São Sebastião
E583617
São Sebastião is a coastal municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known for its beaches, tourism, and role as a port city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| São Sebastião canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6217581 — 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 Sebastião Context triple: [Bertioga, borderedBy, São Sebastião]
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A.
São Sebastião
São Sebastião is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago.
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B.
Cabo Frio
Cabo Frio is a coastal city in southeastern Brazil known for its white-sand beaches, clear waters, and tourism-driven economy.
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C.
Porto Judeu
Porto Judeu is a civil parish on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, known for its coastal setting and traditional Azorean character.
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D.
Ponta do Sol
Ponta do Sol is a coastal town on the island of Santo Antão in Cape Verde, known for its dramatic oceanfront setting and role as a local administrative and fishing center.
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E.
Santa Cruz das Flores
Santa Cruz das Flores is the main town and administrative center of Flores Island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago.
- 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 Sebastião Target entity description: São Sebastião is a coastal municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known for its beaches, tourism, and role as a port city.
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A.
São Sebastião
São Sebastião is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago.
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B.
Cabo Frio
Cabo Frio is a coastal city in southeastern Brazil known for its white-sand beaches, clear waters, and tourism-driven economy.
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C.
Porto Judeu
Porto Judeu is a civil parish on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, known for its coastal setting and traditional Azorean character.
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D.
Ponta do Sol
Ponta do Sol is a coastal town on the island of Santo Antão in Cape Verde, known for its dramatic oceanfront setting and role as a local administrative and fishing center.
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E.
Santa Cruz das Flores
Santa Cruz das Flores is the main town and administrative center of Flores Island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| climate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | São Paulo (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Mayor of São Sebastião ⓘ |
| governmentType | municipal government ⓘ |
| hasBeach |
Barequeçaba Beach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barra do Sahy Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Boiçucanga Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Camburi Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Guaecá Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Juquehy Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Maresias Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Paúba Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Toque-Toque Grande Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Toque-Toque Pequeno Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoastline | yes ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalCenter | São Sebastião Historic Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Ilhabela (nearby island municipality) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorEconomicActivity |
commerce
ⓘ
oil and gas logistics ⓘ port services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalSeat | São Sebastião (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of São Sebastião NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea | Serra do Mar State Park (portion) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousPatron | Saint Sebastian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSeparatedFrom | Ilhabela by São Sebastião Channel ⓘ |
| knownFor |
beaches
ⓘ
coastal tourism ⓘ nautical sports ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Region of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ State of São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC−03:00 ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
São Sebastião Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnTransportCorridor | Rodovia Rio–Santos (BR-101) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringMunicipality |
Bertioga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caraguatatuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Ilhabela NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraibuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Salesópolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf | North Coast of São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portType | seaport ⓘ |
| toponymMeaning | Saint Sebastian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | no ⓘ |
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 Sebastião Description of subject: São Sebastião is a coastal municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known for its beaches, tourism, and role as a port city.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.