting one of the world’s largest São João (June) festivals.
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D.
Aracaju
Aracaju is a coastal city in northeastern Brazil known for its planned urban layout, beaches, and role as an administrative and economic center.
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E.
Belém do Pará
Belém do Pará is a major port city in northern Brazil, known as the gateway to the Amazon region and an important cultural and economic center.
- 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: Teresina Target entity description: Teresina is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Piauí, known for its hot climate and location near the confluence of the Parnaíba and Poti rivers.
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A.
São Luís
São Luís is the historic capital of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, known for its well-preserved colonial architecture and rich Afro-Brazilian cultural heritage.
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B.
Belém
Belém is a historic riverside district of Lisbon, Portugal, known for its monuments of the Age of Discoveries, including the Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery.
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C.
Campina Grande
Campina Grande is a major city in northeastern Brazil known for its technology and education hubs and for hosting one of the world’s largest São João (June) festivals.
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D.
Aracaju
Aracaju is a coastal city in northeastern Brazil known for its planned urban layout, beaches, and role as an administrative and economic center.
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E.
Belém do Pará
Belém do Pará is a major port city in northern Brazil, known as the gateway to the Amazon region and an important cultural and economic center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | +55 86 ⓘ |
| averageAnnualTemperature | around 28 °C ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Piauí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | -5.0892 -42.8019 ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | state of Piauí ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly mixed-race and white population with significant Afro-Brazilian presence ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 72 metres ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1852 ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Senador Petrônio Portella Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHigherEducationInstitution |
Federal University of Piauí
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State University of Piauí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHotClimate | true ⓘ |
| hasMayor | municipal mayor of Teresina ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalChamber | Municipal Chamber of Teresina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| is | capital and largest city of the state of Piauí ⓘ |
| isInGeographicalRegion | Mid-North of Brazil ⓘ |
| isSeatOf | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hot climate
ⓘ
location near the confluence of the Parnaíba and Poti rivers ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Piauí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater |
Parnaíba River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poti River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Brasília Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
Parnaíba River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poti River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Theresa of Ávila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Northeast Region of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | over 800000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| postalCode | 64000-000 to 64099-999 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivities |
commerce
ⓘ
industry ⓘ services ⓘ |
| regionalRole |
administrative center of Piauí
ⓘ
cultural center of Piauí ⓘ economic center of Piauí ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure |
intercity bus terminal
ⓘ
regional airport ⓘ urban bus system ⓘ |
| urbanStatus | highly urbanized city ⓘ |
| usesTimeZone | BRT ⓘ |
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: Teresina Description of subject: Teresina is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Piauí, known for its hot climate and location near the confluence of the Parnaíba and Poti rivers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.