Canoas Air Base
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Canoas Air Base is a major Brazilian Air Force installation located in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, serving as an important hub for military aviation operations in southern Brazil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canoas Air Base canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3218968 — 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: Canoas Air Base Context triple: [Brazilian Air Force, operatesBase, Canoas Air Base]
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A.
Rio Hato airfield
Rio Hato airfield is a Panamanian military air base that was a key objective for U.S. forces during the 1989 invasion of Panama, Operation Just Cause.
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B.
Galeão Air Base
Galeão Air Base is a major Brazilian military air installation located in Rio de Janeiro, serving as an important hub for air operations and support.
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C.
Brasília Air Base
Brasília Air Base is a major Brazilian Air Force installation located in the nation’s capital, serving as a key hub for military aviation operations and support.
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D.
Manaus Air Base
Manaus Air Base is a major Brazilian military air facility in the Amazon region that supports air defense, transport, and logistical operations for the Brazilian Air Force.
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E.
Anápolis Air Base
Anápolis Air Base is a major Brazilian Air Force installation in Goiás state, known for housing advanced fighter aircraft and playing a key role in the country’s air defense.
- 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: Canoas Air Base Target entity description: Canoas Air Base is a major Brazilian Air Force installation located in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, serving as an important hub for military aviation operations in southern Brazil.
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A.
Rio Hato airfield
Rio Hato airfield is a Panamanian military air base that was a key objective for U.S. forces during the 1989 invasion of Panama, Operation Just Cause.
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B.
Galeão Air Base
Galeão Air Base is a major Brazilian military air installation located in Rio de Janeiro, serving as an important hub for air operations and support.
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C.
Brasília Air Base
Brasília Air Base is a major Brazilian Air Force installation located in the nation’s capital, serving as a key hub for military aviation operations and support.
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D.
Manaus Air Base
Manaus Air Base is a major Brazilian military air facility in the Amazon region that supports air defense, transport, and logistical operations for the Brazilian Air Force.
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E.
Anápolis Air Base
Anápolis Air Base is a major Brazilian Air Force installation in Goiás state, known for housing advanced fighter aircraft and playing a key role in the country’s air defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian Air Force base
ⓘ
air base ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Brazil
ⓘ
surface form:
Federative Republic of Brazil
|
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
26 feet
ⓘ
8 metres ⓘ |
| garrison |
1st Squadron of the 12th Aviation Group
ⓘ
1st Squadron of the 14th Aviation Group ⓘ First Squadron of the First Communications and Control Group ⓘ
surface form:
1st Squadron of the 1st Communications and Control Group
1st Squadron of the 7th Aviation Group ⓘ 2nd Squadron of the 7th Aviation Group ⓘ 5th Air Force Wing ⓘ |
| hasAccess | road access from Canoas city ⓘ |
| hasApron | military aircraft apron ⓘ |
| hasCityServed |
Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre
ⓘ
surface form:
Porto Alegre metropolitan area
|
| hasControlTower | yes ⓘ |
| hasHangars | military aircraft hangars ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryRole | strategic air base for southern Brazil ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
NDB
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VOR ⓘ instrument landing system ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryFunction | support of air operations in southern Brazil ⓘ |
| hasRunwayOrientation | 150°/330° ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfTraffic | military ⓘ |
| IATACode | QNS ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | SBCO ⓘ |
| isCloseTo | Guaíba River ⓘ |
| isNamedAfter | city of Canoas ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Southern Region, Brazil
ⓘ
Rio Grande do Sul ⓘ
surface form:
State of Rio Grande do Sul
|
| location |
Canoas
ⓘ
surface form:
Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
|
| militaryBranch | Brazilian Air Force ⓘ |
| near |
Porto Alegre
ⓘ
surface form:
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
|
| openedForUseBy | Brazilian Air Force ⓘ |
| operator | Brazilian Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Brazilian Air Force Southern Command area of responsibility ⓘ |
| runway | Runway 15/33 ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
2,780 metres
ⓘ
9,121 feet ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves | Brazilian Air Force ⓘ |
| significance | major hub for military aviation operations in southern Brazil ⓘ |
| timezone | UTC−03:00 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defense
ⓘ
military aviation operations ⓘ training ⓘ transport aviation ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Canoas Air Base Description of subject: Canoas Air Base is a major Brazilian Air Force installation located in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, serving as an important hub for military aviation operations in southern Brazil.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.