1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo
E668729
The 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo was a major volcanic event on the Cape Verdean island of Fogo that caused significant lava flows, property damage, and the evacuation of local communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7470458 — 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: 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo Context triple: [Fogo (Cape Verde), previousNotableEruption, 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo]
-
A.
2014–2015 eruption of Pico do Fogo
The 2014–2015 eruption of Pico do Fogo was a major volcanic event on the Cape Verde island of Fogo that caused significant lava flows, destruction of villages, and large-scale evacuations.
-
B.
1949 Cumbre Vieja eruption
The 1949 Cumbre Vieja eruption was a significant mid-20th-century volcanic event on La Palma in the Canary Islands, noted for its fissure eruptions, lava flows, and associated seismic activity.
-
C.
1971 Teneguía eruption
The 1971 Teneguía eruption was a basaltic fissure eruption on the southern tip of La Palma in the Canary Islands, notable for its relatively mild explosive activity, extensive lava flows, and role in shaping the island’s modern volcanic landscape.
-
D.
Chahorra eruption
The Chahorra eruption was a historic volcanic event of Pico Viejo on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, notable for its lava flows and impact on the island’s landscape.
-
E.
Mt Matavanu eruption 1905–1911
The Mt Matavanu eruption of 1905–1911 was a major volcanic event on the Samoan island of Savaiʻi that produced extensive lava flows, reshaping large areas of the island’s landscape.
- 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: 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo Target entity description: The 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo was a major volcanic event on the Cape Verdean island of Fogo that caused significant lava flows, property damage, and the evacuation of local communities.
-
A.
2014–2015 eruption of Pico do Fogo
The 2014–2015 eruption of Pico do Fogo was a major volcanic event on the Cape Verde island of Fogo that caused significant lava flows, destruction of villages, and large-scale evacuations.
-
B.
1949 Cumbre Vieja eruption
The 1949 Cumbre Vieja eruption was a significant mid-20th-century volcanic event on La Palma in the Canary Islands, noted for its fissure eruptions, lava flows, and associated seismic activity.
-
C.
1971 Teneguía eruption
The 1971 Teneguía eruption was a basaltic fissure eruption on the southern tip of La Palma in the Canary Islands, notable for its relatively mild explosive activity, extensive lava flows, and role in shaping the island’s modern volcanic landscape.
-
D.
Chahorra eruption
The Chahorra eruption was a historic volcanic event of Pico Viejo on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, notable for its lava flows and impact on the island’s landscape.
-
E.
Mt Matavanu eruption 1905–1911
The Mt Matavanu eruption of 1905–1911 was a major volcanic event on the Samoan island of Savaiʻi that produced extensive lava flows, reshaping large areas of the island’s landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural disaster
ⓘ
volcanic eruption ⓘ |
| affectedSettlement |
Bangaeira
ⓘ
Portela ⓘ |
| ashFall | local ⓘ |
| casualties | 0 direct deaths ⓘ |
| caused |
evacuation of local communities
ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ property damage ⓘ |
| country |
Cape Verde
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Verde Islands
|
| displacedPeople | hundreds of residents ⓘ |
| endDate | 1995-05-26 ⓘ |
| eruptionCenter | flank vent ⓘ |
| eruptionColumnHeight | several kilometers ⓘ |
| eruptionSequence |
preceded by ground deformation
ⓘ
preceded by increased seismicity ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle | fissure eruption ⓘ |
| eruptionType |
Hawaiian
ⓘ
Strombolian ⓘ |
| hazardType |
lava flow hazard
ⓘ
tephra fall hazard ⓘ |
| impact |
damage to agricultural land
ⓘ
destruction of houses in Chã das Caldeiras ⓘ temporary closure of roads ⓘ |
| island | Fogo ⓘ |
| lavaFlow | basaltic lava ⓘ |
| lavaFlowDirection | towards Chã das Caldeiras settlements ⓘ |
| location | Chã das Caldeiras ⓘ |
| monitoringAgency | Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica (Cape Verde) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-lasting lava effusion
ⓘ
threat to Chã das Caldeiras villages ⓘ |
| partOf | eruptive history of Pico do Fogo ⓘ |
| prompted |
evacuation plans for Fogo communities
ⓘ
improvements in volcanic monitoring on Fogo ⓘ |
| region | Macaronesia ⓘ |
| significance | one of the most important 20th-century eruptions in Cape Verde ⓘ |
| startDate | 1995-04-02 ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | intraplate oceanic island volcano ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| VEI | 3 ⓘ |
| volcano | Pico do Fogo ⓘ |
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: 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo Description of subject: The 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo was a major volcanic event on the Cape Verdean island of Fogo that caused significant lava flows, property damage, and the evacuation of local communities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.