Khorat Plateau
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The Khorat Plateau is a large, elevated region in northeastern Thailand known for its agricultural landscapes and distinct geology.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khorat Plateau canonical | 4 |
| Isan Plateau | 1 |
| Khorat Basin | 1 |
| Korat Plateau | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3104291 — 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: Khorat Plateau Context triple: [Korat, Thailand, isPartOf, Khorat Plateau]
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A.
Tenasserim
Tenasserim is a long, narrow coastal region in southern Myanmar along the Andaman Sea, historically significant as a frontier area between Burmese and Thai kingdoms.
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B.
Chiengmai
Chiengmai is an alternative spelling of Chiang Mai, a major cultural and historical city in northern Thailand known for its temples and mountainous surroundings.
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C.
Tenasserim Hills
Tenasserim Hills is a long mountain range forming a natural border between Myanmar and Thailand on the Indochinese Peninsula.
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D.
Somkheti Range
Somkheti Range is a mountain range forming part of the Lesser Caucasus system in the South Caucasus region.
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E.
Mae Hong Son Province
Mae Hong Son Province is a mountainous, remote region in northern Thailand known for its significant Karen population, misty landscapes, and forested border with Myanmar.
- 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: Khorat Plateau Target entity description: The Khorat Plateau is a large, elevated region in northeastern Thailand known for its agricultural landscapes and distinct geology.
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A.
Tenasserim
Tenasserim is a long, narrow coastal region in southern Myanmar along the Andaman Sea, historically significant as a frontier area between Burmese and Thai kingdoms.
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B.
Chiengmai
Chiengmai is an alternative spelling of Chiang Mai, a major cultural and historical city in northern Thailand known for its temples and mountainous surroundings.
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C.
Tenasserim Hills
Tenasserim Hills is a long mountain range forming a natural border between Myanmar and Thailand on the Indochinese Peninsula.
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D.
Somkheti Range
Somkheti Range is a mountain range forming part of the Lesser Caucasus system in the South Caucasus region.
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E.
Mae Hong Son Province
Mae Hong Son Province is a mountainous, remote region in northern Thailand known for its significant Karen population, misty landscapes, and forested border with Myanmar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
plateau ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion |
Buriram Province
ⓘ
Kalasin province ⓘ
surface form:
Kalasin Province
Khon Kaen province ⓘ
surface form:
Khon Kaen Province
Maha Sarakham province ⓘ
surface form:
Maha Sarakham Province
Nakhon Ratchasima Province ⓘ Roi Et province ⓘ
surface form:
Roi Et Province
Sakon Nakhon province ⓘ
surface form:
Sakon Nakhon Province
Surin province ⓘ
surface form:
Surin Province
Ubon Ratchathani Province ⓘ Udon Thani province ⓘ
surface form:
Udon Thani Province
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Khorat Plateau
ⓘ
surface form:
Korat Plateau
|
| borderedBy |
Dangrek Mountains
ⓘ
Mekong River ⓘ Phetchabun Mountains ⓘ Phu Phan Mountains ⓘ |
| climate |
monsoonal climate
ⓘ
tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Khorat Plateau
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Khorat Basin
Sakon Nakhon Basin ⓘ |
| country | Thailand ⓘ |
| dominantRockType |
mudstone
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| drainedBy |
Chi River
ⓘ
Mekong River ⓘ Mun River ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
commercial agriculture
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| elevation | 90–200 metres ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Mesozoic Era
ⓘ
surface form:
Mesozoic
|
| hasGeologicalFeature | Khorat Group sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| hasPaleontologicalSignificance |
dinosaur fossils
ⓘ
early mammal fossils ⓘ |
| highestElevation | about 250 metres ⓘ |
| knownFor | agricultural landscapes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Isan
ⓘ
surface form:
Isan region
Northeastern Thailand ⓘ |
| majorCrop |
cassava
ⓘ
rice ⓘ rubber ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nakhon Ratchasima ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mekong River
ⓘ
surface form:
Mekong River basin
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| soilCharacteristic | low fertility ⓘ |
| soilType | sandy soils ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
seasonal drought
ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ |
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: Khorat Plateau Description of subject: The Khorat Plateau is a large, elevated region in northeastern Thailand known for its agricultural landscapes and distinct geology.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Isan Plateau
this entity surface form:
Korat Plateau
this entity surface form:
Khorat Basin