Irkeshtam Pass
E1045709
Irkeshtam Pass is a high mountain pass in the Tian Shan range that serves as a major road link between Kyrgyzstan and China, facilitating trade and transit across Central Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irkeshtam Pass canonical | 4 |
| Irkeshtam Pass road | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13482227 — 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: Irkeshtam Pass Context triple: [Kyrgyzstan–China border, borderCrossing, Irkeshtam Pass]
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A.
Peiwar Pass
Peiwar Pass is a strategic mountain pass in the Spin Ghar range on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, historically significant for its role in regional trade and military campaigns.
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B.
Zhob Pass
Zhob Pass is a mountain pass in Pakistan that provides a key route through the Sulaiman Mountains, linking parts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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C.
Babusar Pass
Babusar Pass is a high-altitude mountain pass in northern Pakistan, known for its scenic views, alpine meadows, and as a key route connecting the Kaghan Valley with Gilgit-Baltistan.
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D.
Kilik Pass
Kilik Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram range that historically served as an important trade and travel route between Central and South Asia.
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E.
Fedaia Pass
Fedaia Pass is a high mountain pass in the Dolomites of northern Italy, known for its scenic views near the Marmolada massif and its importance for alpine tourism and cycling.
- 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: Irkeshtam Pass Target entity description: Irkeshtam Pass is a high mountain pass in the Tian Shan range that serves as a major road link between Kyrgyzstan and China, facilitating trade and transit across Central Asia.
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A.
Peiwar Pass
Peiwar Pass is a strategic mountain pass in the Spin Ghar range on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, historically significant for its role in regional trade and military campaigns.
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B.
Zhob Pass
Zhob Pass is a mountain pass in Pakistan that provides a key route through the Sulaiman Mountains, linking parts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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C.
Babusar Pass
Babusar Pass is a high-altitude mountain pass in northern Pakistan, known for its scenic views, alpine meadows, and as a key route connecting the Kaghan Valley with Gilgit-Baltistan.
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D.
Kilik Pass
Kilik Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram range that historically served as an important trade and travel route between Central and South Asia.
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E.
Fedaia Pass
Fedaia Pass is a high mountain pass in the Dolomites of northern Italy, known for its scenic views near the Marmolada massif and its importance for alpine tourism and cycling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international border crossing
ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ |
| borderControlBy |
Chinese border guards
ⓘ
Kyrgyz border guards ⓘ |
| borderCrossingType | road border crossing ⓘ |
| climate | high mountain climate ⓘ |
| connects |
China
ⓘ
Kashgar ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Osh ⓘ |
| countryBorderBetween |
China
ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ |
| customsFacility |
Chinese customs checkpoint
ⓘ
Kyrgyz customs checkpoint ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
about 160 km from Kashgar
ⓘ
about 250 km from Osh ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 3000 metres
ⓘ
about 9800 feet ⓘ |
| historicalUse | trade route ⓘ |
| languageAtBorder |
Chinese
ⓘ
Kyrgyz ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Tian Shan ⓘ
linked to:
Tian Shan mountain system
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Osh Region
ⓘ
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to:
Xinjiang
|
| locatedOn | Kyrgyzstan–China border ⓘ |
| mountainRange |
Tian Shan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tian Shan mountain system
|
| nearbySettlement | Irkeshtam village ⓘ |
| partOf |
Belt and Road Initiative transport network
ⓘ
linked to:
China Belt and Road Initiative
Central Asia ⓘ transport corridor between Central Asia and China ⓘ |
| region |
Fergana Valley area
ⓘ
linked to:
Ferghana Valley
southwestern Kyrgyzstan ⓘ western Xinjiang ⓘ
linked to:
Xinjiang
|
| roadSurface | paved road ⓘ |
| roadUsedBy |
China National Highway 314
ⓘ
M41 highway ⓘ
linked to:
M-41 Highway
|
| strategicImportance | major road link between Kyrgyzstan and China ⓘ |
| subjectTo | seasonal weather closures ⓘ |
| trafficType |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
| transportRole | alternative to Torugart Pass ⓘ |
| usedFor |
international trade
ⓘ
road transport ⓘ transit traffic ⓘ |
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: Irkeshtam Pass Description of subject: Irkeshtam Pass is a high mountain pass in the Tian Shan range that serves as a major road link between Kyrgyzstan and China, facilitating trade and transit across Central Asia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Irkeshtam Pass