Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region
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The Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region is a sea area in southeastern Indonesia encompassing the waters around the Lesser Sunda Islands, known for its complex archipelagic geography and rich marine biodiversity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region canonical | 1 |
| Lesser Sunda and Maluku maritime region of Indonesia | 1 |
| West Nusa Tenggara marine area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5436541 — 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: Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region Context triple: [Sanggar, locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion, Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region]
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A.
Sulawesi Sea region
The Sulawesi Sea region is a marine area in the western Pacific around northern Sulawesi, known for its deep basins, rich coral reef biodiversity, and complex network of gulfs and straits.
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B.
Flores Sea
The Flores Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located in Indonesia between the islands of Flores, Sulawesi, and Sumbawa, and known for its deep basins and rich marine biodiversity.
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C.
Molucca Sea
The Molucca Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located between Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands in Indonesia and known for its deep basins and tectonic activity.
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D.
Wallacea
Wallacea is a biogeographical region in Indonesia characterized by a unique mix of Asian and Australasian flora and fauna separated from both continents by deep-water straits.
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E.
Sunda Shelf
The Sunda Shelf is a vast, shallow continental shelf in Southeast Asia that underlies much of the region’s seas and connects the submerged extensions of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.
- 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: Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region Target entity description: The Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region is a sea area in southeastern Indonesia encompassing the waters around the Lesser Sunda Islands, known for its complex archipelagic geography and rich marine biodiversity.
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A.
Sulawesi Sea region
The Sulawesi Sea region is a marine area in the western Pacific around northern Sulawesi, known for its deep basins, rich coral reef biodiversity, and complex network of gulfs and straits.
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B.
Flores Sea
The Flores Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located in Indonesia between the islands of Flores, Sulawesi, and Sumbawa, and known for its deep basins and rich marine biodiversity.
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C.
Molucca Sea
The Molucca Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located between Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands in Indonesia and known for its deep basins and tectonic activity.
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D.
Wallacea
Wallacea is a biogeographical region in Indonesia characterized by a unique mix of Asian and Australasian flora and fauna separated from both continents by deep-water straits.
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E.
Sunda Shelf
The Sunda Shelf is a vast, shallow continental shelf in Southeast Asia that underlies much of the region’s seas and connects the submerged extensions of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime region
ⓘ
sea area ⓘ |
| aroundIsland |
Bali
ⓘ
Flores ⓘ Lombok ⓘ Sumba ⓘ Sumbawa ⓘ Timor ⓘ |
| aroundIslandGroup |
Alor Archipelago
ⓘ
linked to:
Alor archipelago
Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ Savu Islands ⓘ Solor Archipelago ⓘ |
| borders |
Banda Sea
ⓘ
Flores Sea ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Timor Sea ⓘ |
| connects |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Indonesian maritime law
ⓘ
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
complex archipelagic geography
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coral reef ecosystems ⓘ deep basins ⓘ high endemism of marine species ⓘ narrow straits ⓘ rich marine biodiversity ⓘ steep island slopes ⓘ strong tidal currents ⓘ upwelling zones ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
coral reefs
ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ pelagic waters ⓘ seagrass beds ⓘ |
| hasSeasonality | monsoonal pattern ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Coral Triangle region
ⓘ
linked to:
Coral Triangle
Indonesian archipelagic waters ⓘ Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
climate change
ⓘ
coral bleaching ⓘ marine pollution ⓘ overfishing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fisheries
ⓘ
marine transportation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region Description of subject: The Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region is a sea area in southeastern Indonesia encompassing the waters around the Lesser Sunda Islands, known for its complex archipelagic geography and rich marine biodiversity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region
linked to: Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region