Suō Sea
E545844
The Suō Sea is a body of water in western Japan, forming part of the Seto Inland Sea between Honshu and Kyushu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Suō Sea canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5597020 — 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: Suō Sea Context triple: [Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, hasCoastOn, Suō Sea]
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A.
Harima-nada Sea
The Harima-nada Sea is a section of Japan’s Seto Inland Sea along the coast of Hyōgo Prefecture, known for its sheltered waters, fishing grounds, and busy maritime routes.
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B.
Kumano-nada Sea
The Kumano-nada Sea is a section of the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s Kii Peninsula, known for its rugged coastline, rich marine life, and proximity to the sacred Kumano region.
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C.
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean located between the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, and Russia, known for its rich fisheries and strategic shipping routes.
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D.
Ariake Sea
The Ariake Sea is a shallow inland sea in southwestern Japan known for its extensive tidal flats and rich fisheries along the coasts of Kyushu.
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E.
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by Russia and Japan, known for its rich fisheries, seasonal sea ice, and harsh subarctic climate.
- 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: Suō Sea Target entity description: The Suō Sea is a body of water in western Japan, forming part of the Seto Inland Sea between Honshu and Kyushu.
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A.
Harima-nada Sea
The Harima-nada Sea is a section of Japan’s Seto Inland Sea along the coast of Hyōgo Prefecture, known for its sheltered waters, fishing grounds, and busy maritime routes.
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B.
Kumano-nada Sea
The Kumano-nada Sea is a section of the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s Kii Peninsula, known for its rugged coastline, rich marine life, and proximity to the sacred Kumano region.
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C.
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean located between the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, and Russia, known for its rich fisheries and strategic shipping routes.
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D.
Ariake Sea
The Ariake Sea is a shallow inland sea in southwestern Japan known for its extensive tidal flats and rich fisheries along the coasts of Kyushu.
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E.
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by Russia and Japan, known for its rich fisheries, seasonal sea ice, and harsh subarctic climate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | sea ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| borderedByIsland |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Bungo Channel
ⓘ
Iyo-nada ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasCoastOn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 周防灘 ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasRomanizedJapaneseName | Suō-nada ⓘ |
| locatedBetween | Honshu and Kyushu ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWaterSystem |
Inland Sea of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Seto Inland Sea
|
| locatedInOcean |
Pacific Ocean (marginal sea system)
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Ocean
|
| locatedInPrefecture |
Fukuoka Prefecture
ⓘ
Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ Oita Prefecture ⓘ
linked to:
Ōita Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western Japan ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Suō Province ⓘ |
| partOf | Seto Inland Sea ⓘ |
| partOfMarineRegion | Seto Inland Sea National Park (marine area) ⓘ |
| partOfStraitSystem | Inland seas of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| separates |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
shipping ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | coastal sea ⓘ |
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: Suō Sea Description of subject: The Suō Sea is a body of water in western Japan, forming part of the Seto Inland Sea between Honshu and Kyushu.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.