Saldívar
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Saldívar is the surname of Yolanda Saldívar, who is infamously known for murdering Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saldívar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11886571 — 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: Saldívar Context triple: [Yolanda Saldívar, familyName, Saldívar]
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A.
Alvarado
Alvarado is a historic port city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, known for its fishing industry and location near the Gulf of Mexico.
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B.
Barrazas
Barrazas is a locality or neighborhood that forms part of the municipality of Carolina in Puerto Rico.
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C.
Navarrete
Navarrete is a Spanish surname most notably borne by Javier Navarrete, an acclaimed film composer known for his work on movies such as "Pan's Labyrinth."
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D.
Estevan
Estevan is a residential seaside neighbourhood in the municipality of Oak Bay, near Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Escobedo
Escobedo is the shorthand name for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Escobedo v. Illinois, which significantly expanded the right to counsel during police interrogations.
- 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: Saldívar Target entity description: Saldívar is the surname of Yolanda Saldívar, who is infamously known for murdering Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
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A.
Alvarado
Alvarado is a historic port city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, known for its fishing industry and location near the Gulf of Mexico.
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B.
Barrazas
Barrazas is a locality or neighborhood that forms part of the municipality of Carolina in Puerto Rico.
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C.
Navarrete
Navarrete is a Spanish surname most notably borne by Javier Navarrete, an acclaimed film composer known for his work on movies such as "Pan's Labyrinth."
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D.
Estevan
Estevan is a residential seaside neighbourhood in the municipality of Oak Bay, near Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Escobedo
Escobedo is the shorthand name for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Escobedo v. Illinois, which significantly expanded the right to counsel during police interrogations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
ⓘ
linked to:
Selena Quintanilla
Selena y Los Dinos ⓘ |
| causeOfNotoriety | killing of a famous Tejano singer ⓘ |
| charge | first-degree murder ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
murder
ⓘ
murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-09-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 1995-10-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfCrime | 1995-03-31 ⓘ |
| eligibleForParoleAfter | 30 years ⓘ |
| employer |
Selena fan club
ⓘ
linked to:
Selena Fan Club
|
| ethnicGroup | Mexican American ⓘ |
| familyName | Saldívar ⓘ |
| givenName | Yolanda ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | convicted felon ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive U.S. and international news coverage ⓘ |
| methodOfCrime | shooting ⓘ |
| movementRestriction | incarcerated ⓘ |
| notableCourt | Texas state court in Houston ⓘ |
| notableEvent | trial for the murder of Selena ⓘ |
| notableFor | murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez ⓘ |
| occupation |
fan club president
ⓘ
nurse ⓘ |
| paroleEligibilityYear | 2025 ⓘ |
| penalty | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfCrime | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention |
Mountain View Unit, Gatesville, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Mountain View Unit
|
| positionHeld |
manager of Selena boutiques
ⓘ
president of Selena fan club ⓘ |
| residenceBeforeIncarceration | San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
books about Selena’s murder
ⓘ
television dramatizations of Selena’s life and death ⓘ true crime documentaries ⓘ |
| trialLocationChangeReason | pretrial publicity in Corpus Christi ⓘ |
| victim |
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
ⓘ
linked to:
Selena Quintanilla
|
| weaponUsed | handgun ⓘ |
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: Saldívar Description of subject: Saldívar is the surname of Yolanda Saldívar, who is infamously known for murdering Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Saldívar