Yucatán Peninsula
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The Yucatán Peninsula is a large landmass in southeastern Mexico extending into the Caribbean, known for its Maya archaeological sites, cenotes, and tropical coastal ecosystems.
All labels observed (19)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16884 — 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: Yucatán Peninsula Context triple: [North America, hasNotableFeature, Yucatán Peninsula]
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A.
Mexico
Mexico is a large North American country known for its rich pre-Columbian and colonial history, diverse cultures, and influential cuisine and arts.
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B.
Central America
Central America is the narrow isthmus connecting North and South America, comprising seven countries and serving as a cultural and ecological bridge between the two continents.
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C.
Sierra Madre Oriental
The Sierra Madre Oriental is a major mountain range in northeastern Mexico known for its rugged terrain, rich biodiversity, and significant influence on the region’s climate and watersheds.
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D.
Isla Salas y Gómez
Isla Salas y Gómez is a small, uninhabited Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, known for its remote location and importance as a protected marine and bird sanctuary.
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E.
Florida Panhandle
The Florida Panhandle is the northwestern strip of Florida bordering Alabama and Georgia, known for its Gulf Coast beaches, military bases, and mix of Southern and coastal cultures.
- 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: Yucatán Peninsula Target entity description: The Yucatán Peninsula is a large landmass in southeastern Mexico extending into the Caribbean, known for its Maya archaeological sites, cenotes, and tropical coastal ecosystems.
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A.
Mexico
Mexico is a large North American country known for its rich pre-Columbian and colonial history, diverse cultures, and influential cuisine and arts.
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B.
Central America
Central America is the narrow isthmus connecting North and South America, comprising seven countries and serving as a cultural and ecological bridge between the two continents.
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C.
Sierra Madre Oriental
The Sierra Madre Oriental is a major mountain range in northeastern Mexico known for its rugged terrain, rich biodiversity, and significant influence on the region’s climate and watersheds.
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D.
Isla Salas y Gómez
Isla Salas y Gómez is a small, uninhabited Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, known for its remote location and importance as a protected marine and bird sanctuary.
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E.
Florida Panhandle
The Florida Panhandle is the northwestern strip of Florida bordering Alabama and Georgia, known for its Gulf Coast beaches, military bases, and mix of Southern and coastal cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ |
| borders |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| contains |
part of Belize
ⓘ
part of Guatemala ⓘ Campeche ⓘ
surface form:
state of Campeche
state of Quintana Roo ⓘ state of Yucatán ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Maya civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Maya people
|
| feature |
sinkholes
ⓘ
underground rivers ⓘ |
| geology | limestone platform ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Calakmul
ⓘ
Chichén Itzá ⓘ Cobá ⓘ Tulum ⓘ Uxmal ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Campeche
ⓘ
Cancún ⓘ Chetumal ⓘ Mérida ⓘ Playa del Carmen, Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
Playa del Carmen
|
| hasCoastline |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem |
coral reefs
ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea |
Celestún Biosphere Reserve
ⓘ
Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve ⓘ Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Maya civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Maya civilization core area
|
| knownFor |
Maya archaeological sites
ⓘ
cenotes ⓘ karst topography ⓘ tropical coastal ecosystems ⓘ |
| language |
Spanish
ⓘ
Mayan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Yucatec Maya
|
| locatedIn | southeastern Mexico ⓘ |
| majorIndustry |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| ocean | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesoamerica
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Standard Time (Quintana Roo)
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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: Yucatán Peninsula Description of subject: The Yucatán Peninsula is a large landmass in southeastern Mexico extending into the Caribbean, known for its Maya archaeological sites, cenotes, and tropical coastal ecosystems.
Referenced by (319)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Maya city-states
subject surface form:
Puuc hills