Sunda Strait
E30883
The Sunda Strait is a narrow waterway in Indonesia that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunda Strait canonical | 38 |
| Strait of Sunda | 1 |
| Sunda Strait region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T184862 — 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: Sunda Strait Context triple: [Java, hasStrait, Sunda Strait]
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A.
Luzon Strait
The Luzon Strait is a strategically important body of water between Taiwan and the Philippines that connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea in the western Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea is a marginal sea of the eastern Indian Ocean, lying between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula, known for its rich marine biodiversity and popular tropical diving destinations.
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C.
Solomon Sea
The Solomon Sea is a marginal sea of the southwestern Pacific Ocean located between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, known for its deep basins and significant role in World War II naval battles.
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D.
Korea Strait
The Korea Strait is a narrow body of water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan that forms a key maritime passage linking the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan.
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E.
Tsugaru Strait
The Tsugaru Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Honshu and Hokkaido islands, serving as a key maritime passage between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Sunda Strait Target entity description: The Sunda Strait is a narrow waterway in Indonesia that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
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A.
Luzon Strait
The Luzon Strait is a strategically important body of water between Taiwan and the Philippines that connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea in the western Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea is a marginal sea of the eastern Indian Ocean, lying between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula, known for its rich marine biodiversity and popular tropical diving destinations.
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C.
Solomon Sea
The Solomon Sea is a marginal sea of the southwestern Pacific Ocean located between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, known for its deep basins and significant role in World War II naval battles.
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D.
Korea Strait
The Korea Strait is a narrow body of water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan that forms a key maritime passage linking the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan.
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E.
Tsugaru Strait
The Tsugaru Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Honshu and Hokkaido islands, serving as a key maritime passage between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
strait
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Banten
ⓘ
surface form:
Banten Province
Lampung ⓘ
surface form:
Lampung Province
|
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| connects |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Java Sea ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Indian Ocean trade routes
ⓘ
Java Sea trade routes ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| etymology | named after the Sunda ethnic group ⓘ |
| governingCountry | Indonesia ⓘ |
| hasFerryRoute | Merak–Bakauheni ferry route ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
shallow areas
ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ volcanic tsunamis ⓘ |
| hasIslandGroup | Sangiang Island and nearby islets ⓘ |
| hasNavigationChallenge |
frequent fog and storms
ⓘ
variable depths ⓘ |
| hasStrongCurrent | true ⓘ |
| hasVolcanicActivityNearby | true ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
1883 Krakatoa eruption affected the strait
ⓘ
2018 Anak Krakatau eruption and tsunami ⓘ |
| isMajorShippingRoute | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Indonesian seas ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lesser Sunda Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Lesser Sunda Islands region
Malay Archipelago ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| maximumWidth |
over 100 kilometers
ⓘ
over 62 miles ⓘ |
| minimumWidth |
about 15 miles
ⓘ
about 24 kilometers ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Indonesian ⓘ |
| nearbyIsland |
Krakatoa
ⓘ
surface form:
Anak Krakatau
Krakatoa ⓘ |
| ocean | Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf | Indonesian archipelagic sea lanes ⓘ |
| region |
western Indonesia
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Indonesia
|
| salinity | oceanic ⓘ |
| sea | Java Sea ⓘ |
| separates |
Java
ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | regional shipping and naval passage ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Sunda Arc ⓘ |
| usedFor |
international maritime transport
ⓘ
local inter-island transport ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | marine strait ⓘ |
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: Sunda Strait Description of subject: The Sunda Strait is a narrow waterway in Indonesia that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sunda Strait region
subject surface form:
Western Indonesia
subject surface form:
Sangiang Island
subject surface form:
Sangiang Island nearby islets
this entity surface form:
Strait of Sunda