Bohol Strait
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Bohol Strait is a narrow body of water in the central Philippines that separates Bohol Island from Cebu Island and connects parts of the Bohol Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bohol Strait canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6187053 — 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: Bohol Strait Context triple: [Bohol Sea, near, Bohol Strait]
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A.
Iloilo Strait
Iloilo Strait is a narrow waterway in the central Philippines that separates Panay and Guimaras islands and serves as an important route for local maritime transport.
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B.
Basilan Strait
Basilan Strait is a narrow channel in the southern Philippines that separates Basilan Island from the Zamboanga Peninsula and connects the Sulu Sea with the Moro Gulf.
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C.
Guimaras Strait
Guimaras Strait is a narrow channel of water in the central Philippines that separates the islands of Panay and Negros and connects the Sulu Sea with the Visayan Sea.
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D.
Tañon Strait
Tañon Strait is a narrow sea channel in the central Philippines that separates the islands of Cebu and Negros and is known for its rich marine biodiversity and protected seascape status.
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E.
Surigao Strait
Surigao Strait is a narrow body of water in the southern Philippines that separates the islands of Mindanao and Leyte and serves as a vital maritime passage between the Bohol Sea and the Philippine Sea.
- 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: Bohol Strait Target entity description: Bohol Strait is a narrow body of water in the central Philippines that separates Bohol Island from Cebu Island and connects parts of the Bohol Sea.
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A.
Iloilo Strait
Iloilo Strait is a narrow waterway in the central Philippines that separates Panay and Guimaras islands and serves as an important route for local maritime transport.
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B.
Basilan Strait
Basilan Strait is a narrow channel in the southern Philippines that separates Basilan Island from the Zamboanga Peninsula and connects the Sulu Sea with the Moro Gulf.
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C.
Guimaras Strait
Guimaras Strait is a narrow channel of water in the central Philippines that separates the islands of Panay and Negros and connects the Sulu Sea with the Visayan Sea.
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D.
Tañon Strait
Tañon Strait is a narrow sea channel in the central Philippines that separates the islands of Cebu and Negros and is known for its rich marine biodiversity and protected seascape status.
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E.
Surigao Strait
Surigao Strait is a narrow body of water in the southern Philippines that separates the islands of Mindanao and Leyte and serves as a vital maritime passage between the Bohol Sea and the Philippine Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Province of Bohol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of Cebu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Camotes Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mindanao Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Bohol Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cebu Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
coastal tourism
ⓘ
marine transport ⓘ small-scale fisheries ⓘ |
| hasFerryRoute |
Cebu City–Getafe route
ⓘ
Cebu City–Tagbilaran route NERFINISHED ⓘ Cebu City–Tubigon route ⓘ |
| hasMajorPort |
Cebu City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tagbilaran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMarineBiodiversity |
coral reefs
ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ tropical fish ⓘ |
| isNavigationRouteFor |
Cebu City port
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Getafe port NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagbilaran port NERFINISHED ⓘ Tubigon port NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Cebuano-speaking area ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Bohol Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cebu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Visayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bohol Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Visayan Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Visayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates |
Bohol Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cebu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ferry transport
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ inter-island shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| waterwayFor |
fast ferries
ⓘ
roll-on/roll-off vessels ⓘ |
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: Bohol Strait Description of subject: Bohol Strait is a narrow body of water in the central Philippines that separates Bohol Island from Cebu Island and connects parts of the Bohol Sea.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.