Paraopeba River
E881618
The Paraopeba River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Minas Gerais and contributes substantially to the São Francisco River basin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paraopeba River canonical | 2 |
| Rio Paraopeba | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10071574 — 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: Paraopeba River Context triple: [São Francisco River, majorTributary, Paraopeba River]
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A.
Araguari River
The Araguari River is a significant waterway in central Brazil that flows through the state of Minas Gerais and contributes to the Paraná River basin.
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B.
Taquari River
The Taquari River is a significant waterway in central-western Brazil that flows through the Pantanal wetlands before joining the Paraguay River.
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C.
Ipiranga River
The Ipiranga River is a historically significant waterway in São Paulo, Brazil, best known as the site where Dom Pedro I proclaimed Brazil’s independence in 1822.
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D.
Gilão River
The Gilão River is a waterway in Portugal’s Algarve region that flows through the historic town of Tavira before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Tietê River
The Tietê River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows across the state of São Paulo and plays a key role in the region’s ecology, economy, and urban landscape.
- 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: Paraopeba River Target entity description: The Paraopeba River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Minas Gerais and contributes substantially to the São Francisco River basin.
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A.
Araguari River
The Araguari River is a significant waterway in central Brazil that flows through the state of Minas Gerais and contributes to the Paraná River basin.
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B.
Taquari River
The Taquari River is a significant waterway in central-western Brazil that flows through the Pantanal wetlands before joining the Paraguay River.
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C.
Ipiranga River
The Ipiranga River is a historically significant waterway in São Paulo, Brazil, best known as the site where Dom Pedro I proclaimed Brazil’s independence in 1822.
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D.
Gilão River
The Gilão River is a waterway in Portugal’s Algarve region that flows through the historic town of Tavira before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Tietê River
The Tietê River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows across the state of São Paulo and plays a key role in the region’s ecology, economy, and urban landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion |
State of Minas Gerais
ⓘ
linked to:
Minas Gerais
|
| affectedBy |
Brumadinho dam disaster
ⓘ
linked to:
Brumadinho
|
| basinCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 2019-01-25 ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
São Francisco River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
São Francisco River Basin
|
| flowsNear | Belo Horizonte ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Betim
ⓘ
Brumadinho ⓘ Curvelo ⓘ Fortuna de Minas ⓘ Juátuba ⓘ Minas Gerais ⓘ Paraopeba (municipality) ⓘ São Joaquim de Bicas ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
fish mortality events after 2019 disaster
ⓘ
restrictions on water use after 2019 disaster ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole |
habitat for freshwater species
ⓘ
supports riparian ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
heavy metal contamination
ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ |
| hasHumanUse |
domestic water use
ⓘ
industrial water use ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
São Francisco River water quality
ⓘ
aquatic biodiversity in Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Rio Paraopeba
ⓘ
linked to:
Paraopeba River
|
| hasRisk | contamination of downstream communities ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | environmental monitoring programs in Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minas Gerais
ⓘ
Southeast Region, Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
Southeast Region of Brazil
|
| mouthLocation | São Francisco River ⓘ |
| near | Córrego do Feijão mine ⓘ |
| partOf |
São Francisco River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
São Francisco River Basin
São Francisco River system ⓘ
linked to:
São Francisco River Basin
|
| pollutionSource | Córrego do Feijão tailings dam failure ⓘ |
| region | southeastern Brazil ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | São Francisco River ⓘ |
| tributaryType | left-bank tributary of the São Francisco River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ livestock watering ⓘ 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: Paraopeba River Description of subject: The Paraopeba River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Minas Gerais and contributes substantially to the São Francisco River basin.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Paraopeba River