Vilcabamba
E147954
Vilcabamba was the remote Andean stronghold that served as the last refuge of the Inca resistance against Spanish conquest.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vilcabamba canonical | 10 |
| Vilcabamba region | 2 |
| Vilcabamba Valley | 1 |
| Vilcabamba la Vieja | 1 |
| Vilcabamba valley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1285318 — 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: Vilcabamba Context triple: [Manco Inca Yupanqui, deathPlace, Vilcabamba]
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A.
Collasuyu
Collasuyu was the southeastern quarter of the Inca Empire, encompassing the highland and lowland regions around Lake Titicaca and extending into parts of present-day Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
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B.
Chinchaysuyu
Chinchaysuyu was the northwestern quarter of the Inca Empire, encompassing coastal and highland regions that are now parts of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
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C.
Cuntisuyu
Cuntisuyu was one of the four main administrative and territorial divisions of the Inca Empire, located to the southwest of Cusco.
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D.
Ataypura
"Ataypura" is a traditional Peruvian song best known internationally through Yma Sumac’s iconic vocal performance, showcasing Andean melodies and extraordinary vocal range.
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E.
Riobamba
Riobamba is a city in the central highlands of Ecuador, known as a gateway to the Andes and nearby Chimborazo volcano.
- 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: Vilcabamba Target entity description: Vilcabamba was the remote Andean stronghold that served as the last refuge of the Inca resistance against Spanish conquest.
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A.
Collasuyu
Collasuyu was the southeastern quarter of the Inca Empire, encompassing the highland and lowland regions around Lake Titicaca and extending into parts of present-day Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
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B.
Chinchaysuyu
Chinchaysuyu was the northwestern quarter of the Inca Empire, encompassing coastal and highland regions that are now parts of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
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C.
Cuntisuyu
Cuntisuyu was one of the four main administrative and territorial divisions of the Inca Empire, located to the southwest of Cusco.
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D.
Ataypura
"Ataypura" is a traditional Peruvian song best known internationally through Yma Sumac’s iconic vocal performance, showcasing Andean melodies and extraordinary vocal range.
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E.
Riobamba
Riobamba is a city in the central highlands of Ecuador, known as a gateway to the Andes and nearby Chimborazo volcano.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Inca settlement
ⓘ
historical place ⓘ last Inca stronghold ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Old Vilcabamba
ⓘ
Vilcabamba ⓘ
surface form:
Vilcabamba la Vieja
|
| archaeologicalSite | Espíritu Pampa ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Inca people
ⓘ
surface form:
Inca
Quechua people ⓘ
surface form:
Quechua peoples
|
| builtBy | Inca architects and laborers ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Neo-Inca State ⓘ |
| conflict | Spanish–Inca conflicts ⓘ |
| country |
Viceroyalty of Peru
ⓘ
surface form:
Viceroyalty of Peru (historical context)
|
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Inca resistance ⓘ |
| economy | agriculture in Andean valleys ⓘ |
| endOfIndependence | Spanish capture of the last Inca ruler ⓘ |
| event | Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ |
| feature | difficult access and rugged mountains ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Sapa Inca
ⓘ
surface form:
Inca rulers
|
| governedBy |
Inca rulers in exile
ⓘ
Túpac Amaru ⓘ
surface form:
Túpac Amaru (as last Inca ruler)
|
| heritage | part of Peruvian cultural heritage ⓘ |
| historicalRole | center of Inca resistance to Spanish rule ⓘ |
| identifiedAs | probable location at Espíritu Pampa ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Quechua ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andes
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ Vilcabamba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Vilcabamba Valley
|
| modernCountry | Peru ⓘ |
| near | Cusco Region ⓘ |
| partOf | Inca Empire ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cusco
ⓘ
Machu Picchu ⓘ Neo-Inca State ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish conquest of Peru
|
| religion | Inca religion ⓘ |
| researchField |
Andean archaeology
ⓘ
Inca history ⓘ |
| servedAs | last refuge of the Inca resistance against Spanish conquest ⓘ |
| significance | final stronghold of independent Inca rule ⓘ |
| status | ruins ⓘ |
| strategicFunction |
base for guerrilla-style resistance
ⓘ
hideout from Spanish forces ⓘ |
| terrain | remote Andean region ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
refuge of the Inca resistance
ⓘ
royal estate of the Inca rulers in exile ⓘ |
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: Vilcabamba Description of subject: Vilcabamba was the remote Andean stronghold that served as the last refuge of the Inca resistance against Spanish conquest.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vilcabamba region
subject surface form:
Hiram Bingham III
this entity surface form:
Vilcabamba region
this entity surface form:
Vilcabamba valley
this entity surface form:
Vilcabamba Valley
this entity surface form:
Vilcabamba la Vieja