Maranhão
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Maranhão is a northeastern Brazilian state known for its colonial heritage, Afro-Brazilian culture, and the Lençóis Maranhenses dune and lagoon landscapes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maranhão canonical | 12 |
| State of Maranhão | 1 |
| state of Maranhão | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4751479 — 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: Maranhão Context triple: [Alcântara, locatedIn, Maranhão]
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A.
Piauí
Piauí is a state in northeastern Brazil known for its semi-arid landscapes, short Atlantic coastline, and rich archaeological sites such as those in Serra da Capivara National Park.
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B.
Amapá
Amapá is a sparsely populated state in northern Brazil, located in the Amazon region along the Atlantic coast and bordering French Guiana.
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C.
Sergipe
Sergipe is a small coastal state in northeastern Brazil known for its Atlantic shoreline, colonial history, and role in the broader Dutch and Portuguese colonial era.
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D.
Alagoas
Alagoas is a small coastal state in northeastern Brazil known for its picturesque beaches, lagoons, and colonial-era history.
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E.
Ceará
Ceará is a state in northeastern Brazil known for its long Atlantic coastline, semi-arid interior, and vibrant cultural traditions centered around its capital, Fortaleza.
- 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: Maranhão Target entity description: Maranhão is a northeastern Brazilian state known for its colonial heritage, Afro-Brazilian culture, and the Lençóis Maranhenses dune and lagoon landscapes.
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A.
Piauí
Piauí is a state in northeastern Brazil known for its semi-arid landscapes, short Atlantic coastline, and rich archaeological sites such as those in Serra da Capivara National Park.
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B.
Amapá
Amapá is a sparsely populated state in northern Brazil, located in the Amazon region along the Atlantic coast and bordering French Guiana.
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C.
Sergipe
Sergipe is a small coastal state in northeastern Brazil known for its Atlantic shoreline, colonial history, and role in the broader Dutch and Portuguese colonial era.
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D.
Alagoas
Alagoas is a small coastal state in northeastern Brazil known for its picturesque beaches, lagoons, and colonial-era history.
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E.
Ceará
Ceará is a state in northeastern Brazil known for its long Atlantic coastline, semi-arid interior, and vibrant cultural traditions centered around its capital, Fortaleza.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (81)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Brazilian state ⓘ |
| capital | São Luís NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Alcântara Launch Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurupi Biological Reserve (Maranhão portion) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lençóis Maranhenses National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Parnaíba River Delta (Maranhão portion) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| hasAgriculturalProduct |
cassava
ⓘ
corn ⓘ cotton ⓘ rice ⓘ soybeans ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ |
| hasBiome |
Amazon rainforest (eastern fringe)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cerrado NERFINISHED ⓘ Coastal mangroves ⓘ |
| hasBorderWith |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pará NERFINISHED ⓘ Piauí NERFINISHED ⓘ Tocantins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Açailândia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bacabal NERFINISHED ⓘ Balsas NERFINISHED ⓘ Barra do Corda NERFINISHED ⓘ Barreirinhas NERFINISHED ⓘ Caxias NERFINISHED ⓘ Chapadinha NERFINISHED ⓘ Codó NERFINISHED ⓘ Grajaú NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperatriz NERFINISHED ⓘ Itapecuru-Mirim NERFINISHED ⓘ Paço do Lumiar NERFINISHED ⓘ Pinheiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosário NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Inês NERFINISHED ⓘ São José de Ribamar NERFINISHED ⓘ São Luís NERFINISHED ⓘ Timon NERFINISHED ⓘ Viana NERFINISHED ⓘ Zé Doca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
equatorial (western part)
ⓘ
semi-humid (interior) ⓘ tropical ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTradition |
Afro-Brazilian culture
ⓘ
Bumba Meu Boi festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Reggae music scene ⓘ Tambor de Crioula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDemonym | Maranhense ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ forestry ⓘ mining ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Afro-Brazilians
ⓘ
Caboclos ⓘ Indigenous peoples in Brazil ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Carnival
ⓘ
São João festivities ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Portuguese colonial architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricFeature | Portuguese colonial urban layout in São Luís ⓘ |
| hasIsland | São Luís Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorPort |
Port of Itaqui
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Port of Ponta da Madeira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea |
Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gurupi Biological Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Lençóis Maranhenses National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition |
Afro-Brazilian religions
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Gurupi River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Itapecuru River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mearim River NERFINISHED ⓘ Parnaíba River (border river) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pindaré River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOSite | Historic Centre of São Luís NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestCity | São Luís NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf | Federative Republic of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timezone | UTC−03:00 ⓘ |
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: Maranhão Description of subject: Maranhão is a northeastern Brazilian state known for its colonial heritage, Afro-Brazilian culture, and the Lençóis Maranhenses dune and lagoon landscapes.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
state of Maranhão
this entity surface form:
State of Maranhão