Duque de Caxias (Brazilian military leader)
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Duque de Caxias was a prominent 19th-century Brazilian military leader and statesman, celebrated as a national patron of the army for his decisive role in internal pacification and the Paraguayan War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Duque de Caxias (Brazilian military leader) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8866604 — 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: Duque de Caxias (Brazilian military leader) Context triple: [Duque de Caxias, namedAfter, Duque de Caxias (Brazilian military leader)]
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A.
General Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
General Joaquim Pimenta de Castro was a Portuguese military officer and conservative politician who briefly served as prime minister during the turbulent early years of the First Portuguese Republic.
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B.
Pedro de Araújo Lima
Pedro de Araújo Lima was a Brazilian statesman and nobleman who served as regent of the Empire of Brazil and later became the Marquis of Olinda, playing a key role in the country’s early constitutional monarchy.
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C.
Leônidas da Silva
Leônidas da Silva was a legendary Brazilian footballer, famed as an early superstar striker and pioneer of the bicycle kick.
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D.
Marechal Deodoro
Marechal Deodoro is a historic coastal city in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, known as the birthplace of Brazil’s first president and for its well-preserved colonial architecture.
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E.
Fernando de Araújo
Fernando de Araújo was an East Timorese politician and independence activist who served as President of the National Parliament and briefly as acting President of Timor-Leste.
- 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: Duque de Caxias (Brazilian military leader) Target entity description: Duque de Caxias was a prominent 19th-century Brazilian military leader and statesman, celebrated as a national patron of the army for his decisive role in internal pacification and the Paraguayan War.
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A.
General Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
General Joaquim Pimenta de Castro was a Portuguese military officer and conservative politician who briefly served as prime minister during the turbulent early years of the First Portuguese Republic.
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B.
Pedro de Araújo Lima
Pedro de Araújo Lima was a Brazilian statesman and nobleman who served as regent of the Empire of Brazil and later became the Marquis of Olinda, playing a key role in the country’s early constitutional monarchy.
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C.
Leônidas da Silva
Leônidas da Silva was a legendary Brazilian footballer, famed as an early superstar striker and pioneer of the bicycle kick.
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D.
Marechal Deodoro
Marechal Deodoro is a historic coastal city in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, known as the birthplace of Brazil’s first president and for its well-preserved colonial architecture.
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E.
Fernando de Araújo
Fernando de Araújo was an East Timorese politician and independence activist who served as President of the National Parliament and briefly as acting President of Timor-Leste.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian military officer
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human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| allegiance | Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Caxias Mausoleum
NERFINISHED
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Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorativeDay | August 25 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Balaiada
NERFINISHED
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Cisplatine War NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraguayan War NERFINISHED ⓘ Platine War NERFINISHED ⓘ Praieira revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ragamuffin War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Brazil
ⓘ
Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1803-08-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1880-05-07 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| father | Francisco de Lima e Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasHonor | patron of the Brazilian Army ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Duque de Caxias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
internal pacification of the Empire of Brazil
ⓘ
leadership in the Paraguayan War ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Brazilian nobility ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Brazilian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
field marshal
ⓘ
marshal ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Pedro II of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Mariana Cândida de Oliveira Belo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| notableWork |
command of Brazilian forces in the Paraguayan War
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pacification of internal revolts in Brazil ⓘ suppression of the Balaiada revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ suppression of the Praieira revolt ⓘ suppression of the Ragamuffin War ⓘ |
| patronOf | Brazilian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Porto da Estrela
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the Council of Ministers of the Empire of Brazil
NERFINISHED
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President of the Province of Maranhão ⓘ President of the Province of Rio Grande do Sul ⓘ President of the Province of Rio de Janeiro ⓘ Prime Minister of Brazil ⓘ Senator of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sibling | José Joaquim de Lima e Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Ana Luísa de Loreto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Duke of Caxias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Duque de Caxias (Brazilian military leader) Description of subject: Duque de Caxias was a prominent 19th-century Brazilian military leader and statesman, celebrated as a national patron of the army for his decisive role in internal pacification and the Paraguayan War.
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