Port of Merak
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The Port of Merak is a major ferry and cargo port in western Java, Indonesia, serving as a key gateway between Java and Sumatra across the Sunda Strait.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Merak canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5436332 — 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: Port of Merak Context triple: [Serang, hasNearbyPort, Port of Merak]
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A.
Port of Semayang
The Port of Semayang is a major seaport serving the city of Balikpapan in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, functioning as an important hub for regional passenger and cargo transport.
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B.
Port of Teluk Bayur
The Port of Teluk Bayur is a major seaport on the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, serving as a key hub for regional trade and maritime transport.
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C.
Port of Bengkulu
The Port of Bengkulu is a key Indonesian seaport on the west coast of Sumatra that handles regional trade and supports the economic activities of the city and province of Bengkulu.
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D.
Port of Tanjung Emas
The Port of Tanjung Emas is the main seaport serving Semarang and Central Java, Indonesia, handling regional cargo and passenger traffic along the northern coast of Java.
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E.
Parikia port
Parikia port is the main ferry and transportation hub of the Greek island of Paros in the Cyclades.
- 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: Port of Merak Target entity description: The Port of Merak is a major ferry and cargo port in western Java, Indonesia, serving as a key gateway between Java and Sumatra across the Sunda Strait.
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A.
Port of Semayang
The Port of Semayang is a major seaport serving the city of Balikpapan in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, functioning as an important hub for regional passenger and cargo transport.
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B.
Port of Teluk Bayur
The Port of Teluk Bayur is a major seaport on the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, serving as a key hub for regional trade and maritime transport.
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C.
Port of Bengkulu
The Port of Bengkulu is a key Indonesian seaport on the west coast of Sumatra that handles regional trade and supports the economic activities of the city and province of Bengkulu.
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D.
Port of Tanjung Emas
The Port of Tanjung Emas is the main seaport serving Semarang and Central Java, Indonesia, handling regional cargo and passenger traffic along the northern coast of Java.
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E.
Parikia port
Parikia port is the main ferry and transportation hub of the Greek island of Paros in the Cyclades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | seaport ⓘ |
| connectsIslands |
Java
ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Port of Bakauheni
ⓘ
linked to:
Bakauheni Port
|
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| handlesTrafficType |
buses
ⓘ
freight ⓘ passenger vehicles ⓘ trucks ⓘ |
| hasAccessTo | road network of Java ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
domestic maritime transport of Indonesia
ⓘ
logistics corridor between Java and Sumatra ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | port terminal ⓘ |
| isGatewayFor | road traffic between Java and Sumatra ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
national logistics system of Indonesia
ⓘ
transport infrastructure of Banten Province ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Banten
ⓘ
Cilegon ⓘ Java ⓘ Merak ⓘ western Java ⓘ
linked to:
western Indonesia
|
| locatedOnIsland | Java ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody | Sunda Strait ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Cilegon
ⓘ
Serang ⓘ |
| oppositeIsland | Sumatra ⓘ |
| oppositeShore | Bakauheni ⓘ |
| partOf | national ferry network of Indonesia ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
cargo transport
ⓘ
ferry transport ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Java
ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ |
| servesAs | gateway between Java and Sumatra ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | key inter-island transport hub in Indonesia ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
freight distribution
ⓘ
inter-island trade ⓘ passenger travel ⓘ |
| transportCorridor |
Java–Sumatra corridor
ⓘ
linked to:
Java–Sumatra transport corridor
|
| transportMode | roll-on/roll-off ferries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
cargo shipping companies
ⓘ
ferry operators ⓘ |
| usedFor | Java–Sumatra ferry crossings ⓘ |
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: Port of Merak Description of subject: The Port of Merak is a major ferry and cargo port in western Java, Indonesia, serving as a key gateway between Java and Sumatra across the Sunda Strait.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.