Sta. Maria
E1020782
Sta. Maria is a coastal municipality in the Philippine province of Ilocos Sur known for its historic church and agricultural communities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sta. Maria canonical | 1 |
| Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13067980 — 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: Sta. Maria Context triple: [Ilocos Sur, hasMunicipality, Sta. Maria]
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A.
Sta. Maria
Sta. Maria is a coastal municipality in the province of Davao Occidental in the southern Philippines, known for its agricultural and fishing-based local economy.
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B.
Sta. Elena
Sta. Elena is a rural municipality in the Philippine province of Camarines Norte known for its agricultural communities and small-town character.
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C.
Sta. Maria, Laguna
Sta. Maria, Laguna is a rural municipality in the Philippine province of Laguna known for its agricultural landscape and small-town community.
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D.
Santa Maria, Bulacan
Santa Maria, Bulacan is a first-class, highly urbanized municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, known for its rapid economic growth and suburban residential communities near Metro Manila.
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E.
Mount Santo Tomas
Mount Santo Tomas is a prominent mountain in the Philippines’ Cordillera region, known for its high elevation, cool climate, and panoramic views over Baguio City and the surrounding highlands.
- 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: Sta. Maria Target entity description: Sta. Maria is a coastal municipality in the Philippine province of Ilocos Sur known for its historic church and agricultural communities.
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A.
Sta. Maria
Sta. Maria is a coastal municipality in the province of Davao Occidental in the southern Philippines, known for its agricultural and fishing-based local economy.
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B.
Sta. Elena
Sta. Elena is a rural municipality in the Philippine province of Camarines Norte known for its agricultural communities and small-town character.
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C.
Sta. Maria, Laguna
Sta. Maria, Laguna is a rural municipality in the Philippine province of Laguna known for its agricultural landscape and small-town community.
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D.
Santa Maria, Bulacan
Santa Maria, Bulacan is a first-class, highly urbanized municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, known for its rapid economic growth and suburban residential communities near Metro Manila.
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E.
Mount Santo Tomas
Mount Santo Tomas is a prominent mountain in the Philippines’ Cordillera region, known for its high elevation, cool climate, and panoramic views over Baguio City and the surrounding highlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church
ⓘ
local government unit ⓘ municipality ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Ilocos Sur ⓘ |
| climate | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipal mayor ⓘ |
| hasBarangays | multiple barangays ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | South China Sea ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector |
crop production
ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ small-scale fisheries ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature |
agricultural land
ⓘ
coastal plain ⓘ coastline ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
Santa Maria Church
ⓘ
parish church complex ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | rural municipality ⓘ |
| hasTransport | national highway ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agricultural communities
ⓘ
corn farming ⓘ historic church ⓘ rice farming ⓘ tobacco farming ⓘ vegetable farming ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ Ilocano ⓘ
linked to:
Ilocano language
|
| locatedIn |
Ilocos Region
ⓘ
Ilocos Sur ⓘ Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur ⓘ
linked to:
Sta. Maria
|
| locatedOn |
Luzon
ⓘ
western coast of Luzon ⓘ |
| partOf |
Baroque Churches of the Philippines
ⓘ
Ilocos Sur province ⓘ
linked to:
Ilocos Sur
|
| primaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ |
| provinceCapitalOf | false ⓘ |
| regionCode | Region I ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | municipality of Ilocos Sur ⓘ |
| timeZone | Philippine Standard Time ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction |
UNESCO-listed church
ⓘ
coastal scenery ⓘ heritage architecture ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +8 ⓘ |
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: Sta. Maria Description of subject: Sta. Maria is a coastal municipality in the Philippine province of Ilocos Sur known for its historic church and agricultural communities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sta. Maria
linked to: Sta. Maria