Guimaras

E56910

island province province of the Philippines

Guimaras is a small island province in the Philippines known for its mango production, coastal scenery, and predominantly Hiligaynon-speaking population.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Guimaras canonical	28
Guimaras Island	11
Guimaras Province	2
Jordan, Guimaras	2
Provincial Government of Guimaras	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T434090 — 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: Guimaras
Context triple: [Hiligaynon language, spokenIn, Guimaras]

A. Leyte
Leyte is a large island province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its rich cultural traditions and historical significance, including major World War II events.
B. Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its sugarcane industry, rich cultural heritage, and vibrant Hiligaynon-speaking population.
C. Negros Oriental
Negros Oriental is a province in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its coastal cities, diverse marine life, and use of Cebuano as a major local language.
D. Iloilo province
Iloilo province is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines known for its rich cultural heritage, historic churches, and vibrant coastal and agricultural communities.
E. Caraga
Caraga is an administrative region in northeastern Mindanao in the Philippines, known for its rich natural resources, coastal landscapes, and significant Cebuano-speaking population.
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: Guimaras
Target entity description: Guimaras is a small island province in the Philippines known for its mango production, coastal scenery, and predominantly Hiligaynon-speaking population.

A. Leyte
Leyte is a large island province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its rich cultural traditions and historical significance, including major World War II events.
B. Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its sugarcane industry, rich cultural heritage, and vibrant Hiligaynon-speaking population.
C. Negros Oriental
Negros Oriental is a province in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its coastal cities, diverse marine life, and use of Cebuano as a major local language.
D. Iloilo province
Iloilo province is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines known for its rich cultural heritage, historic churches, and vibrant coastal and agricultural communities.
E. Caraga
Caraga is an administrative region in northeastern Mindanao in the Philippines, known for its rich natural resources, coastal landscapes, and significant Cebuano-speaking population.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island province ⓘ province of the Philippines ⓘ
alsoSpokenLanguage	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ
capital	Jordan ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
festivalHonors	mango harvest ⓘ
governedBy	Guimaras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Provincial Government of Guimaras
hasAttraction	coastal cliffs ⓘ island-hopping sites ⓘ mango plantations ⓘ marine sanctuaries ⓘ white-sand beaches ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasFestival	Manggahan Festival ⓘ
hasMunicipality	Buenavista ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Nueva Valencia ⓘ San Lorenzo ⓘ Sibunag ⓘ
hasOfficial	Governor of Guimaras ⓘ Vice Governor of Guimaras ⓘ
hasReligion	Iglesia ni Cristo ⓘ Islam ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
islandGroup	Visayas ⓘ
isPartOf	Western Visayas ⓘ
knownFor	beaches ⓘ coastal scenery ⓘ mango production ⓘ rural landscapes ⓘ sweet mangoes ⓘ
largestMunicipality	Jordan ⓘ
locatedIn	Panay Gulf ⓘ
mainAgriculturalProduct	mango ⓘ
nearestMajorCity	Iloilo City ⓘ
population	predominantly Hiligaynon-speaking ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Hiligaynon language ⓘ surface form: Hiligaynon
region	Region VI ⓘ
separatedFrom	Iloilo province ⓘ surface form: Iloilo Province
timeZone	Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited