Karimata Strait
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Karimata Strait is a key maritime passage in Southeast Asia between the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, linking the South China Sea with the Java Sea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karimata Strait canonical | 16 |
| Selat Karimata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T439470 — 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: Karimata Strait Context triple: [South China Sea, connectedTo, Karimata Strait]
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A.
Sunda Strait
The Sunda Strait is a narrow waterway in Indonesia that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
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B.
Bali Strait
The Bali Strait is a narrow body of water separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, serving as an important local shipping and ferry route.
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C.
Madura Strait
Madura Strait is the body of water separating the island of Madura from northeastern Java in Indonesia, serving as an important local maritime passage.
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D.
Lombok Strait
Lombok Strait is a deep, narrow waterway between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok that serves as a major international shipping route and alternative passage to the nearby Strait of Malacca.
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E.
Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra that serves as one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- 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: Karimata Strait Target entity description: Karimata Strait is a key maritime passage in Southeast Asia between the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, linking the South China Sea with the Java Sea.
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A.
Sunda Strait
The Sunda Strait is a narrow waterway in Indonesia that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
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B.
Bali Strait
The Bali Strait is a narrow body of water separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, serving as an important local shipping and ferry route.
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C.
Madura Strait
Madura Strait is the body of water separating the island of Madura from northeastern Java in Indonesia, serving as an important local maritime passage.
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D.
Lombok Strait
Lombok Strait is a deep, narrow waterway between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok that serves as a major international shipping route and alternative passage to the nearby Strait of Malacca.
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E.
Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra that serves as one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime passage
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Sunda Shelf
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunda Shelf maritime region
|
| connectsBodyOfWater |
Java Sea
ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ |
| connectsMaritimeRoute |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| countryCoastline |
Kalimantan
ⓘ
surface form:
Indonesia (Kalimantan)
Indonesia (Sumatra) ⓘ |
| ecoregion | coral reef and tropical marine ecosystems ⓘ |
| governedBy | Indonesian territorial waters ⓘ |
| hazard |
seasonal storms
ⓘ
strong currents ⓘ |
| importanceFor |
Indonesian domestic shipping
ⓘ
regional fisheries ⓘ |
| languageLocalName |
Karimata Strait
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Selat Karimata
|
| linkedTo |
Karimata Islands Marine Conservation areas
ⓘ
Natuna Sea ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Borneo
ⓘ
surface form:
Island of Borneo
Sumatra ⓘ
surface form:
Island of Sumatra
|
| locatedEastOf | Sumatra ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
tropical climate zone ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Java Sea ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoute | sea lane between South China Sea and Java Sea ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | South China Sea ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Kalimantan ⓘ |
| navigationRegime | international shipping corridor ⓘ |
| nearIsland |
Bangka
ⓘ
Bangka Belitung Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Belitung
Karimata Islands ⓘ |
| ocean |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indonesian archipelago
ⓘ
maritime routes between East Asia and the Indian Ocean ⓘ sea route between Singapore Strait and Java Sea ⓘ |
| region |
Greater Sunda Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Sunda Islands region
|
| separates |
Borneo
ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ |
| shippingLane | yes ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | major regional shipping route ⓘ |
| subjectTo | monsoonal weather patterns ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coastal shipping
ⓘ
international maritime trade ⓘ |
| waterwayType | sea strait ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Karimata Strait Description of subject: Karimata Strait is a key maritime passage in Southeast Asia between the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, linking the South China Sea with the Java Sea.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Selat Karimata
subject surface form:
Western Indonesia