Fuego
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Fuego is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala known for its frequent explosive eruptions and dramatic ash plumes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fuego canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T642787 — 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: Fuego Context triple: [Central American Volcanic Arc, hasNotableVolcano, Fuego]
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A.
San Pedro volcano
San Pedro volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in northern Chile’s Andes, known for its high elevation, arid surroundings, and association with the Central Volcanic Zone.
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B.
Parícutin
Parícutin is a famous cinder cone volcano in western Mexico that dramatically emerged in a farmer’s cornfield in 1943 and became one of the most studied volcanic events in modern history.
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C.
Carihuairazo
Carihuairazo is a glaciated stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes, located near Mount Chimborazo and known for its rugged peaks and mountaineering routes.
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D.
Ollagüe volcano
Ollagüe volcano is a large, active stratovolcano straddling the border between Chile and Bolivia in the high Andes, noted for its persistent fumarolic activity and extensive lava flows.
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E.
Calima
Calima refers to an ancient pre-Columbian culture from the Valle del Cauca region of Colombia, renowned for its sophisticated goldwork and distinctive ceramic art.
- 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: Fuego Target entity description: Fuego is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala known for its frequent explosive eruptions and dramatic ash plumes.
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A.
San Pedro volcano
San Pedro volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in northern Chile’s Andes, known for its high elevation, arid surroundings, and association with the Central Volcanic Zone.
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B.
Parícutin
Parícutin is a famous cinder cone volcano in western Mexico that dramatically emerged in a farmer’s cornfield in 1943 and became one of the most studied volcanic events in modern history.
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C.
Carihuairazo
Carihuairazo is a glaciated stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes, located near Mount Chimborazo and known for its rugged peaks and mountaineering routes.
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D.
Ollagüe volcano
Ollagüe volcano is a large, active stratovolcano straddling the border between Chile and Bolivia in the high Andes, noted for its persistent fumarolic activity and extensive lava flows.
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E.
Calima
Calima refers to an ancient pre-Columbian culture from the Valle del Cauca region of Colombia, renowned for its sophisticated goldwork and distinctive ceramic art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Volcán de Fuego ⓘ |
| climateImpact | can disrupt air traffic with ash clouds ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 12346 ft
ⓘ
approximately 3763 m ⓘ |
| eruptionColumnHeight | can exceed 10 km in major eruptions ⓘ |
| eruptionFrequency | one of Central America’s most active volcanoes ⓘ |
| eruptionProducts |
andesitic lava
ⓘ
basaltic-andesite tephra ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
Strombolian
ⓘ
Vulcanian ⓘ |
| formsComplexWith |
Acatenango volcanic complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Acatenango
|
| geologicalSetting | subduction zone volcano ⓘ |
| hasTwinVolcano | Acatenango ⓘ |
| hazardType |
ashfall
ⓘ
lahars ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| lastMajorEruption | June 2018 ⓘ |
| listedIn | Global Volcanism Program ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central America
ⓘ
Guatemalan Highlands ⓘ
linked to:
Guatemala Highlands
|
| meaningOfName | fire ⓘ |
| monitoringAgency | INSIVUMEH ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Sierra Madre de Chiapas ⓘ |
| near |
Acatenango
ⓘ
Antigua Guatemala ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Antigua Guatemala
ⓘ
Guatemala City ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic ash plumes
ⓘ
frequent explosive eruptions ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central America Volcanic Arc
ⓘ
linked to:
Central American Volcanic Arc
|
| region |
Chimaltenango Department
ⓘ
Escuintla Department ⓘ Sacatepéquez Department ⓘ
linked to:
Petén Department
|
| subductingPlate | Cocos Plate ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate | Caribbean Plate ⓘ |
| threatens |
agricultural areas
ⓘ
nearby villages ⓘ |
| tourism | popular destination for volcano trekking ⓘ |
| typicalActivity |
ash columns several kilometers high
ⓘ
frequent small to moderate explosions ⓘ intermittent lava fountains ⓘ |
| volcanicExplosivityIndex | up to VEI 4 in major eruptions ⓘ |
| volcanoType | stratovolcano ⓘ |
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: Fuego Description of subject: Fuego is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala known for its frequent explosive eruptions and dramatic ash plumes.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.