São Luís Island
E471145
São Luís Island is a large Atlantic coastal island in northeastern Brazil that hosts the city of São Luís, capital of the state of Maranhão.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Island of São Luís | 1 |
| São Luís Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4751500 — 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: São Luís Island Context triple: [Alcântara, locatedOpposite, São Luís Island]
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A.
Fundão Island
Fundão Island is an artificial island in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, best known as the main campus site of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro within Guanabara Bay.
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B.
Los Negros Island
Los Negros Island is a small island in Papua New Guinea’s Admiralty Islands group, known for its World War II military airbase and strategic role in the Pacific campaign.
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C.
San Félix Island
San Félix Island is a small, remote Chilean Pacific island known for its arid landscape, military presence, and importance as a protected area for seabirds and marine life.
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D.
Boa Vista
Boa Vista is one of Cape Verde’s easternmost islands, known for its extensive sandy beaches, desert-like landscapes, and tourism-focused resorts.
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E.
Boa Vista
Boa Vista is a central neighborhood in Recife, Brazil, known for its historic architecture, commercial activity, and cultural significance.
- 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: São Luís Island Target entity description: São Luís Island is a large Atlantic coastal island in northeastern Brazil that hosts the city of São Luís, capital of the state of Maranhão.
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A.
Fundão Island
Fundão Island is an artificial island in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, best known as the main campus site of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro within Guanabara Bay.
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B.
Los Negros Island
Los Negros Island is a small island in Papua New Guinea’s Admiralty Islands group, known for its World War II military airbase and strategic role in the Pacific campaign.
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C.
San Félix Island
San Félix Island is a small, remote Chilean Pacific island known for its arid landscape, military presence, and importance as a protected area for seabirds and marine life.
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D.
Boa Vista
Boa Vista is one of Cape Verde’s easternmost islands, known for its extensive sandy beaches, desert-like landscapes, and tourism-focused resorts.
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E.
Boa Vista
Boa Vista is a central neighborhood in Recife, Brazil, known for its historic architecture, commercial activity, and cultural significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic coastal island
ⓘ
island ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterOnIsland | São Luís NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ilha de São Luís
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ilha do Maranhão NERFINISHED ⓘ Maranhão Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOfStateLocatedOn | Maranhão NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Paço do Lumiar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raposa NERFINISHED ⓘ São José de Ribamar NERFINISHED ⓘ São Luís NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineType |
estuarine coast
ⓘ
tidal coast ⓘ |
| hasHeritageCityOnIsland | São Luís Historic Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLargestCity | São Luís NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCityFunction |
cultural center of Maranhão
ⓘ
economic center of Maranhão ⓘ political center of Maranhão ⓘ |
| hasMajorEcosystem |
coastal wetlands
ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ restinga vegetation ⓘ |
| hasNotableBay |
Baía de São José
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baía de São Marcos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPortCity | São Luís NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| hasSignificantEconomicActivity |
industry
ⓘ
port operations ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasTransportationInfrastructure |
airport in São Luís
ⓘ
bridges to mainland ⓘ |
| hasUrbanArea | São Luís metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationOfCityCentre | UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hosts | São Luís NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCapitalIslandOf | Maranhão NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAtMouthOf |
Baía de São José
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baía de São Marcos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Region, Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Maranhão NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC−03:00 ⓘ |
| partOf | Maranhão Island Environmental Protection Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | metropolitan island ⓘ |
| separatedFromMainlandBy |
Baía de São José
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baía de São Marcos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: São Luís Island Description of subject: São Luís Island is a large Atlantic coastal island in northeastern Brazil that hosts the city of São Luís, capital of the state of Maranhão.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.