Maia, Portugal
E602007
Maia, Portugal is a municipality in the Porto District of northern Portugal, known as part of the Porto metropolitan area and for its mix of industrial development and residential communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maia, Portugal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6512455 — 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: Maia, Portugal Context triple: [Bruno Fernandes, placeOfBirth, Maia, Portugal]
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A.
Alfarrobeira, Portugal
Alfarrobeira, Portugal is a historical site best known as the location of the 1449 Battle of Alfarrobeira, a pivotal conflict in Portuguese medieval history.
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B.
Odivelas, Portugal
Odivelas, Portugal is a suburban city in the Lisbon metropolitan area known historically for its Cistercian monastery, where Queen Philippa of Lancaster died and was buried.
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C.
Setúbal, Portugal
Setúbal, Portugal is a coastal city and municipality south of Lisbon known for its fishing industry, natural harbor, and as the hometown of football manager José Mourinho.
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D.
Amares, Portugal
Amares, Portugal is a municipality in the Braga District of northern Portugal, known for its rural landscapes, historical churches, and association with the singer António Variações.
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E.
Vila do Conde, Portugal
Vila do Conde is a coastal city in northern Portugal known for its historic shipbuilding heritage, beaches, and well-preserved medieval architecture.
- 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: Maia, Portugal Target entity description: Maia, Portugal is a municipality in the Porto District of northern Portugal, known as part of the Porto metropolitan area and for its mix of industrial development and residential communities.
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A.
Alfarrobeira, Portugal
Alfarrobeira, Portugal is a historical site best known as the location of the 1449 Battle of Alfarrobeira, a pivotal conflict in Portuguese medieval history.
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B.
Odivelas, Portugal
Odivelas, Portugal is a suburban city in the Lisbon metropolitan area known historically for its Cistercian monastery, where Queen Philippa of Lancaster died and was buried.
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C.
Setúbal, Portugal
Setúbal, Portugal is a coastal city and municipality south of Lisbon known for its fishing industry, natural harbor, and as the hometown of football manager José Mourinho.
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D.
Amares, Portugal
Amares, Portugal is a municipality in the Braga District of northern Portugal, known for its rural landscapes, historical churches, and association with the singer António Variações.
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E.
Vila do Conde, Portugal
Vila do Conde is a coastal city in northern Portugal known for its historic shipbuilding heritage, beaches, and well-preserved medieval architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | +351 22 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Intermunicipal Community of Porto Metropolitan Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| districtCapital | Porto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
commerce
ⓘ
industry ⓘ logistics ⓘ services ⓘ |
| governmentType | municipality ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
integrated in Porto urban area
ⓘ
mixed industrial and residential areas ⓘ suburban development ⓘ |
| hasIndustrialArea | Zona Industrial da Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Lidador Tower
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maia Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoo da Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalSeat | Maia (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsClub | FC Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Linha C do Metro do Porto NERFINISHED ⓘ Linha E do Metro do Porto NERFINISHED ⓘ Metro do Porto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Norte Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Porto District NERFINISHED ⓘ north of Portugal ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Gondomar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matosinhos NERFINISHED ⓘ Porto NERFINISHED ⓘ Valongo NERFINISHED ⓘ Vila do Conde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfParishes | 10 ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf | Porto metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | 4470 ⓘ |
| regionCode | PT-13 ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
A3 motorway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A4 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ A41 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ EN14 road ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | parish ⓘ |
| timeZone | WET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | WEST ⓘ |
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: Maia, Portugal Description of subject: Maia, Portugal is a municipality in the Porto District of northern Portugal, known as part of the Porto metropolitan area and for its mix of industrial development and residential communities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.