Tarakan Strait
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Tarakan Strait is a narrow body of water in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, separating Tarakan Island from the mainland and serving as an important local maritime passage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tarakan Strait canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9019027 — 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: Tarakan Strait Context triple: [Tarakan, borderedBy, Tarakan Strait]
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A.
Sape Strait
Sape Strait is a narrow body of water in eastern Indonesia that separates the islands of Sumbawa and Komodo and serves as an important passage between the Flores Sea and the Indian Ocean.
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B.
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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C.
Makassar Strait
The Makassar Strait is a major sea passage in Indonesia that separates the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi and forms part of an important shipping route between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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D.
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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E.
Karimata Strait
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.
- 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: Tarakan Strait Target entity description: Tarakan Strait is a narrow body of water in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, separating Tarakan Island from the mainland and serving as an important local maritime passage.
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A.
Sape Strait
Sape Strait is a narrow body of water in eastern Indonesia that separates the islands of Sumbawa and Komodo and serves as an important passage between the Flores Sea and the Indian Ocean.
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B.
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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C.
Makassar Strait
The Makassar Strait is a major sea passage in Indonesia that separates the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi and forms part of an important shipping route between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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D.
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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E.
Karimata Strait
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
North Kalimantan mainland
ⓘ
Tarakan Island ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Makassar Strait
ⓘ
Sulawesi Sea ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes Sea
|
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| hasCountryCoastline | Indonesia ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
local trade
ⓘ
marine fisheries ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Indonesian territorial waters ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRegion | Indonesian language ⓘ |
| hasNavigationRole | local maritime passage ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Tarakan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Borneo
ⓘ
Kalimantan ⓘ Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ North Kalimantan ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeRegion |
City of Tarakan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tarakan
North Kalimantan Province ⓘ
linked to:
North Kalimantan
|
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+8 ⓘ |
| near | eastern coast of Borneo ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indonesian archipelagic waters
ⓘ
Makassar Strait region ⓘ |
| separates |
Tarakan Island
ⓘ
mainland of North Kalimantan ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coastal shipping
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ local maritime transport ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | narrow 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: Tarakan Strait Description of subject: Tarakan Strait is a narrow body of water in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, separating Tarakan Island from the mainland and serving as an important local maritime passage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.