Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico
E169168
Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico is a Gulf Coast port city known as the departure point of the yacht Granma carrying Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries to Cuba in 1956.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tuxpan Municipality, Veracruz | 2 |
| Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico canonical | 2 |
| Tuxpan city center | 1 |
| Tuxpan, Veracruz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1483589 — 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: Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico Context triple: [Granma (yacht), purchaseLocation, Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico]
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A.
Texcoco, Mexico
Texcoco, Mexico is a municipality in the State of Mexico known for its agricultural research institutions, historical significance near ancient Lake Texcoco, and proximity to Mexico City.
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B.
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico is a border city on the Rio Grande opposite Eagle Pass, Texas, known as an important industrial and commercial hub in northern Mexico.
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C.
Guadalupe, Nuevo León
Guadalupe, Nuevo León is a municipality in the Monterrey metropolitan area of northeastern Mexico, known as a major urban and industrial center within the state of Nuevo León.
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D.
Tampico, Mexico
Tampico, Mexico is a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Tamaulipas, known historically for its oil industry and commercial significance.
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E.
Mazatlán, Mexico
Mazatlán, Mexico is a Pacific coastal city in the state of Sinaloa known for its long sandy beaches, historic old town, and major seaport and tourism industry.
- 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: Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico Target entity description: Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico is a Gulf Coast port city known as the departure point of the yacht Granma carrying Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries to Cuba in 1956.
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A.
Texcoco, Mexico
Texcoco, Mexico is a municipality in the State of Mexico known for its agricultural research institutions, historical significance near ancient Lake Texcoco, and proximity to Mexico City.
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B.
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico is a border city on the Rio Grande opposite Eagle Pass, Texas, known as an important industrial and commercial hub in northern Mexico.
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C.
Guadalupe, Nuevo León
Guadalupe, Nuevo León is a municipality in the Monterrey metropolitan area of northeastern Mexico, known as a major urban and industrial center within the state of Nuevo León.
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D.
Tampico, Mexico
Tampico, Mexico is a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Tamaulipas, known historically for its oil industry and commercial significance.
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E.
Mazatlán, Mexico
Mazatlán, Mexico is a Pacific coastal city in the state of Sinaloa known for its long sandy beaches, historic old town, and major seaport and tourism industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Mexican Gulf Coast urban network ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| departurePointFor |
Cuban revolutionaries
ⓘ
Fidel Castro ⓘ yacht Granma ⓘ
linked to:
Granma yacht
|
| hasAlternativeSpelling | Tuxpam ⓘ |
| hasBodyOfWater | Tuxpan River estuary ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| hasCountrySubdivisionType | municipality of Veracruz ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ oil-related port services ⓘ |
| hasMouthOf | Tuxpan River ⓘ |
| hasName | Tuxpan ⓘ |
| hasNearbyBodyOfWater | Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| hasPortFunction | oil and fuel import-export hub ⓘ |
| hasPortType |
commercial port
ⓘ
fishing port ⓘ |
| hasRole | seaport ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | historical link between Mexico and Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| hasTransportationInfrastructure |
highway connections to inland Mexico
ⓘ
seaport facilities ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | departure of Fidel Castro and revolutionaries to Cuba in 1956 ⓘ |
| is | port city ⓘ |
| isMunicipalSeatOf |
Tuxpan Municipality, Veracruz
ⓘ
linked to:
Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico
|
| knownFor |
connection to Cuban Revolution history
ⓘ
departure point of the yacht Granma in 1956 ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gulf Coast of Mexico
ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | eastern Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| locatedOn |
Gulf of Mexico
ⓘ
Tuxpan River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Region of northern Veracruz
ⓘ
State of Veracruz ⓘ
linked to:
Veracruz
|
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: Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico Description of subject: Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico is a Gulf Coast port city known as the departure point of the yacht Granma carrying Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries to Cuba in 1956.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Granma yacht
linked to: Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico
linked to: Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico
linked to: Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico
subject linked to:
riverfront (malecón)
linked to: Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico