Qeshm Strait
E707940
Qeshm Strait is a narrow body of water in the Persian Gulf that separates Qeshm Island from mainland Iran and serves as an important local maritime passage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khuran Strait | 1 |
| Qeshm Strait canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7994511 — 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: Qeshm Strait Context triple: [Qeshm (city), locatedOn, Qeshm Strait]
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A.
Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which a significant portion of the world’s oil shipments pass.
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B.
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
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C.
Kafireas Strait
Kafireas Strait is a narrow and often treacherous passage of water in the Aegean Sea between the island of Euboea and the Greek mainland, known historically for strong winds and dangerous currents.
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D.
Kumbor Strait
Kumbor Strait is a narrow maritime passage in Montenegro that forms the seaward entrance to the Bay of Kotor, linking it with the Adriatic Sea.
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E.
Kronverk Strait
Kronverk Strait is a narrow waterway in Saint Petersburg, Russia, separating Petrogradsky Island from Zayachy Island near the Peter and Paul Fortress.
- 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: Qeshm Strait Target entity description: Qeshm Strait is a narrow body of water in the Persian Gulf that separates Qeshm Island from mainland Iran and serves as an important local maritime passage.
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A.
Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which a significant portion of the world’s oil shipments pass.
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B.
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
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C.
Kafireas Strait
Kafireas Strait is a narrow and often treacherous passage of water in the Aegean Sea between the island of Euboea and the Greek mainland, known historically for strong winds and dangerous currents.
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D.
Kumbor Strait
Kumbor Strait is a narrow maritime passage in Montenegro that forms the seaward entrance to the Bay of Kotor, linking it with the Adriatic Sea.
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E.
Kronverk Strait
Kronverk Strait is a narrow waterway in Saint Petersburg, Russia, separating Petrogradsky Island from Zayachy Island near the Peter and Paul Fortress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrow body of water
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| bodyOfWater | Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Iranian mainland coast
ⓘ
Qeshm Island ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRegion |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hormozgan Province
ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bandar Abbas
ⓘ
Qeshm Island ⓘ Strait of Hormuz ⓘ |
| maritimeFunction | local maritime passage ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Bandar Abbas
ⓘ
Qeshm ⓘ
linked to:
Qeshm Island
|
| partOf |
Iranian territorial waters
ⓘ
maritime routes of southern Iran ⓘ |
| region |
Middle East
ⓘ
Northern Persian Gulf ⓘ
linked to:
Persian Gulf
|
| separates |
Qeshm Island
ⓘ
mainland Iran ⓘ |
| sovereignWatersOf | Iran ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coastal shipping
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ small vessel navigation ⓘ |
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: Qeshm Strait Description of subject: Qeshm Strait is a narrow body of water in the Persian Gulf that separates Qeshm Island from mainland Iran and serves as an important local maritime passage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Qeshm Strait