Isla Holbox
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Isla Holbox is a small, car-free island off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula known for its laid-back atmosphere, white-sand beaches, and seasonal whale shark tours.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holbox town | 2 |
| Isla Holbox canonical | 2 |
| Holbox Island | 1 |
| Playa Holbox | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2150227 — 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: Isla Holbox Context triple: [Quintana Roo, containsIsland, Isla Holbox]
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A.
Isla Mujeres
Isla Mujeres is a small Caribbean island off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula known for its white-sand beaches, clear turquoise waters, snorkeling and diving sites, and laid-back resort atmosphere.
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B.
Culebra Island
Culebra Island is a small, sparsely populated Caribbean island municipality of Puerto Rico known for its pristine beaches, clear waters, and protected wildlife refuges.
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C.
San Félix Island
San Félix Island is a small, remote Chilean Pacific island known for its arid landscape, military presence, and importance as a protected area for seabirds and marine life.
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D.
Zapatera Island
Zapatera Island is a volcanic island and archaeological site in Lake Nicaragua, known for its pre-Columbian petroglyphs and stone statues.
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E.
Cayo Palomino
Cayo Palomino is a small, uninhabited islet in the Caribbean Sea that is part of the United States’ territorial holdings and is known for its clear waters and coral reefs.
- 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: Isla Holbox Target entity description: Isla Holbox is a small, car-free island off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula known for its laid-back atmosphere, white-sand beaches, and seasonal whale shark tours.
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A.
Isla Mujeres
Isla Mujeres is a small Caribbean island off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula known for its white-sand beaches, clear turquoise waters, snorkeling and diving sites, and laid-back resort atmosphere.
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B.
Culebra Island
Culebra Island is a small, sparsely populated Caribbean island municipality of Puerto Rico known for its pristine beaches, clear waters, and protected wildlife refuges.
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C.
San Félix Island
San Félix Island is a small, remote Chilean Pacific island known for its arid landscape, military presence, and importance as a protected area for seabirds and marine life.
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D.
Zapatera Island
Zapatera Island is a volcanic island and archaeological site in Lake Nicaragua, known for its pre-Columbian petroglyphs and stone statues.
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E.
Cayo Palomino
Cayo Palomino is a small, uninhabited islet in the Caribbean Sea that is part of the United States’ territorial holdings and is known for its clear waters and coral reefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom | Chiquilá ⓘ |
| accessMethod | ferry ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision |
State of Quintana Roo
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Quintana Roo
|
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| commonTransport |
bicycles
ⓘ
golf carts ⓘ motorbike taxis ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
boat tours
ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ snorkeling ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ |
| hasBeach |
Playa Holbox
ⓘ
linked to:
Isla Holbox
|
| hasCharacteristic |
car-free
ⓘ
laid-back atmosphere ⓘ white-sand beaches ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem |
coastal lagoons
ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
hammocks over the water
ⓘ
shallow turquoise waters ⓘ |
| hasSeason | whale shark season ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
flamingos
ⓘ
frigatebirds ⓘ pelicans ⓘ sea turtles ⓘ whale sharks ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bioluminescent waters
ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ eco-tourism ⓘ kitesurfing ⓘ street art ⓘ whale shark tours ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Quintana Roo ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
| mainSettlement |
Holbox town
ⓘ
linked to:
Isla Holbox
|
| nearProtectedArea | Yum Balam Flora and Fauna Protection Area ⓘ |
| offCoastOf | Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
| partOf | Lázaro Cárdenas Municipality ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Standard Time (Mexico) ⓘ |
| tourismType |
beach tourism
ⓘ
low-rise development ⓘ |
| transportRestriction | no private cars allowed ⓘ |
| whaleSharkSeasonApprox | June to September ⓘ |
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: Isla Holbox Description of subject: Isla Holbox is a small, car-free island off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula known for its laid-back atmosphere, white-sand beaches, and seasonal whale shark tours.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
state of Quintana Roo
linked to: Isla Holbox
linked to: Isla Holbox
linked to: Isla Holbox
linked to: Isla Holbox