Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia
E18036
Aracataca, in the Magdalena department of Colombia, is a small Caribbean town best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning writer Gabriel García Márquez and the inspiration for the fictional Macondo in his works.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aracataca, Colombia | 1 |
| Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia canonical | 1 |
| town of Aracataca | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150202 — 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: Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia Context triple: [Gabriel García Márquez, placeOfBirth, Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia]
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Cundinamarca region
The Cundinamarca region is a central Colombian department in the Andes that surrounds the capital city of Bogotá and serves as a key political and economic hub.
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B.
Santiago de Veraguas
Santiago de Veraguas is a principal urban and commercial center in western Panama and the capital of Veraguas Province.
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C.
La Habana Province
La Habana Province is an administrative region in western Cuba that surrounds but does not include the city of Havana, encompassing several suburban and rural municipalities.
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Colombia
Colombia is a transcontinental country in northern South America, known for its diverse landscapes from Andes mountains to Amazon rainforest, rich cultural heritage, and major cities like Bogotá and Medellín.
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E.
Playa Caracas
Playa Caracas is a popular white-sand beach on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico, known for its clear turquoise waters and scenic, relatively undeveloped shoreline.
- 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: Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia Target entity description: Aracataca, in the Magdalena department of Colombia, is a small Caribbean town best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning writer Gabriel García Márquez and the inspiration for the fictional Macondo in his works.
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A.
Cundinamarca region
The Cundinamarca region is a central Colombian department in the Andes that surrounds the capital city of Bogotá and serves as a key political and economic hub.
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B.
Santiago de Veraguas
Santiago de Veraguas is a principal urban and commercial center in western Panama and the capital of Veraguas Province.
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C.
La Habana Province
La Habana Province is an administrative region in western Cuba that surrounds but does not include the city of Havana, encompassing several suburban and rural municipalities.
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D.
Colombia
Colombia is a transcontinental country in northern South America, known for its diverse landscapes from Andes mountains to Amazon rainforest, rich cultural heritage, and major cities like Bogotá and Medellín.
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E.
Playa Caracas
Playa Caracas is a popular white-sand beach on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico, known for its clear turquoise waters and scenic, relatively undeveloped shoreline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia Description of subject: Aracataca, in the Magdalena department of Colombia, is a small Caribbean town best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning writer Gabriel García Márquez and the inspiration for the fictional Macondo in his works.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia
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Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia
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this entity surface form:
town of Aracataca
this entity surface form:
Aracataca, Colombia