department of San Marcos, Guatemala
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The department of San Marcos in Guatemala is a highland administrative region in the country’s west, bordering Mexico and known for its mountainous terrain, indigenous Maya communities, and agricultural economy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| department of San Marcos, Guatemala canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6927455 — 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: department of San Marcos, Guatemala Context triple: [Sipakapense, region, department of San Marcos, Guatemala]
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A.
Guatemala Department
Guatemala Department is an administrative region in central Guatemala that includes the nation’s capital, Guatemala City, and serves as the country’s political and cultural hub.
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B.
Ministry of the Interior of Guatemala
The Ministry of the Interior of Guatemala is the national government body responsible for internal security, public order, and oversight of police and civil protection services within the country.
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C.
Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
The Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala is the government body responsible for preserving the nation’s cultural heritage, promoting the arts, and overseeing sports development and policy across the country.
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D.
Ministry of Education of Guatemala
The Ministry of Education of Guatemala is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s educational policies, curricula, and public schooling system.
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E.
Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s public health policies and social welfare programs.
- 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: department of San Marcos, Guatemala Target entity description: The department of San Marcos in Guatemala is a highland administrative region in the country’s west, bordering Mexico and known for its mountainous terrain, indigenous Maya communities, and agricultural economy.
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A.
Guatemala Department
Guatemala Department is an administrative region in central Guatemala that includes the nation’s capital, Guatemala City, and serves as the country’s political and cultural hub.
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B.
Ministry of the Interior of Guatemala
The Ministry of the Interior of Guatemala is the national government body responsible for internal security, public order, and oversight of police and civil protection services within the country.
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C.
Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
The Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala is the government body responsible for preserving the nation’s cultural heritage, promoting the arts, and overseeing sports development and policy across the country.
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D.
Ministry of Education of Guatemala
The Ministry of Education of Guatemala is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s educational policies, curricula, and public schooling system.
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E.
Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s public health policies and social welfare programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
department of Guatemala
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stratovolcano ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
beans
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cattle ⓘ coffee ⓘ maize ⓘ vegetables ⓘ |
| borders |
Huehuetenango Department
NERFINISHED
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Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Quetzaltenango Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Quiché Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Retalhuleu Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Suchitepéquez Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderTypeWithMexico | international land border ⓘ |
| climate | highland climate ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| economy | agriculture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Kʼicheʼ Maya
NERFINISHED
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Mam Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ Sipakapense Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | San Marcos (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | Tajumulco Volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMunicipality |
Ayutla
NERFINISHED
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Malacatán NERFINISHED ⓘ San Antonio Sacatepéquez NERFINISHED ⓘ San Marcos (municipality) NERFINISHED ⓘ San Pedro Sacatepéquez NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacaná NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVolcano |
Tacaná Volcano
NERFINISHED
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Tajumulco Volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestPointOf | Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | indigenous Maya communities ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Kʼicheʼ language
NERFINISHED
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Mam language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sipakapense language NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guatemalan Highlands
NERFINISHED
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San Marcos Department NERFINISHED ⓘ San Marcos Department NERFINISHED ⓘ western Guatemala ⓘ |
| officialName | Departamento de San Marcos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Republic of Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terrain | mountainous ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
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surface form:
Central Standard Time
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| utcOffset | −06:00 ⓘ |
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: department of San Marcos, Guatemala Description of subject: The department of San Marcos in Guatemala is a highland administrative region in the country’s west, bordering Mexico and known for its mountainous terrain, indigenous Maya communities, and agricultural economy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.