Matehuala
E207299
Matehuala is a significant commercial and transportation hub city in the northern part of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matehuala canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1862248 — 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: Matehuala Context triple: [San Luis Potosí, majorCity, Matehuala]
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A.
Xibe
The Xibe are a Tungusic-speaking ethnic minority in China, culturally related to the Manchu and known for their historical role as frontier garrisons in regions such as Xinjiang.
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B.
Muspilli
Muspilli is an Old High German eschatological poem that vividly depicts the Last Judgment and the end of the world.
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C.
Tepehuan
The Tepehuan are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language, traditional agriculture, and communities in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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D.
Mandinka
Mandinka is a major Mande language spoken primarily in The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and neighboring West African countries by the Mandinka people.
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E.
Lozi
Lozi is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Lozi people in western Zambia and surrounding regions of southern Africa.
- 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: Matehuala Target entity description: Matehuala is a significant commercial and transportation hub city in the northern part of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.
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A.
Xibe
The Xibe are a Tungusic-speaking ethnic minority in China, culturally related to the Manchu and known for their historical role as frontier garrisons in regions such as Xinjiang.
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B.
Muspilli
Muspilli is an Old High German eschatological poem that vividly depicts the Last Judgment and the end of the world.
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C.
Tepehuan
The Tepehuan are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language, traditional agriculture, and communities in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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D.
Mandinka
Mandinka is a major Mande language spoken primarily in The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and neighboring West African countries by the Mandinka people.
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E.
Lozi
Lozi is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Lozi people in western Zambia and surrounding regions of southern Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipal seat ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
United Mexican States
ⓘ
linked to:
Mexican Federation
|
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| currency | Mexican peso ⓘ |
| demographicsCharacteristic | predominantly Spanish-speaking population ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 1600 meters ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Municipal government of Matehuala
ⓘ
linked to:
Municipality of Matehuala
|
| hasCallingCode | +52 ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agricultural trade
ⓘ
commerce ⓘ mining-related services ⓘ transport services ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatus | municipality seat of Matehuala Municipality ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodePrefix | 787 ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionCode | SLP ⓘ |
| hasUrbanClassification | medium-sized city ⓘ |
| isOnRoute |
Mexico City–Laredo corridor
ⓘ
Mexico City–Monterrey corridor ⓘ |
| isRegionalCenterFor | northern San Luis Potosí ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | San Luis Potosí ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Municipality of Matehuala ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision |
State of San Luis Potosí
ⓘ
linked to:
state of San Luis Potosí
|
| locatedInGeographicalArea | north-central Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Northern San Luis Potosí ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZoneOffset | UTC−06:00 ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZoneOffsetDST | UTC−05:00 ⓘ |
| nearbyRegion |
border with Coahuila
ⓘ
border with Nuevo León ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf |
Altiplano Potosino
ⓘ
linked to:
Mexican Plateau
Mexican Plateau ⓘ |
| regionalImportance | one of the main cities of northern San Luis Potosí ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
Federal Highway 57
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Federal Highway 62 NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Highway 63 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
commercial hub
ⓘ
transportation hub ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| transportMode |
freight trucking
ⓘ
long-distance bus services ⓘ regional bus services ⓘ |
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: Matehuala Description of subject: Matehuala is a significant commercial and transportation hub city in the northern part of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.