The Narrow Sea
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The Narrow Sea is the body of water in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire"/"Game of Thrones" that separates the continent of Westeros from Essos and serves as a crucial route for trade, travel, and invasion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Narrow Sea canonical | 6 |
| the Narrow Sea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3284891 — 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: The Narrow Sea Context triple: [Westeros, hasLandmark, The Narrow Sea]
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A.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
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B.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 silent drama film, one of the earliest Hollywood movies shot in Technicolor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
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C.
The Sea of Fog
The Sea of Fog is a Romantic-era landscape painting by Caspar David Friedrich that depicts a lone figure standing above a vast, mist-shrouded expanse, symbolizing introspection and the sublime power of nature.
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D.
By the Sea
By the Sea is a 2015 romantic drama film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as a troubled couple on a seaside vacation in 1970s France.
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E.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
- 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: The Narrow Sea Target entity description: The Narrow Sea is the body of water in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire"/"Game of Thrones" that separates the continent of Westeros from Essos and serves as a crucial route for trade, travel, and invasion.
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A.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
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B.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 silent drama film, one of the earliest Hollywood movies shot in Technicolor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
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C.
The Sea of Fog
The Sea of Fog is a Romantic-era landscape painting by Caspar David Friedrich that depicts a lone figure standing above a vast, mist-shrouded expanse, symbolizing introspection and the sublime power of nature.
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D.
By the Sea
By the Sea is a 2015 romantic drama film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as a troubled couple on a seaside vacation in 1970s France.
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E.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
fictional sea ⓘ location in A Song of Ice and Fire ⓘ location in Game of Thrones ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Song of Ice and Fire
ⓘ
Game of Thrones ⓘ
surface form:
Game of Thrones (TV series)
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| borderedBy |
Braavos (via lagoon and approaches)
ⓘ
Essos (fictional continent) ⓘ
surface form:
Essos
Lys ⓘ Myr ⓘ Pentos ⓘ The Crownlands ⓘ Nine Free Cities ⓘ
surface form:
The Free Cities
The North ⓘ
surface form:
The North (via White Harbor region)
The Stormlands ⓘ the Vale ⓘ
surface form:
The Vale of Arryn (via Gulltown)
Tyrosh ⓘ Westeros (fictional continent) ⓘ
surface form:
Westeros
|
| connectedTo |
Shivering Sea
ⓘ
Summer Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Summer Sea (via southern waters)
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| createdBy | George R. R. Martin ⓘ |
| crossedBy | shipping lanes between Westeros and Essos ⓘ |
| hasPortOnShore |
Braavos (approaches)
ⓘ
Dragonstone ⓘ Driftmark ⓘ Gulltown ⓘ King's Landing ⓘ Lys ⓘ Myr ⓘ Pentos ⓘ Tyrosh ⓘ White Harbor ⓘ
surface form:
White Harbor (via access routes)
|
| inUniverse |
The World of Ice and Fire
ⓘ
surface form:
World of Ice and Fire
|
| knownFor |
frequent storms
ⓘ
heavy maritime trade ⓘ piracy ⓘ strategic military importance ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Common Tongue ⓘ |
| partOf | known world (A Song of Ice and Fire) ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
barrier between the Seven Kingdoms and the Free Cities
ⓘ
route for Daenerys Targaryen's intended invasion of Westeros ⓘ |
| separates |
Essos (fictional continent)
ⓘ
surface form:
Essos
Westeros (fictional continent) ⓘ
surface form:
Westeros
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| traversedBy |
merchant ships
ⓘ
naval fleets of Westeros ⓘ naval fleets of the Free Cities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
invasion routes
ⓘ
trade ⓘ travel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Narrow Sea Description of subject: The Narrow Sea is the body of water in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire"/"Game of Thrones" that separates the continent of Westeros from Essos and serves as a crucial route for trade, travel, and invasion.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Westeros
subject surface form:
Westeros
this entity surface form:
the Narrow Sea