Jequitinhonha River
E466402
The Jequitinhonha River is a major waterway in eastern Brazil that flows from the Brazilian Highlands through the state of Minas Gerais toward the Atlantic Ocean, influencing the region’s ecology and local communities.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jequitinhonha River canonical | 3 |
| Jequitinhonha River basin | 1 |
| Jequitinhonha Valley | 1 |
| Rio Jequitinhonha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4601011 — 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: Jequitinhonha River Context triple: [Brazilian Highlands, sourceOfRiver, Jequitinhonha River]
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A.
Tietê River
The Tietê River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows across the state of São Paulo and plays a key role in the region’s ecology, economy, and urban landscape.
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B.
Taquari River
The Taquari River is a significant waterway in central-western Brazil that flows through the Pantanal wetlands before joining the Paraguay River.
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C.
Gilão River
The Gilão River is a waterway in Portugal’s Algarve region that flows through the historic town of Tavira before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Paranaíba River
The Paranaíba River is a major river in central Brazil that forms part of the upper Paraná River basin and serves as an important waterway for agriculture, hydroelectric power, and regional ecosystems.
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E.
Teles Pires River
The Teles Pires River is a major waterway in central-western Brazil that forms part of the upper Amazon basin and serves as an important natural boundary and resource 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: Jequitinhonha River Target entity description: The Jequitinhonha River is a major waterway in eastern Brazil that flows from the Brazilian Highlands through the state of Minas Gerais toward the Atlantic Ocean, influencing the region’s ecology and local communities.
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A.
Tietê River
The Tietê River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows across the state of São Paulo and plays a key role in the region’s ecology, economy, and urban landscape.
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B.
Taquari River
The Taquari River is a significant waterway in central-western Brazil that flows through the Pantanal wetlands before joining the Paraguay River.
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C.
Gilão River
The Gilão River is a waterway in Portugal’s Algarve region that flows through the historic town of Tavira before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Paranaíba River
The Paranaíba River is a major river in central Brazil that forms part of the upper Paraná River basin and serves as an important waterway for agriculture, hydroelectric power, and regional ecosystems.
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E.
Teles Pires River
The Teles Pires River is a major waterway in central-western Brazil that forms part of the upper Amazon basin and serves as an important natural boundary and resource in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| affects | Jequitinhonha Valley ⓘ |
| associatedWith | semi-arid regions of Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Jequitinhonha River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Jequitinhonha River
|
| ecosystemType | tropical river ecosystem ⓘ |
| environmentalIssues |
deforestation in basin
ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ water quality degradation ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Bahia
ⓘ
Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| hasMouthNear |
Alcobaça, Bahia
ⓘ
Belmonte, Bahia ⓘ |
| hasPortugueseName |
Rio Jequitinhonha
ⓘ
linked to:
Jequitinhonha River
|
| hasTributary |
Araçuaí River
ⓘ
Itamarandiba River ⓘ São Miguel River ⓘ |
| hasWatershedIn |
state of Bahia
ⓘ
linked to:
Bahia
state of Minas Gerais ⓘ
linked to:
Minas Gerais
|
| influences |
floodplain agriculture
ⓘ
local communities ⓘ local fisheries ⓘ regional ecology ⓘ riparian vegetation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Region of Brazil
ⓘ
Southeast Region of Brazil ⓘ eastern Brazil ⓘ |
| mouth | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf | Brazilian river network ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Almenara, Minas Gerais
ⓘ
Diamantina, Minas Gerais ⓘ
linked to:
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Itaobim, Minas Gerais ⓘ
linked to:
Almenara, Minas Gerais
Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais ⓘ Salto da Divisa, Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| regionKnownFor |
artisanal crafts
ⓘ
poverty and social vulnerability ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | Brazilian Highlands ⓘ |
| supports |
biodiversity in eastern Brazil
ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ subsistence farming ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ transportation (local) ⓘ |
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: Jequitinhonha River Description of subject: The Jequitinhonha River is a major waterway in eastern Brazil that flows from the Brazilian Highlands through the state of Minas Gerais toward the Atlantic Ocean, influencing the region’s ecology and local communities.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jequitinhonha River
linked to: Jequitinhonha River
linked to: Jequitinhonha River