eastern chain of the Marshall Islands
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The eastern chain of the Marshall Islands, known as the Ratak Chain, is a linear group of low-lying coral atolls and islands in the central Pacific Ocean forming part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands | 8 |
| eastern chain of the Marshall Islands canonical | 2 |
| Ratak Chain (Marshall Islands) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2240337 — 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.
Target entity: eastern chain of the Marshall Islands Context triple: [Ratak Chain, hasPosition, eastern chain of the Marshall Islands]
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Enewetak Atoll
Enewetak Atoll is a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean best known as a major U.S. nuclear weapons testing site during the mid-20th century.
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Line Islands
The Line Islands are a remote chain of low-lying coral atolls and islands in the central Pacific Ocean, known for their isolation, rich marine ecosystems, and role as one of the first places on Earth to experience each new day.
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C.
Gilbert Islands
The Gilbert Islands are a central Pacific archipelago that forms part of the Republic of Kiribati and was a significant World War II battleground.
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D.
Caroline Islands
The Caroline Islands are a widespread archipelago of small tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean, forming part of Micronesia and including modern states such as Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia.
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E.
Tarawa Atoll
Tarawa Atoll is a coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean that serves as the capital of Kiribati and was a major World War II battleground.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: eastern chain of the Marshall Islands Target entity description: The eastern chain of the Marshall Islands, known as the Ratak Chain, is a linear group of low-lying coral atolls and islands in the central Pacific Ocean forming part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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A.
Enewetak Atoll
Enewetak Atoll is a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean best known as a major U.S. nuclear weapons testing site during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Line Islands
The Line Islands are a remote chain of low-lying coral atolls and islands in the central Pacific Ocean, known for their isolation, rich marine ecosystems, and role as one of the first places on Earth to experience each new day.
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C.
Gilbert Islands
The Gilbert Islands are a central Pacific archipelago that forms part of the Republic of Kiribati and was a significant World War II battleground.
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D.
Caroline Islands
The Caroline Islands are a widespread archipelago of small tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean, forming part of Micronesia and including modern states such as Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia.
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E.
Tarawa Atoll
Tarawa Atoll is a coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean that serves as the capital of Kiribati and was a major World War II battleground.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
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island chain ⓘ island chain ⓘ part of the Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ratak Chain
ⓘ
eastern chain of the Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| country |
Marshall Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of the Marshall Islands
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| governedBy |
Government of the Marshall Islands
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surface form:
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
| hasClimate | tropical marine climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
copra production
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small-scale agriculture ⓘ subsistence fishing ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem |
coastal lagoon ecosystem
ⓘ
tropical coral reef ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
coastal erosion
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coral bleaching ⓘ saltwater intrusion ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coral reefs
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lagoons ⓘ low elevation ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalForm |
linear chain
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low-lying coral atolls ⓘ low-lying coral islands ⓘ |
| hasNaturalResource |
coconut palms
ⓘ
marine fisheries ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalStatus | part of a sovereign state ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
exposure to tropical storms
ⓘ
vulnerability to sea level rise ⓘ |
| hasSettlementPattern | dispersed atoll communities ⓘ |
| hasTransportationMode | boat transport between atolls ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Oceania ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Marshallese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Marshall Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
central Pacific Ocean
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| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+12 ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Marshall Islands
ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ |
| regionType | atoll region ⓘ |
| relativeLocation | east of the Ralik Chain ⓘ |
| sovereignState |
Marshall Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: eastern chain of the Marshall Islands Description of subject: The eastern chain of the Marshall Islands, known as the Ratak Chain, is a linear group of low-lying coral atolls and islands in the central Pacific Ocean forming part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.