Pacaya
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Pacaya is an active stratovolcano in southern Guatemala known for its frequent eruptions and popularity as a hiking and lava-viewing destination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pacaya canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T642788 — 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: Pacaya Context triple: [Central American Volcanic Arc, hasNotableVolcano, Pacaya]
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A.
Volcán Tajumulco
Volcán Tajumulco is a stratovolcano in western Guatemala that stands as the highest peak in Central America.
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B.
Tepehuán
The Tepehuán are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and cultural practices rooted in the rugged highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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C.
Cerro San Cristóbal
Cerro San Cristóbal is a prominent hill and urban park in Santiago, Chile, known for its panoramic city views, religious sanctuaries, and recreational attractions.
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D.
Cerro Jefe
Cerro Jefe is a prominent mountain in central Panama known for its cloud forests, biodiversity, and panoramic views over the surrounding isthmus.
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E.
Cerro Mohinora
Cerro Mohinora is a prominent mountain peak in Chihuahua, Mexico, known as one of the region’s highest elevations and a notable natural landmark within the Sierra Madre Occidental range.
- 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: Pacaya Target entity description: Pacaya is an active stratovolcano in southern Guatemala known for its frequent eruptions and popularity as a hiking and lava-viewing destination.
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A.
Volcán Tajumulco
Volcán Tajumulco is a stratovolcano in western Guatemala that stands as the highest peak in Central America.
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B.
Tepehuán
The Tepehuán are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and cultural practices rooted in the rugged highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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C.
Cerro San Cristóbal
Cerro San Cristóbal is a prominent hill and urban park in Santiago, Chile, known for its panoramic city views, religious sanctuaries, and recreational attractions.
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D.
Cerro Jefe
Cerro Jefe is a prominent mountain in central Panama known for its cloud forests, biodiversity, and panoramic views over the surrounding isthmus.
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E.
Cerro Mohinora
Cerro Mohinora is a prominent mountain peak in Chihuahua, Mexico, known as one of the region’s highest elevations and a notable natural landmark within the Sierra Madre Occidental range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| access | trail from village of San Francisco de Sales ⓘ |
| activityStatus | one of Guatemala's most active volcanoes ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| distanceToGuatemalaCity | about 30 km south ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 8373 ft
ⓘ
approximately 2552 m ⓘ |
| eruptionFrequency | frequent ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
Hawaiian
ⓘ
Strombolian ⓘ |
| formationProcess | subduction-related volcanism ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Quaternary ⓘ |
| geologicalType | basaltic-andesitic stratovolcano ⓘ |
| hasCrater | MacKenney cone ⓘ |
| hasLavaType |
andesitic lava
ⓘ
basaltic lava ⓘ |
| hasVolcanicField | multiple flank vents ⓘ |
| hazard |
ash fall
ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ tephra emissions ⓘ volcanic gases ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
frequent eruptions
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hiking ⓘ lava flows ⓘ lava-viewing tourism ⓘ |
| lastEruption | ongoing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Escuintla Department
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southern Guatemala ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Guatemala City ⓘ |
| monitoringAgency | INSIVUMEH ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Antigua Guatemala
ⓘ
Guatemala City ⓘ |
| nearbyVolcano |
Acatenango
ⓘ
Agua ⓘ Fuego ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacaya National Park ⓘ |
| protectedAreaStatus | national park ⓘ |
| significantEruption |
1961 eruption
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1965 eruption ⓘ 2010 eruption ⓘ 2014 eruption ⓘ 2021 eruption ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | subduction of Cocos Plate beneath Caribbean Plate ⓘ |
| tourismActivity |
guided hikes
ⓘ
night hikes to view lava ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | part of UNESCO Pacaya-Samala Biosphere Reserve ⓘ |
| volcanicArcOrBelt |
Central America Volcanic Arc
ⓘ
linked to:
Central American Volcanic Arc
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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: Pacaya Description of subject: Pacaya is an active stratovolcano in southern Guatemala known for its frequent eruptions and popularity as a hiking and lava-viewing destination.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.