Obando, Bulacan
E785163
Obando, Bulacan is a coastal municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, best known for its annual Obando Fertility Rites, a colorful religious dance festival attracting pilgrims and tourists.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brgy. Panghulo, Obando, Bulacan | 1 |
| Obando, Bulacan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9208079 — 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: Obando, Bulacan Context triple: [Malabon, hasBorderWith, Obando, Bulacan]
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A.
Bocaue, Bulacan
Bocaue, Bulacan is a municipality in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines, known for its religious festivals and as the site of major venues such as the Philippine Arena.
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B.
Guiguinto, Bulacan
Guiguinto, Bulacan is a rapidly urbanizing municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, known for its strategic location near Metro Manila and growing residential and commercial developments.
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C.
Los Baños, Laguna
Los Baños, Laguna is a municipality in the Philippines known for its hot springs, the University of the Philippines Los Baños campus, and its role in World War II history.
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D.
San Fernando, Pampanga
San Fernando, Pampanga is a city in the Philippines historically known as a key staging point during the Bataan Death March in World War II.
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E.
San Simon, Pampanga
San Simon, Pampanga is a municipality in the province of Pampanga in the Philippines, known for its agricultural economy and strategic location along major transport routes in Central Luzon.
- 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: Obando, Bulacan Target entity description: Obando, Bulacan is a coastal municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, best known for its annual Obando Fertility Rites, a colorful religious dance festival attracting pilgrims and tourists.
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A.
Bocaue, Bulacan
Bocaue, Bulacan is a municipality in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines, known for its religious festivals and as the site of major venues such as the Philippine Arena.
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B.
Guiguinto, Bulacan
Guiguinto, Bulacan is a rapidly urbanizing municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, known for its strategic location near Metro Manila and growing residential and commercial developments.
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C.
Los Baños, Laguna
Los Baños, Laguna is a municipality in the Philippines known for its hot springs, the University of the Philippines Los Baños campus, and its role in World War II history.
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D.
San Fernando, Pampanga
San Fernando, Pampanga is a city in the Philippines historically known as a key staging point during the Bataan Death March in World War II.
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E.
San Simon, Pampanga
San Simon, Pampanga is a municipality in the province of Pampanga in the Philippines, known for its agricultural economy and strategic location along major transport routes in Central Luzon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| attracts |
pilgrims
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| celebratesFestival | Obando Fertility Rites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| festivalMonth | May ⓘ |
| festivalType |
dance festival
ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ |
| governingCountry | Republic of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBodyOfWater |
Bocaue River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manila Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Meycauayan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimateType | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | Obando Fertility Rites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
aquaculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Luzon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernmentUnitType | municipality ⓘ |
| hasMajorReligion | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaint |
Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción de Salambao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Claire of Assisi NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Paschal Baylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCountryCode | PH ⓘ |
| hasProvince | Bulacan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProvinceCapital | Malolos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Central Luzon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Region III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousDenomination | Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousPractice | fertility dance ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | municipality ⓘ |
| hasTimezone | Philippine Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCoastal | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Catholic pilgrimage site
ⓘ
Obando Fertility Rites NERFINISHED ⓘ religious dance festival ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Filipino NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagalog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bulacan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Luzon NERFINISHED ⓘ Luzon ⓘ Philippine archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Province of Bulacan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +8 ⓘ |
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: Obando, Bulacan Description of subject: Obando, Bulacan is a coastal municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, best known for its annual Obando Fertility Rites, a colorful religious dance festival attracting pilgrims and tourists.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brgy. Panghulo, Obando, Bulacan