Butantã, São Paulo
E270034
Butantã is a district in western São Paulo best known for hosting the main campus of the University of São Paulo and several major research and cultural institutions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Butantã (bairro) | 1 |
| Butantã, São Paulo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2467178 — 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: Butantã, São Paulo Context triple: [University of São Paulo, mainCampusLocation, Butantã, São Paulo]
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A.
Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto is a major city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known as an important economic and cultural center with a strong agribusiness and services sector.
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B.
Campinas
Campinas is a major city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known as an important industrial, technological, and transportation hub in the country.
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C.
Santo André
Santo André is a major industrial and residential city in the São Paulo metropolitan region of Brazil.
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D.
Santo Amaro
Santo Amaro is a central neighborhood in Recife, Brazil, known for its mix of residential areas, commerce, and important urban infrastructure.
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E.
Magé
Magé is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro and known for its coastal setting and historical significance.
- 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: Butantã, São Paulo Target entity description: Butantã is a district in western São Paulo best known for hosting the main campus of the University of São Paulo and several major research and cultural institutions.
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A.
Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto is a major city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known as an important economic and cultural center with a strong agribusiness and services sector.
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B.
Campinas
Campinas is a major city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known as an important industrial, technological, and transportation hub in the country.
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C.
Santo André
Santo André is a major industrial and residential city in the São Paulo metropolitan region of Brazil.
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D.
Santo Amaro
Santo Amaro is a central neighborhood in Recife, Brazil, known for its mix of residential areas, commerce, and important urban infrastructure.
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E.
Magé
Magé is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro and known for its coastal setting and historical significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative district
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district ⓘ |
| bordersOn |
Jaguaré, São Paulo
ⓘ
Morumbi, São Paulo ⓘ Pinheiros River ⓘ Pinheiros, São Paulo ⓘ Rio Pequeno, São Paulo ⓘ Vila Sônia, São Paulo ⓘ |
| contains |
Butantã Metro Station
ⓘ
Cidade Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira ⓘ Instituto Butantan ⓘ São Paulo Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology ⓘ São Paulo Museum of Contemporary Art (USP main campus unit) ⓘ University of São Paulo Institute of Biomedical Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo Institute of Biosciences ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo Institute of Chemistry ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo Institute of Mathematics and Statistics ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo Institute of Physics ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo Polytechnic School ⓘ University of São Paulo School of Communications and Arts ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo School of Dentistry (Butantã campus unit) ⓘ University of São Paulo School of Economics, Business and Accounting (Butantã campus unit) ⓘ University of São Paulo School of Education ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo School of Law (Butantã campus facilities) ⓘ University of São Paulo School of Medicine (campus facilities) ⓘ University of São Paulo School of Pharmaceutical Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo School of Physical Education and Sport ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science ⓘ University of São Paulo University City sports complex ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| hasMainCampusOf | University of São Paulo ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalSubprefecture |
Subprefecture of Butantã
ⓘ
linked to:
Butantã district
|
| hasPostalCodePrefix | 055 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural institutions
ⓘ
hosting the main campus of the University of São Paulo ⓘ research institutions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
city of São Paulo
ⓘ
linked to:
São Paulo
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
State of São Paulo
ⓘ
linked to:
state of São Paulo
|
| locatedOnContinent | South America ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf | West Zone of São Paulo ⓘ |
| servedBy | São Paulo Metro Line 4-Yellow ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Brasília Time
ⓘ
UTC−03:00 ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Avenida Corifeu de Azevedo Marques
ⓘ
Avenida Vital Brasil ⓘ Marginal Pinheiros ⓘ Rodovia Raposo Tavares ⓘ |
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: Butantã, São Paulo Description of subject: Butantã is a district in western São Paulo best known for hosting the main campus of the University of São Paulo and several major research and cultural institutions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Butantã, São Paulo