Mato Grosso region of Brazil

E74770

state of Brazil

The Mato Grosso region of Brazil is a vast, sparsely populated area in west-central Brazil known for its dense rainforests, remote wilderness, and role as a historic frontier for explorers and adventurers.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mato Grosso	5
Mato Grosso region of Brazil canonical	1
Mato Grosso state	1
western Brazil	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T597662 — 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: Mato Grosso region of Brazil
Context triple: [Percy Fawcett, explored, Mato Grosso region of Brazil]

A. Pantanal
The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands, renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity and vast seasonally flooded plains in central South America.
B. Southeast Region of Brazil
The Southeast Region of Brazil is the country’s most populous and economically developed area, encompassing major states and cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais.
C. Orinoco Belt
The Orinoco Belt is a vast oil-rich region in eastern Venezuela known for containing one of the world’s largest extra-heavy crude oil reserves.
D. Bahia
Bahia is a traditional Brazilian football club based in Salvador, known for its passionate fanbase and historic success in national competitions.
E. Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the vast tropical drainage region of the Amazon River in South America, encompassing the world’s largest rainforest and one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
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: Mato Grosso region of Brazil
Target entity description: The Mato Grosso region of Brazil is a vast, sparsely populated area in west-central Brazil known for its dense rainforests, remote wilderness, and role as a historic frontier for explorers and adventurers.

A. Pantanal
The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands, renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity and vast seasonally flooded plains in central South America.
B. Southeast Region of Brazil
The Southeast Region of Brazil is the country’s most populous and economically developed area, encompassing major states and cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais.
C. Orinoco Belt
The Orinoco Belt is a vast oil-rich region in eastern Venezuela known for containing one of the world’s largest extra-heavy crude oil reserves.
D. Bahia
Bahia is a traditional Brazilian football club based in Salvador, known for its passionate fanbase and historic success in national competitions.
E. Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the vast tropical drainage region of the Amazon River in South America, encompassing the world’s largest rainforest and one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	state of Brazil ⓘ
area	approximately 903357 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy	Amazonas ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Goiás ⓘ Mato Grosso do Sul ⓘ Pará ⓘ Rondônia ⓘ Tocantins ⓘ
capital	Cuiabá ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
contains	Araguaia River ⓘ Chapada dos Guimarães National Park ⓘ Juruena River ⓘ Paraguay River headwaters ⓘ Teles Pires River ⓘ Xingu Indigenous Park ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType	state ⓘ
economySector	agribusiness ⓘ cattle ranching ⓘ soybean production ⓘ
etymology	Portuguese for "thick forest" or "dense bush" ⓘ
hasBiome	savanna (Cerrado) ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ wetlands (Pantanal) ⓘ
hasIndigenousPopulations	Bororo people ⓘ Kayapó people ⓘ Xingu peoples ⓘ
hasRegion	Amazon rainforest ⓘ Brazilian Highlands ⓘ surface form: Cerrado Pantanal ⓘ
historicallyKnownAs	frontier region for explorers and adventurers ⓘ
historicalRole	frontier of Brazilian westward expansion ⓘ
knownFor	Pantanal ⓘ surface form: Pantanal wetlands agricultural frontier ⓘ dense rainforests ⓘ remote wilderness ⓘ vast sparsely populated territory ⓘ
largestCity	Cuiabá ⓘ
locatedIn	Central-West Region of Brazil ⓘ west-central Brazil ⓘ
namedAfter	dense forests (thick bush) in Portuguese ⓘ
officialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
partOf	Brazil ⓘ surface form: Federative Republic of Brazil
timeZone	Amazon Time ⓘ Brasília Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Percy Fawcett → explored → Mato Grosso region of Brazil ⓘ

Paraguay River → sourceRegion → Mato Grosso region of Brazil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mato Grosso state

Paraguay River → passesThrough → Mato Grosso region of Brazil ⓘ