Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil is the federal government body responsible for formulating and conducting the country’s foreign policy and managing its diplomatic relations worldwide.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T484920 — 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: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Context triple: [Roberto Azevêdo, employer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil]
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile is the cabinet-level government department responsible for managing Chile’s international relations, diplomacy, and foreign policy.
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U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Brazil
The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Brazil is the American diplomat who serves as the chief representative of the United States to Brazil in the absence of an appointed ambassador.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan is the government ministry responsible for managing Japan’s diplomatic relations, foreign policy, and international cooperation.
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Auswärtiges Amt
The Auswärtiges Amt is Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, responsible for the country’s foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
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Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.
The Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C. is Brazil’s primary diplomatic mission to the United States, located in the city’s upscale Kalorama neighborhood.
- 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: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Target entity description: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil is the federal government body responsible for formulating and conducting the country’s foreign policy and managing its diplomatic relations worldwide.
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A.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile is the cabinet-level government department responsible for managing Chile’s international relations, diplomacy, and foreign policy.
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U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Brazil
The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Brazil is the American diplomat who serves as the chief representative of the United States to Brazil in the absence of an appointed ambassador.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan is the government ministry responsible for managing Japan’s diplomatic relations, foreign policy, and international cooperation.
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Auswärtiges Amt
The Auswärtiges Amt is Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, responsible for the country’s foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
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Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.
The Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C. is Brazil’s primary diplomatic mission to the United States, located in the city’s upscale Kalorama neighborhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal government body of Brazil
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foreign affairs ministry ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
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surface form:
Brazilian Foreign Ministry
Palácio do Itamaraty (Itamaraty Palace in Brasília) ⓘ
surface form:
Itamaraty Palace (metonymically)
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| architectOfHeadquarters | Oscar Niemeyer ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | other Brazilian ministries on external aspects of public policy ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| employs |
Brazilian career diplomats
ⓘ
Brazilian consular officers ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Empire of Brazil ⓘ |
| handles |
issuance of Brazilian visas abroad
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protection of Brazilian nationals overseas ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Department of Asia and Oceania
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Department of Europe ⓘ Department of North America ⓘ Department of South American Affairs ⓘ |
| headedBy |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
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| headquartersBuilding |
Palácio do Itamaraty (Itamaraty Palace in Brasília)
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surface form:
Palácio Itamaraty (Brasília)
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| headquartersLocation | Brasília ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Brazilian government
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal government of Brazil
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| languageOfWork | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Brasília Time ⓘ |
| movedHeadquartersTo | Brasília in 1970s ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ministério das Relações Exteriores
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| notableFor | modernist headquarters building in Brasília ⓘ |
| originalHeadquartersBuilding | Palácio Itamaraty (Rio de Janeiro) ⓘ |
| oversees |
Brazilian consular services
ⓘ
Brazilian diplomatic corps ⓘ Brazil’s foreign service ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Brazilian government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Brazil
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| policyArea |
diplomacy
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foreign policy ⓘ international cooperation ⓘ international relations ⓘ international trade negotiations ⓘ regional integration in South America ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Brazil
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| represents |
Brazil
ⓘ
surface form:
Brazil in bilateral negotiations
Brazil in international organizations ⓘ Brazil in multilateral negotiations ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Brazilian consulates abroad
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Brazilian embassies abroad ⓘ formulation of Brazil’s foreign policy ⓘ implementation of Brazil’s foreign policy ⓘ management of Brazil’s diplomatic relations ⓘ permanent missions of Brazil to international organizations ⓘ |
| shortName |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Itamaraty
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| subordinateTo | President of Brazil ⓘ |
| supports | Brazilian citizens abroad ⓘ |
| symbol | coat of arms of Brazil (used in official seal) ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gov.br/mre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Description of subject: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil is the federal government body responsible for formulating and conducting the country’s foreign policy and managing its diplomatic relations worldwide.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Palácio do Itamaraty (Itamaraty Palace in Brasília)
→
occupant
→
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Palácio do Itamaraty (Brasília)
this entity surface form:
Itamaraty (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
→
nativeName
→
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Ministério das Relações Exteriores
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
→
shortName
→
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Itamaraty
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
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headedBy
→
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
this entity surface form:
Brazilian Foreign Ministry
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
→
precededBy
→
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Brazil
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)
this entity surface form:
Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
this entity surface form:
Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
this entity surface form:
Itamaraty
this entity surface form:
Brazilian diplomatic corps
subject surface form:
Department of Europe (Brazil Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
subject surface form:
Department of Europe (Brazil Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
this entity surface form:
Itamaraty
this entity surface form:
Brazilian foreign service