Turrialba
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Turrialba is an active stratovolcano in central Costa Rica known for its frequent eruptions and significant gas and ash emissions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Turrialba Volcano | 5 |
| Turrialba canonical | 3 |
| Turrialba (city) | 1 |
| Turrialba Volcano region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T642797 — 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: Turrialba Context triple: [Central American Volcanic Arc, hasNotableVolcano, Turrialba]
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A.
Arenal
Arenal is a prominent stratovolcano in northwestern Costa Rica, famed for its near-perfect conical shape and role as a major eco-tourism and geothermal energy site.
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B.
Volcán Tajumulco
Volcán Tajumulco is a stratovolcano in western Guatemala that stands as the highest peak in Central America.
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C.
San Pedro volcano
San Pedro volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in northern Chile’s Andes, known for its high elevation, arid surroundings, and association with the Central Volcanic Zone.
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D.
Ubinas volcano
Ubinas volcano is an active stratovolcano in southern Peru known for its frequent eruptions and status as one of the country's most hazardous volcanoes.
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E.
Tupungatito volcano
Tupungatito volcano is an active stratovolcano in the central Andes on the Chile–Argentina border, known for frequent small eruptions and its role in the Andean volcanic arc.
- 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: Turrialba Target entity description: Turrialba is an active stratovolcano in central Costa Rica known for its frequent eruptions and significant gas and ash emissions.
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A.
Arenal
Arenal is a prominent stratovolcano in northwestern Costa Rica, famed for its near-perfect conical shape and role as a major eco-tourism and geothermal energy site.
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B.
Volcán Tajumulco
Volcán Tajumulco is a stratovolcano in western Guatemala that stands as the highest peak in Central America.
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C.
San Pedro volcano
San Pedro volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in northern Chile’s Andes, known for its high elevation, arid surroundings, and association with the Central Volcanic Zone.
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D.
Ubinas volcano
Ubinas volcano is an active stratovolcano in southern Peru known for its frequent eruptions and status as one of the country's most hazardous volcanoes.
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E.
Tupungatito volcano
Tupungatito volcano is an active stratovolcano in the central Andes on the Chile–Argentina border, known for frequent small eruptions and its role in the Andean volcanic arc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| activityStatus | active ⓘ |
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| distanceToSanJose | about 50 km east of San José ⓘ |
| elevation |
3340 m
ⓘ
approximately 10960 ft ⓘ |
| emitsGas |
carbon dioxide
ⓘ
hydrogen sulfide ⓘ sulfur dioxide ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Quaternary ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | subduction zone volcano ⓘ |
| hasCraterCount | three main craters ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
ashfall
ⓘ
explosive eruptions ⓘ gas emissions ⓘ lahars ⓘ |
| hasImpact |
airport closures in Costa Rica
ⓘ
ashfall in San José ⓘ damage to agriculture ⓘ |
| hasTourismActivity |
hiking
ⓘ
volcano viewing ⓘ |
| hasTourismRestriction | access often restricted during eruptions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ash emissions
ⓘ
frequent eruptions ⓘ significant gas emissions ⓘ |
| lastEruptionPeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cartago Province
ⓘ
central Costa Rica ⓘ |
| monitoringAgency |
OVSICORI-UNA
ⓘ
Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica ⓘ Red Sismológica Nacional de Costa Rica ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Cordillera Central ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Cartago
ⓘ
Turrialba (city) ⓘ
linked to:
Turrialba
|
| notableEruptionYear |
2010
ⓘ
2014 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ 2016 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ 2021 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Volcanic Range of Costa Rica
ⓘ
linked to:
Central American Volcanic Arc
|
| protectedArea | Turrialba Volcano National Park ⓘ |
| subductingPlate | Cocos Plate ⓘ |
| summitCraterOrientation | aligned northeast-southwest ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate | Caribbean Plate ⓘ |
| volcanicArc |
Central America Volcanic Arc
ⓘ
linked to:
Central American Volcanic Arc
|
| volcanoType | stratovolcano ⓘ |
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: Turrialba Description of subject: Turrialba is an active stratovolcano in central Costa Rica known for its frequent eruptions and significant gas and ash emissions.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Turrialba
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linked to: Turrialba
subject linked to:
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges
linked to: Turrialba
linked to: Turrialba