Great Sea
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The Great Sea is the vast ocean that surrounds the continents of Azeroth in the Warcraft universe, serving as a major geographical and strategic feature in the game's lore.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Sea canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11541793 — 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: Great Sea Context triple: [Azeroth, hasOcean, Great Sea]
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A.
the Great Sea
The Great Sea is the vast ocean in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium that lies between Middle-earth and the Undying Lands, forming a formidable barrier to the Blessed Realm of Valinor.
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B.
ter Meer
Ter Meer is a German surname most notably associated with Fritz ter Meer, a chemist and industrialist involved in the leadership of IG Farben.
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C.
Océan
Océan is a coastal department in Cameroon's South Region, known for its Atlantic shoreline and port towns.
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D.
Océan
Océan was a prominent French ship of the line that served as a flagship in major naval engagements during the age of sail.
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E.
The High Seas
"The High Seas" is an episode of the nature documentary series "Our Planet" that explores the diverse and often unseen life and ecosystems found in the open ocean.
- 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: Great Sea Target entity description: The Great Sea is the vast ocean that surrounds the continents of Azeroth in the Warcraft universe, serving as a major geographical and strategic feature in the game's lore.
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A.
the Great Sea
The Great Sea is the vast ocean in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium that lies between Middle-earth and the Undying Lands, forming a formidable barrier to the Blessed Realm of Valinor.
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B.
ter Meer
Ter Meer is a German surname most notably associated with Fritz ter Meer, a chemist and industrialist involved in the leadership of IG Farben.
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C.
Océan
Océan is a coastal department in Cameroon's South Region, known for its Atlantic shoreline and port towns.
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D.
Océan
Océan was a prominent French ship of the line that served as a flagship in major naval engagements during the age of sail.
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E.
The High Seas
"The High Seas" is an episode of the nature documentary series "Our Planet" that explores the diverse and often unseen life and ecosystems found in the open ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional ocean
ⓘ
location in Warcraft universe ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Warcraft universe
ⓘ
World of Warcraft ⓘ |
| borders |
Eastern Kingdoms
ⓘ
Kalimdor ⓘ Northrend ⓘ Pandaria ⓘ |
| contains |
numerous islands
ⓘ
seafaring routes between continents ⓘ |
| describedAs | vast ocean surrounding the continents of Azeroth ⓘ |
| existsIn |
Warcraft game lore
ⓘ
Warcraft novels and supplementary media ⓘ
linked to:
Warcraft novels
|
| hasImportance |
separation of major landmasses on Azeroth
ⓘ
strategic control of sea routes ⓘ |
| hasRole |
major geographical feature of Azeroth
ⓘ
strategic feature in Warcraft lore ⓘ |
| inUniverseLocationOf | various naval factions and fleets ⓘ |
| medium | water ⓘ |
| partOf |
world of Azeroth
ⓘ
linked to:
Azeroth
|
| settingFor |
maritime trade routes in Warcraft
ⓘ
naval travel in Warcraft ⓘ sea battles in Warcraft ⓘ |
| surrounds | Azeroth ⓘ |
| typeOf | ocean ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Alliance ships
ⓘ
Horde ships ⓘ |
| usedFor |
exploration
ⓘ
intercontinental travel ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ |
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: Great Sea Description of subject: The Great Sea is the vast ocean that surrounds the continents of Azeroth in the Warcraft universe, serving as a major geographical and strategic feature in the game's lore.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.