Instituto Butantan
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Instituto Butantan is a renowned Brazilian biomedical research and vaccine production institute, especially known for its work on antivenoms and public health immunizations.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Butantan Institute | 4 |
| Instituto Butantan canonical | 3 |
| Instituto Butantan campus | 1 |
| Museu de Microbiologia do Instituto Butantan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11398196 — 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: Instituto Butantan Context triple: [Butantã, São Paulo, contains, Instituto Butantan]
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A.
Rio Branco Institute
The Rio Branco Institute is Brazil’s diplomatic academy responsible for training and preparing candidates for the country’s professional foreign service.
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B.
Institut Pasteur
Institut Pasteur is a renowned French research institute in Paris specializing in biology, microbiology, and infectious diseases, famous for its contributions to vaccines and public health.
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C.
Inhotim Institute
Inhotim Institute is a vast contemporary art museum and botanical garden in Brumadinho, Brazil, renowned for its large-scale outdoor installations and immersive pavilions set within a landscaped park.
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D.
Instituto Moreira Salles Paulista
Instituto Moreira Salles Paulista is a cultural center in São Paulo dedicated to photography, visual arts, cinema, literature, and music, offering exhibitions, events, and educational programs.
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E.
Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo
The Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo is a major Brazilian research and public museum renowned for its extensive zoological collections and contributions to the study of biodiversity, especially in South America.
- 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: Instituto Butantan Target entity description: Instituto Butantan is a renowned Brazilian biomedical research and vaccine production institute, especially known for its work on antivenoms and public health immunizations.
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A.
Rio Branco Institute
The Rio Branco Institute is Brazil’s diplomatic academy responsible for training and preparing candidates for the country’s professional foreign service.
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B.
Institut Pasteur
Institut Pasteur is a renowned French research institute in Paris specializing in biology, microbiology, and infectious diseases, famous for its contributions to vaccines and public health.
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C.
Inhotim Institute
Inhotim Institute is a vast contemporary art museum and botanical garden in Brumadinho, Brazil, renowned for its large-scale outdoor installations and immersive pavilions set within a landscaped park.
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D.
Instituto Moreira Salles Paulista
Instituto Moreira Salles Paulista is a cultural center in São Paulo dedicated to photography, visual arts, cinema, literature, and music, offering exhibitions, events, and educational programs.
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E.
Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo
The Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo is a major Brazilian research and public museum renowned for its extensive zoological collections and contributions to the study of biodiversity, especially in South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biomedical research institute
ⓘ
public research institution ⓘ vaccine manufacturer ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Butantan Institute
ⓘ
linked to:
Instituto Butantan
|
| affiliation |
Government of the State of São Paulo
ⓘ
Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo ⓘ
linked to:
Government of the State of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo ⓘ
linked to:
University of São Paulo
|
| collaboratesWith |
Brazilian Ministry of Health
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Health (Brazil)
Fiocruz ⓘ
linked to:
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
World Health Organization ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| field |
antivenom production
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biomedical research ⓘ immunology ⓘ public health ⓘ toxinology ⓘ vaccine development ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
animal facilities
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biological containment laboratories ⓘ museum ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ serpentarium ⓘ serum production laboratories ⓘ vaccine production plants ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Butantã district, São Paulo
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linked to:
Butantã district
|
| knownFor |
antivenoms
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public immunization programs support ⓘ scorpion antivenom ⓘ serum production ⓘ snake antivenom ⓘ spider antivenom ⓘ vaccine production ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Latin America
ⓘ
São Paulo ⓘ city of São Paulo ⓘ state of São Paulo ⓘ |
| mission |
production of immunobiologicals for public health
ⓘ
research in biomedical sciences ⓘ |
| produces |
COVID-19 vaccines
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diphtheria vaccines ⓘ hepatitis vaccines ⓘ influenza vaccines ⓘ pertussis vaccines ⓘ rabies vaccines ⓘ tetanus vaccines ⓘ |
| role | major supplier of vaccines for Brazil’s national immunization program ⓘ |
| serves |
Brazilian Unified Health System
ⓘ
linked to:
Unified Health System (SUS)
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Instituto Butantan Description of subject: Instituto Butantan is a renowned Brazilian biomedical research and vaccine production institute, especially known for its work on antivenoms and public health immunizations.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Instituto Butantan
linked to: Instituto Butantan
linked to: Instituto Butantan
linked to: Instituto Butantan
linked to: Instituto Butantan
linked to: Instituto Butantan