La Vaca marina
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La Vaca marina is a legendary sea creature from Chilote mythology, often depicted as a cow-like being that inhabits the ocean and is associated with maritime omens and local seafaring lore.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Vaca marina canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4538514 — 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: La Vaca marina Context triple: [Chilote mythology, hasPart, La Vaca marina]
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A.
The Dolphin
The Dolphin is a controversial 1973 poetry collection by Robert Lowell that explores his troubled personal life and marital breakdown through confessional verse.
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B.
The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
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C.
Die Haie
Die Haie is the popular nickname of the Kölner Haie, a professional ice hockey team based in Cologne, Germany.
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D.
El Gran Pez
El Gran Pez is the popular nickname of the Mexican football club Dorados de Sinaloa, reflecting its identity and local cultural ties.
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E.
The Living Sea
The Living Sea is a 1963 documentary film co-directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that explores marine life and oceanographic research aboard his ship Calypso.
- 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: La Vaca marina Target entity description: La Vaca marina is a legendary sea creature from Chilote mythology, often depicted as a cow-like being that inhabits the ocean and is associated with maritime omens and local seafaring lore.
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A.
The Dolphin
The Dolphin is a controversial 1973 poetry collection by Robert Lowell that explores his troubled personal life and marital breakdown through confessional verse.
-
B.
The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
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C.
Die Haie
Die Haie is the popular nickname of the Kölner Haie, a professional ice hockey team based in Cologne, Germany.
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D.
El Gran Pez
El Gran Pez is the popular nickname of the Mexican football club Dorados de Sinaloa, reflecting its identity and local cultural ties.
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E.
The Living Sea
The Living Sea is a 1963 documentary film co-directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that explores marine life and oceanographic research aboard his ship Calypso.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Chilote mythology
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legendary sea creature ⓘ mythological creature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chiloé Archipelago
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fishermen ⓘ sailors ⓘ southern Chile ⓘ |
| bodyShape | cow-like ⓘ |
| category |
Chilean legendary creature
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sea monster in folklore ⓘ |
| culture | Chilote culture ⓘ |
| depictedAs | cow-like sea creature ⓘ |
| domain |
maritime folklore
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seafaring lore ⓘ |
| habitat |
Pacific Ocean near Chiloé
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linked to:
Chilean Sea
sea ⓘ |
| languageContext | Spanish-speaking communities ⓘ |
| mythology | Chilote mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
explains dangers of the sea
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reinforces respect for the ocean ⓘ |
| region |
Los Lagos Region of Chile
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linked to:
Los Lagos Region
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| relatedTo |
Chilote maritime myths
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other Chilote mythological beings ⓘ |
| role |
maritime omen
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supernatural sign for sailors ⓘ |
| seenAs | portent of events at sea ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
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: La Vaca marina Description of subject: La Vaca marina is a legendary sea creature from Chilote mythology, often depicted as a cow-like being that inhabits the ocean and is associated with maritime omens and local seafaring lore.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.