Diablada
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Diablada is a traditional Bolivian folk dance and theatrical performance featuring devil masks and elaborate costumes, especially associated with the Carnival of Oruro.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diablada canonical | 2 |
| Diablada boliviana | 1 |
| Diablada peruana | 1 |
| Diablada puneña | 1 |
| diablo del carnaval | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6305561 — 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: Diablada Context triple: [Oruro Department, traditionalDance, Diablada]
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A.
El Diablo
El Diablo is the famous nickname of Bolivian football legend Marco Etcheverry, a creative attacking midfielder renowned for his playmaking skills.
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B.
Quema del Diablo
Quema del Diablo is a traditional ritual celebration in which effigies of the devil are burned to symbolically cleanse and purify a community ahead of major festivities.
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C.
Deabolis
Deabolis was a medieval Balkan town of strategic importance in the Byzantine–Norman conflicts, known as the site where the Treaty of Devol was concluded.
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D.
Damogran
Damogran is a remote, sparsely inhabited planet in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," notable as the secret construction site of the revolutionary starship Heart of Gold.
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E.
White Demon
White Demon is a formidable mythical monster from the Persian epic Shahnameh, best known as the fearsome adversary slain by the hero Rostam.
- 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: Diablada Target entity description: Diablada is a traditional Bolivian folk dance and theatrical performance featuring devil masks and elaborate costumes, especially associated with the Carnival of Oruro.
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A.
El Diablo
El Diablo is the famous nickname of Bolivian football legend Marco Etcheverry, a creative attacking midfielder renowned for his playmaking skills.
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B.
Quema del Diablo
Quema del Diablo is a traditional ritual celebration in which effigies of the devil are burned to symbolically cleanse and purify a community ahead of major festivities.
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C.
Deabolis
Deabolis was a medieval Balkan town of strategic importance in the Byzantine–Norman conflicts, known as the site where the Treaty of Devol was concluded.
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D.
Damogran
Damogran is a remote, sparsely inhabited planet in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," notable as the secret construction site of the revolutionary starship Heart of Gold.
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E.
White Demon
White Demon is a formidable mythical monster from the Persian epic Shahnameh, best known as the fearsome adversary slain by the hero Rostam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intangible cultural heritage
ⓘ
theatrical performance ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ |
| alsoPerformedIn |
Chile
ⓘ
La Paz ⓘ Peru ⓘ Potosí ⓘ northern Argentina ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Carnival of Oruro ⓘ |
| costumeFeature |
boots
ⓘ
capes ⓘ horned masks ⓘ sequined suits ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Bolivia ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Altiplano
ⓘ
linked to:
Altiplano plateau
Andes ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Spanish word "diablo" (devil) ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
China Supay
ⓘ
angels ⓘ archangel Michael ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Michael
bear ⓘ condor ⓘ demons ⓘ devil ⓘ dragon ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christian and Andean syncretism
ⓘ
struggle between good and evil ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
mining traditions of Oruro
ⓘ
veneration of the Virgin of the Mineshaft ⓘ |
| mainLocation | Oruro ⓘ |
| movementStyle |
choreographed group formations
ⓘ
processional dance ⓘ |
| musicGenre | brass band music ⓘ |
| notableCity | Oruro ⓘ |
| performedDuring | Carnival ⓘ |
| performedFor | Virgin of Socavón ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Andean indigenous beliefs
ⓘ
Catholicism ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| symbolizes | triumph of good over evil ⓘ |
| typicalInstrument |
bass drum
ⓘ
cymbals ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | part of Carnival of Oruro, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ⓘ |
| uses |
devil masks
ⓘ
elaborate costumes ⓘ |
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: Diablada Description of subject: Diablada is a traditional Bolivian folk dance and theatrical performance featuring devil masks and elaborate costumes, especially associated with the Carnival of Oruro.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
diablada dance
subject linked to:
diablada dance
linked to: Diablada
linked to: Diablada
linked to: Diablada
linked to: Diablada