Suruga Bay
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Suruga Bay is a deep coastal bay on the Pacific coast of central Honshu, Japan, known for its steep underwater topography and proximity to Mount Fuji.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Suruga Bay canonical | 8 |
| Suruga Bay coastline | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3646897 — 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: Suruga Bay Context triple: [Nankai Trough, extendsFrom, Suruga Bay]
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A.
Sagami Bay
Sagami Bay is a coastal body of water south of Tokyo, Japan, known for its deep submarine canyon, rich marine biodiversity, and significant seismic activity.
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B.
Ise Bay
Ise Bay is a large bay in central Japan opening to the Pacific Ocean, known for its important ports, fisheries, and surrounding industrial and urban areas including Nagoya.
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C.
Osaka Bay
Osaka Bay is a shallow, industrially important inlet of the Seto Inland Sea in Japan, bordered by major cities like Osaka and Kobe and serving as a key hub for shipping and coastal development.
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D.
Kashima-nada
Kashima-nada is a stretch of the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Japan, known for its rough seas and strong coastal currents.
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E.
Nagasaki Bay
Nagasaki Bay is a natural harbor on the western coast of Kyushu, Japan, historically significant as a key port for international trade and cultural exchange.
- 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: Suruga Bay Target entity description: Suruga Bay is a deep coastal bay on the Pacific coast of central Honshu, Japan, known for its steep underwater topography and proximity to Mount Fuji.
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A.
Sagami Bay
Sagami Bay is a coastal body of water south of Tokyo, Japan, known for its deep submarine canyon, rich marine biodiversity, and significant seismic activity.
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B.
Ise Bay
Ise Bay is a large bay in central Japan opening to the Pacific Ocean, known for its important ports, fisheries, and surrounding industrial and urban areas including Nagoya.
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C.
Osaka Bay
Osaka Bay is a shallow, industrially important inlet of the Seto Inland Sea in Japan, bordered by major cities like Osaka and Kobe and serving as a key hub for shipping and coastal development.
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D.
Kashima-nada
Kashima-nada is a stretch of the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Japan, known for its rough seas and strong coastal currents.
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E.
Nagasaki Bay
Nagasaki Bay is a natural harbor on the western coast of Kyushu, Japan, historically significant as a key port for international trade and cultural exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bay
ⓘ
coastal bay ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Izu Peninsula
ⓘ
Mount Fuji NERFINISHED ⓘ Numazu NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimizu Port ⓘ Shizuoka City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | subduction zone margin ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineIn |
Fujieda area
ⓘ
Numazu City NERFINISHED ⓘ Shizuoka City NERFINISHED ⓘ Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaizu City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFerryRouteTo |
Izu Peninsula
ⓘ
Shimizu Port ⓘ |
| hasInflow |
Abe River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fuji River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kano River ⓘ Ohi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
great depth close to shore
ⓘ
proximity to Mount Fuji ⓘ steep underwater topography ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Chūbu region
ⓘ
surface form:
Chubu region
Tōkai region ⓘ
surface form:
Tokai region
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
central Honshu ⓘ |
| marineEcosystem |
deep-sea fauna habitat
ⓘ
rich fisheries ⓘ |
| maximumDepth |
approximately 2500 m
ⓘ
deepest bay in Japan ⓘ |
| near |
Nankai Trough
ⓘ
surface form:
Nankai Trough region
|
| notableFor |
rapid depth increase from shoreline
ⓘ
scenic views of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| oceanographicFeature |
steep continental slope
ⓘ
submarine canyon system ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate margin ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
ferry transport
ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ whale watching ⓘ |
| supportsIndustry |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| viewedFrom | Mount Fuji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Suruga Bay Description of subject: Suruga Bay is a deep coastal bay on the Pacific coast of central Honshu, Japan, known for its steep underwater topography and proximity to Mount Fuji.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shizuoka City
subject surface form:
Shizuoka City
this entity surface form:
Suruga Bay coastline
subject surface form:
Shizuoka Prefecture