Paraíba River
E620717
The Paraíba River is a major river in northeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Paraíba and past its capital, João Pessoa, before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paraíba River canonical | 3 |
| Paraíba River basin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6226618 — 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: Paraíba River Context triple: [João Pessoa, locatedOnRiver, Paraíba River]
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A.
Paraíba do Sul River
The Paraíba do Sul River is an important waterway in southeastern Brazil that supports regional agriculture, industry, and urban water supply across the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais.
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B.
Sousa River
The Sousa River is a significant river in northern Portugal that feeds into the Douro River and contributes to its drainage basin.
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C.
Sergipe River
The Sergipe River is a significant waterway in the Brazilian state of Sergipe, flowing through key municipalities and playing an important role in the region’s ecology and economy.
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D.
Acre River
The Acre River is a major tributary of the Purus River in western Amazonia, flowing through Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil and serving as an important waterway for the surrounding rainforest regions.
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E.
Seridó River
The Seridó River is a watercourse in northeastern Brazil that flows through the semi-arid Seridó region, including the city of Caicó, and is important for local agriculture and water supply.
- 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: Paraíba River Target entity description: The Paraíba River is a major river in northeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Paraíba and past its capital, João Pessoa, before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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A.
Paraíba do Sul River
The Paraíba do Sul River is an important waterway in southeastern Brazil that supports regional agriculture, industry, and urban water supply across the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais.
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B.
Sousa River
The Sousa River is a significant river in northern Portugal that feeds into the Douro River and contributes to its drainage basin.
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C.
Sergipe River
The Sergipe River is a significant waterway in the Brazilian state of Sergipe, flowing through key municipalities and playing an important role in the region’s ecology and economy.
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D.
Acre River
The Acre River is a major tributary of the Purus River in western Amazonia, flowing through Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil and serving as an important waterway for the surrounding rainforest regions.
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E.
Seridó River
The Seridó River is a watercourse in northeastern Brazil that flows through the semi-arid Seridó region, including the city of Caicó, and is important for local agriculture and water supply.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| drainageBasinLocatedIn |
state of Paraíba
ⓘ
linked to:
Paraíba
|
| emptiesInto | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| flowsInDirection | towards the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
João Pessoa
ⓘ
state of Paraíba ⓘ |
| hasCapitalOnBanks | João Pessoa ⓘ |
| hasCityOnBanks | João Pessoa ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRoleIn |
state of Paraíba
ⓘ
linked to:
Paraíba
|
| hasMouthNear | Atlantic coast of Paraíba ⓘ |
| isMajorRiverOf | state of Paraíba ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Region, Brazil
ⓘ
linked to:
Northeast Region of Brazil
state of Paraíba ⓘ |
| mouth | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
state of Paraíba
ⓘ
linked to:
Paraíba
|
| partOf | hydrographic network of northeastern Brazil ⓘ |
| passesNear | João Pessoa ⓘ |
| region | northeastern Brazil ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
freshwater supply ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
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: Paraíba River Description of subject: The Paraíba River is a major river in northeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Paraíba and past its capital, João Pessoa, before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Paraíba River