Parícutin
E67274
Parícutin is a famous cinder cone volcano in western Mexico that dramatically emerged in a farmer’s cornfield in 1943 and became one of the most studied volcanic events in modern history.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parícutin canonical | 3 |
| Paricutín volcano | 1 |
| Parícutin village | 1 |
| Parícutin volcano | 1 |
| Parícutin, Michoacán, Mexico | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T518291 — 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: Parícutin Context triple: [Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, contains, Parícutin]
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A.
Colima Volcano
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Volcán Tajumulco
Volcán Tajumulco is a stratovolcano in western Guatemala that stands as the highest peak in Central America.
- 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: Parícutin Target entity description: Parícutin is a famous cinder cone volcano in western Mexico that dramatically emerged in a farmer’s cornfield in 1943 and became one of the most studied volcanic events in modern history.
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A.
Colima Volcano
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Volcán Tajumulco
Volcán Tajumulco is a stratovolcano in western Guatemala that stands as the highest peak in Central America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinder cone volcano
ⓘ
monogenetic volcano ⓘ |
| casualties | few direct deaths ⓘ |
| casualtiesCause | lightning associated with eruption ⓘ |
| composition | basaltic-andesitic ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| destroyed |
Parícutin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Parícutin village
San Juan Parangaricutiro ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Dionisio Pulido ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 2800 m above sea level ⓘ |
| eruptionEndDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| eruptionStartDate | 1943-02-20 ⓘ |
| eruptionType |
Strombolian
ⓘ
effusive ⓘ |
| eruptiveProducts |
ash
ⓘ
bombs ⓘ cinders ⓘ lava flows ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceLocation |
cornfield
ⓘ
near the town of San Juan Parangaricutiro ⓘ near the village of Parícutin ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | subduction-related volcanic arc ⓘ |
| growthFirstYear | over 300 m high ⓘ |
| growthRateFirstDay | several meters high within 24 hours ⓘ |
| height | about 424 m above surrounding terrain ⓘ |
| lastEruption | 1952 ⓘ |
| latitude | approximately 19.5 N ⓘ |
| lavaFlowCoverage | about 25 km² ⓘ |
| listedIn |
Global Volcanism Program
ⓘ
surface form:
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program
|
| locatedIn |
Michoacán
ⓘ
Western Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
western Mexico
|
| longitude | approximately 102.2 W ⓘ |
| namedAfter | village of Parícutin ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Uruapan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being born in a cornfield in 1943
ⓘ
being one of the most studied volcanic events in modern history ⓘ being one of the youngest volcanoes on Earth ⓘ rapid growth during its first year ⓘ |
| observedBy | volcanologists from around the world ⓘ |
| partOf | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ |
| significance |
classic example of a monogenetic cinder cone
ⓘ
helped advance understanding of volcano growth ⓘ important case study in volcanology ⓘ |
| tephraFallCoverage | over 300 km² ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | within the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve buffer region ⓘ |
| volcanicArcOrBelt | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ |
| volcanoNumber | 341040 ⓘ |
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: Parícutin Description of subject: Parícutin is a famous cinder cone volcano in western Mexico that dramatically emerged in a farmer’s cornfield in 1943 and became one of the most studied volcanic events in modern history.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Parícutin village
this entity surface form:
Paricutín volcano
this entity surface form:
Parícutin volcano
this entity surface form:
Parícutin, Michoacán, Mexico