Macapá
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Macapá is a Brazilian city located on the northern bank of the Amazon River, known for being one of the few state capitals in the world situated directly on the equator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macapá canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7437733 — 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: Macapá Context triple: [Amapá, capital, Macapá]
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A.
Belém
Belém is a historic riverside district of Lisbon, Portugal, known for its monuments of the Age of Discoveries, including the Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery.
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B.
Belém do Pará
Belém do Pará is a major port city in northern Brazil, known as the gateway to the Amazon region and an important cultural and economic center.
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C.
Lourenço Marques
Lourenço Marques is the former name of Maputo, the capital city and main port of Mozambique.
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D.
Aracaju
Aracaju is a coastal city in northeastern Brazil known for its planned urban layout, beaches, and role as an administrative and economic center.
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E.
Maceió
Maceió is a coastal city in northeastern Brazil known for its white-sand beaches, turquoise waters, and vibrant tourism industry.
- 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: Macapá Target entity description: Macapá is a Brazilian city located on the northern bank of the Amazon River, known for being one of the few state capitals in the world situated directly on the equator.
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A.
Belém
Belém is a historic riverside district of Lisbon, Portugal, known for its monuments of the Age of Discoveries, including the Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery.
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B.
Belém do Pará
Belém do Pará is a major port city in northern Brazil, known as the gateway to the Amazon region and an important cultural and economic center.
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C.
Lourenço Marques
Lourenço Marques is the former name of Maputo, the capital city and main port of Mozambique.
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D.
Aracaju
Aracaju is a coastal city in northeastern Brazil known for its planned urban layout, beaches, and role as an administrative and economic center.
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E.
Maceió
Maceió is a coastal city in northeastern Brazil known for its white-sand beaches, turquoise waters, and vibrant tourism industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ state capital ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Amazon River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Amapá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateClassification | Af (Köppen) ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Northern Region of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossedBy | equator ⓘ |
| demographicsLabel | Macapaense ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 14 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| feature |
equatorial line tourist attractions
ⓘ
one of the few state capitals in the world located directly on the equator ⓘ |
| governingBody | Municipal government of Macapá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent | Carnival of Macapá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Fortress of São José de Macapá
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marco Zero Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of Macapá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Cathedral of São José NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Amazon River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rio Matapi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsTeam |
Trem Desportivo Clube
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ypiranga Clube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
river transport
ⓘ
urban bus system ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Brazilian Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | Mayor ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amapá
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amazon basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Amazon rainforest region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | mouth of the Amazon River ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Amazon River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
equator ⓘ left bank of the Amazon River mouth ⓘ northern bank of the Amazon River ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| partOf | Federative Republic of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
commerce
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public services ⓘ river trade ⓘ |
| region | north of Brazil ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
BR-156
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BR-210 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
BRT
NERFINISHED
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Brasília Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | −03:00 ⓘ |
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: Macapá Description of subject: Macapá is a Brazilian city located on the northern bank of the Amazon River, known for being one of the few state capitals in the world situated directly on the equator.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.