Province of Northern Samar
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The Province of Northern Samar is a political and administrative province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, occupying the northern portion of the island of Samar.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Province of Northern Samar canonical | 7 |
| province of Northern Samar | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13073339 — 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: Province of Northern Samar Context triple: [First Congressional District of Northern Samar, subdivisionOf, Province of Northern Samar]
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A.
Province of Samar
The Province of Samar is a largely rural island province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its rugged coastlines, dense forests, and role as a key landmass between the Samar Sea and Leyte Gulf.
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B.
Province of Palawan
The Province of Palawan is a large island province in the Philippines renowned for its rich biodiversity, protected seascapes and landscapes, and world-famous ecotourism destinations such as El Nido and Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park.
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C.
Province of Leyte
The Province of Leyte is a large island province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its historical role in World War II and its capital city, Tacloban.
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D.
Province of Negros Oriental
The Province of Negros Oriental is a province in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, occupying the southeastern half of Negros Island with Dumaguete City as its capital.
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E.
Sarangani Province
Sarangani Province is a coastal province in the southern Philippines known for its diverse indigenous communities, including the Blaan people, and its rich marine and agricultural resources.
- 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: Province of Northern Samar Target entity description: The Province of Northern Samar is a political and administrative province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, occupying the northern portion of the island of Samar.
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A.
Province of Samar
The Province of Samar is a largely rural island province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its rugged coastlines, dense forests, and role as a key landmass between the Samar Sea and Leyte Gulf.
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B.
Province of Palawan
The Province of Palawan is a large island province in the Philippines renowned for its rich biodiversity, protected seascapes and landscapes, and world-famous ecotourism destinations such as El Nido and Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park.
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C.
Province of Leyte
The Province of Leyte is a large island province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its historical role in World War II and its capital city, Tacloban.
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D.
Province of Negros Oriental
The Province of Negros Oriental is a province in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, occupying the southeastern half of Negros Island with Dumaguete City as its capital.
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E.
Sarangani Province
Sarangani Province is a coastal province in the southern Philippines known for its diverse indigenous communities, including the Blaan people, and its rich marine and agricultural resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | province of the Philippines ⓘ |
| bordersBodyOfWater |
Philippine Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samar Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ San Bernardino Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersProvince |
Eastern Samar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Catarman, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCityOrMunicipality |
Allen, Northern Samar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Biri, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobon, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ Capul NERFINISHED ⓘ Catarman, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ Catubig NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamay NERFINISHED ⓘ Laoang NERFINISHED ⓘ Lapinig NERFINISHED ⓘ Las Navas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lavezares NERFINISHED ⓘ Lope de Vega NERFINISHED ⓘ Mapanas NERFINISHED ⓘ Mondragon, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ Palapag NERFINISHED ⓘ Pambujan NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosario, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ San Antonio, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ San Isidro, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ San Jose, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ San Vicente, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ Silvino Lobos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| countrySubdivisionOf | Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | Philippine peso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currencyCode | PHP ⓘ |
| executiveHeadTitle | Governor of Northern Samar ⓘ |
| governmentType | provincial government ⓘ |
| isCoastalEntity | true ⓘ |
| isCoextensiveWith | Northern Samar province-level local government unit ⓘ |
| isIslandProvince | false ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Eastern Visayas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippine archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Visayas NERFINISHED ⓘ island of Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestSettlement | Catarman, Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeDistrict |
Northern Samar's 1st congressional district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Samar's 2nd congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localLanguage |
Cebuano
ⓘ
Waray-Waray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Asia/Manila ⓘ |
| location | northern portion of Samar Island ⓘ |
| nationalLanguage | Filipino ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ |
| officialName | Province of Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionCode | Region VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Northern Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Philippine Standard Time ⓘ |
| 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: Province of Northern Samar Description of subject: The Province of Northern Samar is a political and administrative province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, occupying the northern portion of the island of Samar.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
San Isidro, Northern Samar
this entity surface form:
province of Northern Samar
this entity surface form:
province of Northern Samar
this entity surface form:
province of Northern Samar