Kii-suidō
E243908
Kii-suidō is the Japanese name for the Kii Channel, a strait separating Japan’s Kii Peninsula from Awaji Island and connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Inland Sea.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2213877 — 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: Kii-suidō Context triple: [Kii Channel, hasRomanization, Kii-suidō]
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A.
Shunpanrō
Shunpanrō is a historic inn in Shimonoseki, Japan, best known as the site where the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-Japanese War was signed.
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B.
Shiba-koen
Shiba-koen is a central Tokyo district known for its large public park, historic temples, and close proximity to Tokyo Tower.
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C.
Kita-Senju
Kita-Senju is a major commercial and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, known for its busy railway station and shopping districts.
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D.
Namba Marui
Namba Marui is a major Marui department store and shopping complex located in Osaka’s bustling Namba district, known for its fashion, dining, and entertainment options.
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E.
Fujiidera
Fujiidera is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical temples and role as a residential and commercial suburb in the Kansai region.
- 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: Kii-suidō Target entity description: Kii-suidō is the Japanese name for the Kii Channel, a strait separating Japan’s Kii Peninsula from Awaji Island and connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Inland Sea.
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A.
Shunpanrō
Shunpanrō is a historic inn in Shimonoseki, Japan, best known as the site where the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-Japanese War was signed.
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B.
Shiba-koen
Shiba-koen is a central Tokyo district known for its large public park, historic temples, and close proximity to Tokyo Tower.
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C.
Kita-Senju
Kita-Senju is a major commercial and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, known for its busy railway station and shopping districts.
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D.
Namba Marui
Namba Marui is a major Marui department store and shopping complex located in Osaka’s bustling Namba district, known for its fashion, dining, and entertainment options.
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E.
Fujiidera
Fujiidera is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical temples and role as a residential and commercial suburb in the Kansai region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
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strait ⓘ |
| adjacentToPrefecture |
Hyōgo Prefecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Hyogo Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture ⓘ Wakayama Prefecture ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Kii Channel ⓘ |
| borders |
Awaji Island
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Kii Peninsula ⓘ |
| connects |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Seto Inland Sea ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 紀伊水道 ⓘ |
| hasPart | sea route between Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| locatedInWaterBody |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Seto Inland Sea ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Kii Channel shipping lanes
ⓘ
Osaka Bay ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Seto Inland Sea ⓘ |
| region | Kansai region ⓘ |
| romanization | Kii-suidō ⓘ |
| separates |
Awaji Island
ⓘ
Kii Peninsula ⓘ |
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: Kii-suidō Description of subject: Kii-suidō is the Japanese name for the Kii Channel, a strait separating Japan’s Kii Peninsula from Awaji Island and connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Inland Sea.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kii-suidō