Colima Volcano
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Colima Volcano is one of Mexico’s most active stratovolcanoes, located in western Mexico and known for its frequent eruptions and significant volcanic hazards.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nevado de Colima | 12 |
| Colima Volcano canonical | 3 |
| Volcán de Colima | 3 |
| Colima Volcanic Complex | 2 |
| Volcán de Fuego de Colima | 2 |
| Colima Volcano complex | 1 |
| Colima volcanic complex | 1 |
| Colima volcano | 1 |
| Fuego de Colima | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T518289 — 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: Colima Volcano Context triple: [Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, contains, Colima Volcano]
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A.
Popocatépetl
Popocatépetl is an active stratovolcano in central Mexico, renowned as one of the country’s highest peaks and most frequently erupting volcanoes.
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B.
San Pedro volcano
San Pedro volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in northern Chile’s Andes, known for its high elevation, arid surroundings, and association with the Central Volcanic Zone.
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C.
Nevado de Toluca
Nevado de Toluca is a large extinct stratovolcano in central Mexico known for its high-altitude crater lakes and status as one of the country’s most prominent peaks.
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D.
Volcán Tajumulco
Volcán Tajumulco is a stratovolcano in western Guatemala that stands as the highest peak in Central America.
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E.
Sabancaya volcano
Sabancaya volcano is an active stratovolcano in southern Peru’s Andes, known for frequent explosive eruptions and significant ash emissions.
- 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: Colima Volcano Target entity description: Colima Volcano is one of Mexico’s most active stratovolcanoes, located in western Mexico and known for its frequent eruptions and significant volcanic hazards.
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A.
Popocatépetl
Popocatépetl is an active stratovolcano in central Mexico, renowned as one of the country’s highest peaks and most frequently erupting volcanoes.
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B.
San Pedro volcano
San Pedro volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in northern Chile’s Andes, known for its high elevation, arid surroundings, and association with the Central Volcanic Zone.
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C.
Nevado de Toluca
Nevado de Toluca is a large extinct stratovolcano in central Mexico known for its high-altitude crater lakes and status as one of the country’s most prominent peaks.
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D.
Volcán Tajumulco
Volcán Tajumulco is a stratovolcano in western Guatemala that stands as the highest peak in Central America.
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E.
Sabancaya volcano
Sabancaya volcano is an active stratovolcano in southern Peru’s Andes, known for frequent explosive eruptions and significant ash emissions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Colima Volcano
ⓘ
surface form:
Volcán de Colima
Volcán de Fuego ⓘ Colima Volcano ⓘ
surface form:
Volcán de Fuego de Colima
|
| composition |
andesite
ⓘ
basaltic andesite ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 3860 meters ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
Strombolian activity
ⓘ
Vulcanian activity ⓘ explosive eruptions ⓘ |
| formsComplexWith |
Colima Volcano
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nevado de Colima
|
| geologicalAge | Quaternary ⓘ |
| hasCrater | summit crater ⓘ |
| hasEvacuationZone | exclusion zone around summit ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Colima Volcano
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Fuego de Colima
Colima Volcano self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nevado de Colima
|
| hasVolcanicArc |
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
ⓘ
surface form:
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
|
| hazard |
ashfall
ⓘ
lahars ⓘ landslides ⓘ lava flows ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ |
| isYoungerThan |
Colima Volcano
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nevado de Colima
|
| lastEruptions |
frequent eruptions in the early 21st century
ⓘ
frequent eruptions in the late 20th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
ⓘ
state of Colima ⓘ state of Jalisco ⓘ western Mexico ⓘ |
| monitoringAgency |
Centro Universitario de Estudios e Investigaciones de Vulcanología
ⓘ
Centro Nacional de Prevención de Desastres ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican National Center for Disaster Prevention
Universidad de Colima ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Ciudad Guzmán
ⓘ
Colima ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frequent explosive eruptions
ⓘ
significant volcanic hazards ⓘ |
| oneOfMostActiveVolcanoesIn |
Mexico
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colima Volcano
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Colima Volcanic Complex
|
| riskLevel | high volcanic risk ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate |
Cocos Plate
ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | subduction zone ⓘ |
| volcanoType | andesitic stratovolcano ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Colima Volcano Description of subject: Colima Volcano is one of Mexico’s most active stratovolcanoes, located in western Mexico and known for its frequent eruptions and significant volcanic hazards.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Colima Volcanic Complex
this entity surface form:
Volcán de Fuego de Colima
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Colima Volcanic Complex
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Fuego de Colima
this entity surface form:
Volcán de Colima
this entity surface form:
Volcán de Fuego de Colima
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Colima volcanic complex
this entity surface form:
Colima volcano
subject surface form:
Colima
this entity surface form:
Volcán de Colima
subject surface form:
Colima
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
subject surface form:
Colima
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Volcán de Colima
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Colima Volcano complex
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima
this entity surface form:
Nevado de Colima