Federal District (Brazil)
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The Federal District of Brazil is a unique administrative region in the country that contains the national capital, Brasília, and serves as the political center of the Brazilian federal government.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Federal District (Brazil) canonical | 107 |
| Federal District of Brazil | 25 |
| Federal District, Brazil | 10 |
| Distrito Federal (Brasília region, eastern-central) | 1 |
| Distrito Federal (Brazil) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1103819 — 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: Federal District (Brazil) Context triple: [National Congress of Brazil building, locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity, Federal District (Brazil)]
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A.
Federal District of Mexico (historical)
The Federal District of Mexico (historical) was the former federal territory that encompassed Mexico City and served as the nation’s political and administrative capital before its reorganization into Mexico City as a federal entity.
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B.
State of Rio de Janeiro
The State of Rio de Janeiro is a coastal state in southeastern Brazil known for its capital city of Rio de Janeiro, major ports, tourism, and significant cultural and economic influence.
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C.
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.
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D.
state of São Paulo
The state of São Paulo is Brazil’s most populous and economically developed state, centered on its capital city of São Paulo, a major global financial and cultural hub.
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E.
Bahia
Bahia is a traditional Brazilian football club based in Salvador, known for its passionate fanbase and historic success in national competitions.
- 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: Federal District (Brazil) Target entity description: The Federal District of Brazil is a unique administrative region in the country that contains the national capital, Brasília, and serves as the political center of the Brazilian federal government.
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A.
Federal District of Mexico (historical)
The Federal District of Mexico (historical) was the former federal territory that encompassed Mexico City and served as the nation’s political and administrative capital before its reorganization into Mexico City as a federal entity.
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B.
State of Rio de Janeiro
The State of Rio de Janeiro is a coastal state in southeastern Brazil known for its capital city of Rio de Janeiro, major ports, tourism, and significant cultural and economic influence.
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C.
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.
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D.
state of São Paulo
The state of São Paulo is Brazil’s most populous and economically developed state, centered on its capital city of São Paulo, a major global financial and cultural hub.
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E.
Bahia
Bahia is a traditional Brazilian football club based in Salvador, known for its passionate fanbase and historic success in national competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: Federal District (Brazil) Description of subject: The Federal District of Brazil is a unique administrative region in the country that contains the national capital, Brasília, and serves as the political center of the Brazilian federal government.
Referenced by (144)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Congress of Brazil building
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locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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Federal District (Brazil)
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linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
subject linked to:
Palácio do Itamaraty (Itamaraty Palace in Brasília)
Ministry of Justice building in Brasília
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locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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Federal District (Brazil)
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linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
Embassy of the United States in Brasília
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locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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Federal District (Brazil)
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linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
subject linked to:
Faculty of Law
linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
subject linked to:
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of North America
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locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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Federal District (Brazil)
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linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
linked to: Federal District (Brazil)
Chief of Staff of the Presidency of Brazil
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locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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Federal District (Brazil)
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linked to: Federal District (Brazil)