South West geopolitical zone
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The South West geopolitical zone is a major administrative and cultural region of Nigeria predominantly inhabited by the Yoruba people and encompassing key states such as Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Ekiti.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria | 4 |
| South West geopolitical zone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5909349 — 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: South West geopolitical zone Context triple: [Akure, regionOfNigeria, South West geopolitical zone]
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A.
South East geopolitical zone
The South East geopolitical zone is a region of Nigeria predominantly inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group and known for its dense population, commerce, and cultural influence.
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B.
South-East Region
The South-East Region is an administrative and statistical region of Ireland encompassing several counties in the southeast of the country, known for its mix of historic cities, agriculture, and coastal areas.
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C.
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
The Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria is one of the country’s six major political and administrative regions, encompassing several predominantly Hausa-Fulani states in the northwestern part of the country.
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D.
North Region
North Region is a large, predominantly rural administrative region in northern Cameroon known for its savanna landscapes, diverse ethnic groups, and agriculture-based economy.
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E.
South West
South West is a region of England encompassing counties such as Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset, known for its coastline, rural landscapes, and cultural heritage.
- 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: South West geopolitical zone Target entity description: The South West geopolitical zone is a major administrative and cultural region of Nigeria predominantly inhabited by the Yoruba people and encompassing key states such as Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Ekiti.
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A.
South East geopolitical zone
The South East geopolitical zone is a region of Nigeria predominantly inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group and known for its dense population, commerce, and cultural influence.
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B.
South-East Region
The South-East Region is an administrative and statistical region of Ireland encompassing several counties in the southeast of the country, known for its mix of historic cities, agriculture, and coastal areas.
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C.
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria
The Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria is one of the country’s six major political and administrative regions, encompassing several predominantly Hausa-Fulani states in the northwestern part of the country.
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D.
North Region
North Region is a large, predominantly rural administrative region in northern Cameroon known for its savanna landscapes, diverse ethnic groups, and agriculture-based economy.
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E.
South West
South West is a region of England encompassing counties such as Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset, known for its coastline, rural landscapes, and cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | geopolitical zone of Nigeria ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
cassava
ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ maize ⓘ yam ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
South West Nigeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwestern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersGeopoliticalZone |
North Central geopolitical zone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South South geopolitical zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalCityOfLargestState | Ibadan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateType |
tropical monsoon climate
ⓘ
tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| containsAdministrativeDivision |
Ekiti State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lagos State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogun State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ondo State NERFINISHED ⓘ Osun State NERFINISHED ⓘ Oyo State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| dominantLegalSystem | Nigerian law ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
manufacturing
ⓘ
services sector ⓘ trade and commerce ⓘ |
| economicCenter | Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| federalCapitalWithinZone | none ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hostsInstitution |
Federal University of Technology Akure
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Obafemi Awolowo University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Ibadan NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesTraditionalRegion | Yorubaland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Nollywood film industry hub in Lagos
ⓘ
Yoruba cultural heritage ⓘ major commercial and financial activities ⓘ |
| largestCity | Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorAirport | Murtala Muhammed International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorLanguage | Yoruba language ⓘ |
| majorPortCity | Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| numberOfGeopoliticalZonesInCountry | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfStates | 6 ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Republic of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSubdivisionOf | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predominantEthnicGroup | Yoruba people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
West Africa Time (WAT)
ⓘ
surface form:
West Africa Time
|
| utcOffset | +1 ⓘ |
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: South West geopolitical zone Description of subject: The South West geopolitical zone is a major administrative and cultural region of Nigeria predominantly inhabited by the Yoruba people and encompassing key states such as Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Ekiti.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
this entity surface form:
South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
this entity surface form:
South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria
this entity surface form:
South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria