Paraibuna River
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The Paraibuna River is a waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows through the city of Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paraibuna River canonical | 2 |
| Rio Paraibuna | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9643870 — 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: Paraibuna River Context triple: [Juiz de Fora, locatedOnRiver, Paraibuna River]
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A.
Paiva River
The Paiva River is a scenic river in northern Portugal known for its pristine waters, rugged gorges, and the popular Paiva Walkways hiking route along its banks.
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B.
Sombreiro River
The Sombreiro River is a significant waterway in southern Nigeria that flows through the Niger Delta region, supporting local transportation, fishing, and agriculture.
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C.
Guapimirim River
The Guapimirim River is a Brazilian river in the state of Rio de Janeiro that flows through the Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area before emptying into Guanabara Bay.
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D.
Carrao River
The Carrao River is a river in southeastern Venezuela that flows through Canaima National Park and is known for feeding Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall.
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E.
Canindé River
The Canindé River is a significant watercourse in northeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Piauí, contributing to its regional hydrology and ecosystems.
- 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: Paraibuna River Target entity description: The Paraibuna River is a waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows through the city of Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais.
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A.
Paiva River
The Paiva River is a scenic river in northern Portugal known for its pristine waters, rugged gorges, and the popular Paiva Walkways hiking route along its banks.
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B.
Sombreiro River
The Sombreiro River is a significant waterway in southern Nigeria that flows through the Niger Delta region, supporting local transportation, fishing, and agriculture.
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C.
Guapimirim River
The Guapimirim River is a Brazilian river in the state of Rio de Janeiro that flows through the Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area before emptying into Guanabara Bay.
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D.
Carrao River
The Carrao River is a river in southeastern Venezuela that flows through Canaima National Park and is known for feeding Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall.
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E.
Canindé River
The Canindé River is a significant watercourse in northeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Piauí, contributing to its regional hydrology and ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| adjacentCity | Juiz de Fora ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | southeastern Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Juiz de Fora ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
local fisheries
ⓘ
sand extraction ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
urban sewage contamination
ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ |
| hasFloodRisk | Juiz de Fora ⓘ |
| hasMouthIn | Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Rio Paraibuna
ⓘ
linked to:
Paraibuna River
|
| hasWatershedIn | Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| influences | urban development of Juiz de Fora ⓘ |
| isInHydrologicalRegion | southeastern Brazil ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
Brazilian environmental monitoring programs
ⓘ
regional hydrological studies ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Portuguese
ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese language
|
| locatedIn |
Juiz de Fora microregion
ⓘ
linked to:
Metropolitan Region of Juiz de Fora
Minas Gerais ⓘ southeastern Brazil ⓘ |
| partOf | Atlantic slope river systems of Brazil ⓘ |
| typeOfWaterBody | freshwater river ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
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: Paraibuna River Description of subject: The Paraibuna River is a waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows through the city of Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Paraibuna River