Jalingo
E338178
Jalingo is the capital and largest city of Taraba State in northeastern Nigeria, serving as an important administrative and commercial center for the region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jalingo canonical | 3 |
| Jalingo Mumuye | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3209367 — 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: Jalingo Context triple: [North East Nigeria, majorCity, Jalingo]
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A.
Yenagoa
Yenagoa is the capital city of Bayelsa State in southern Nigeria, located in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.
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B.
Bauchi
Bauchi is a prominent city in northeastern Nigeria that serves as the capital of Bauchi State and a key commercial and administrative center in the region.
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C.
Kaduna
Kaduna is a major industrial and political center in northern Nigeria, known for its diverse population and role as the capital of Kaduna State.
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D.
Ijaw
The Ijaw are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, known for their riverine culture, fishing traditions, and significant role in the country's oil-producing areas.
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E.
Makurdi
Makurdi is the capital city of Benue State in central Nigeria, serving as an important administrative and commercial hub in the region.
- 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: Jalingo Target entity description: Jalingo is the capital and largest city of Taraba State in northeastern Nigeria, serving as an important administrative and commercial center for the region.
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A.
Yenagoa
Yenagoa is the capital city of Bayelsa State in southern Nigeria, located in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.
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B.
Bauchi
Bauchi is a prominent city in northeastern Nigeria that serves as the capital of Bauchi State and a key commercial and administrative center in the region.
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C.
Kaduna
Kaduna is a major industrial and political center in northern Nigeria, known for its diverse population and role as the capital of Kaduna State.
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D.
Ijaw
The Ijaw are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, known for their riverine culture, fishing traditions, and significant role in the country's oil-producing areas.
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E.
Makurdi
Makurdi is the capital city of Benue State in central Nigeria, serving as an important administrative and commercial hub in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
state capital ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterOf | Taraba State ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionType | local government area ⓘ |
| airportServes | Taraba State ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Taraba State ⓘ |
| climateClassification | Aw (Köppen) ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
federal republic of Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Nigeria
|
| currency | Nigerian naira ⓘ |
| demographicCharacteristic |
ethnically diverse population
ⓘ
linguistically diverse population ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Middle Belt (broadly construed)
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Belt
|
| governingBody |
Jalingo Local Government Council
ⓘ
linked to:
Jalingo LGA
|
| governingLevel | local government area headquarters ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Jalingo Airport ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative headquarters of Taraba State
ⓘ
regional market center ⓘ |
| hasHigherEducationInstitution | Taraba State University (in or near Jalingo) ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernmentArea | Jalingo LGA ⓘ |
| isSeatOf |
Taraba State Government
ⓘ
linked to:
Taraba State
Taraba State House of Assembly ⓘ Taraba State judiciary ⓘ
linked to:
Taraba State
|
| largestCityOf | Taraba State ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
North East Nigeria
Northern Nigeria ⓘ Taraba State ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Benue River basin (regional context)
ⓘ
linked to:
Benue River basin region
|
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | 660 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivities |
agricultural produce marketing
ⓘ
services ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| region |
northeastern Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
North East Nigeria
|
| religion |
Christianity (significant population)
ⓘ
Islam (significant population) ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
connected by highway to Bauchi
ⓘ
connected by highway to Gombe ⓘ connected by highway to Wukari ⓘ connected by highway to Yola ⓘ |
| role |
administrative center
ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ |
| timeZone |
West Africa Time
ⓘ
linked to:
West Africa Time (WAT)
|
| transportRole | regional transport hub ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +1 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | TAR ⓘ |
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: Jalingo Description of subject: Jalingo is the capital and largest city of Taraba State in northeastern Nigeria, serving as an important administrative and commercial center for the region.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jalingo
linked to: Jalingo