Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
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The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil is the country’s highest judicial authority and constitutional court, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and serving as the final arbiter in major legal and political disputes.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Supreme Federal Court of Brazil canonical | 12 |
| Supreme Federal Court (Brazil) | 1 |
| Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (for constitutional issues on appeal) | 1 |
| Supremo Tribunal Federal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1170382 — 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: Supreme Federal Court of Brazil Context triple: [Supreme Federal Court building in Brasília, governingBody, Supreme Federal Court of Brazil]
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A.
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation is Mexico’s highest federal court and ultimate judicial authority, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and overseeing the country’s judiciary.
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B.
Supreme Court of Argentina
The Supreme Court of Argentina is the country's highest judicial authority, responsible for interpreting the constitution and serving as the final court of appeal in the Argentine legal system.
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C.
Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court is Portugal’s highest judicial body responsible for overseeing the constitutionality of laws and ensuring that legislation and state actions comply with the Portuguese Constitution.
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D.
Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal
The Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal is the country’s highest court for civil and criminal matters, overseeing the uniform application of law and serving as the final court of appeal within the Portuguese judiciary.
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E.
Supreme Court of Colombia
The Supreme Court of Colombia is the country’s highest court of ordinary jurisdiction, responsible for final appeals in civil, criminal, and labor cases and for helping safeguard the rule of law within the Colombian judicial system.
- 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: Supreme Federal Court of Brazil Target entity description: The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil is the country’s highest judicial authority and constitutional court, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and serving as the final arbiter in major legal and political disputes.
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A.
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation is Mexico’s highest federal court and ultimate judicial authority, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and overseeing the country’s judiciary.
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B.
Supreme Court of Argentina
The Supreme Court of Argentina is the country's highest judicial authority, responsible for interpreting the constitution and serving as the final court of appeal in the Argentine legal system.
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C.
Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court is Portugal’s highest judicial body responsible for overseeing the constitutionality of laws and ensuring that legislation and state actions comply with the Portuguese Constitution.
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D.
Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal
The Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal is the country’s highest court for civil and criminal matters, overseeing the uniform application of law and serving as the final court of appeal within the Portuguese judiciary.
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E.
Supreme Court of Colombia
The Supreme Court of Colombia is the country’s highest court of ordinary jurisdiction, responsible for final appeals in civil, criminal, and labor cases and for helping safeguard the rule of law within the Colombian judicial system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional court
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court of last resort ⓘ supreme court ⓘ |
| appointmentBy | President of Brazil ⓘ |
| appointmentRequires | approval by Federal Senate of Brazil ⓘ |
| branchOf |
Judicial branch of Brazil
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surface form:
Judiciary of Brazil
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| buildingArchitect | Oscar Niemeyer ⓘ |
| buildingName | Supreme Federal Court building ⓘ |
| coequalWith |
National Congress of Brazil
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President of Brazil ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| currentPresident | Roberto Barroso ⓘ |
| currentPresidentStartDate | 2023 ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1829 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://portal.stf.jus.br ⓘ |
| hasPower |
constitutional review of executive acts
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judicial review of legislation ⓘ review of decisions of lower federal courts on constitutional issues ⓘ review of decisions of state courts on constitutional issues ⓘ |
| hasRole |
final arbiter in major legal disputes in Brazil
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final arbiter in major political disputes in Brazil ⓘ guardian of the Constitution of Brazil ⓘ highest court of appeal in Brazil for constitutional matters ⓘ |
| hears |
allegations of breach of fundamental precept
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criminal cases against high federal authorities ⓘ declaratory actions of constitutionality ⓘ direct actions of unconstitutionality ⓘ extradition requests involving heads of state or high authorities ⓘ |
| judgeTitle | minister ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal jurisdiction of Brazil ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Constitution of Brazil ⓘ |
| locatedAt | Praça dos Três Poderes ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Federal District (Brazil) ⓘ |
| location | Brasília ⓘ |
| mandatoryRetirementAge | 75 ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Supremo Tribunal Federal
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| numberOfJudges | 11 ⓘ |
| oversees |
constitutionality of federal laws
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constitutionality of municipal laws ⓘ constitutionality of state laws ⓘ |
| partOf | Three Powers of the Union of Brazil ⓘ |
| precededBy | House of Appeals of Brazil ⓘ |
| presidentTitle | President of the Supreme Federal Court ⓘ |
| reorganizedBy | Constitution of Brazil of 1891 ⓘ |
| shortName | STF ⓘ |
| termLength | until mandatory retirement ⓘ |
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: Supreme Federal Court of Brazil Description of subject: The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil is the country’s highest judicial authority and constitutional court, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and serving as the final arbiter in major legal and political disputes.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Federal District (Brazil)
Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
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nativeName
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Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Supremo Tribunal Federal
this entity surface form:
Supreme Federal Court (Brazil)
this entity surface form:
Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (for constitutional issues on appeal)