Maia
E844967
Maia is a Portuguese city in the Porto metropolitan area, known for its industrial base, transport links, and proximity to Porto.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maia canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10144382 — 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: Maia Context triple: [Porto District, containsCity, Maia]
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A.
Maia
Maia are powerful immortal spirits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium who serve the Valar and often act as guides or guardians to the peoples of Middle-earth.
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B.
Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
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C.
Maia
Maia is a fantasy novel by Richard Adams set in the same world as his book "Shardik," following the adventures of a young slave girl in a richly detailed, politically complex empire.
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D.
Maia
Maia is a common Portuguese surname borne by numerous notable figures in Portugal’s history and public life.
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E.
Maeva
Maeva is a traditional lakeside village on the island of Huahine in French Polynesia, known for its well-preserved archaeological sites and ancient Polynesian marae.
- 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: Maia Target entity description: Maia is a Portuguese city in the Porto metropolitan area, known for its industrial base, transport links, and proximity to Porto.
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A.
Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
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B.
Maia
Maia are powerful immortal spirits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium who serve the Valar and often act as guides or guardians to the peoples of Middle-earth.
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C.
Maia
Maia is a fantasy novel by Richard Adams set in the same world as his book "Shardik," following the adventures of a young slave girl in a richly detailed, politically complex empire.
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D.
Maia
Maia is a common Portuguese surname borne by numerous notable figures in Portugal’s history and public life.
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E.
Maeva
Maeva is a traditional lakeside village on the island of Huahine in French Polynesia, known for its well-preserved archaeological sites and ancient Polynesian marae.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| currency | Euro ⓘ |
| distanceTo | Porto city centre about 10 kilometres ⓘ |
| districtCapital | Porto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 80 metres ⓘ |
| governingBody | Municipal Chamber of Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirportIATA | OPO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustrialBase | true ⓘ |
| hasMetroService | Metro do Porto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParish |
Castêlo da Maia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cidade da Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ Folgosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Moreira NERFINISHED ⓘ Nogueira e Silva Escura NERFINISHED ⓘ Pedrouços NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermoim NERFINISHED ⓘ Águas Santas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation |
Castêlo da Maia station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vermoim station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShoppingCentre | MaiaShopping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsClub | FC Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUniversityCampus | Instituto Universitário da Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industrialZone | Zona Industrial da Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
industrial activity
ⓘ
transport links ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ Norte Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Porto District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Porto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| municipalHoliday | July 10 ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| partOf | Porto metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | 4470 ⓘ |
| regionCode | PT-13 ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
A3 motorway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A4 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ A41 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | municipality ⓘ |
| timeZone | Western European Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Western European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanAreaType | suburban ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | P ⓘ |
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: Maia Description of subject: Maia is a Portuguese city in the Porto metropolitan area, known for its industrial base, transport links, and proximity to Porto.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.