Lamma Channel
E949452
Lamma Channel is a busy maritime waterway in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island from Lamma Island and serving as an important shipping route.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lamma Channel canonical | 2 |
| East Lamma Channel | 1 |
| West Lamma Channel | 1 |
| 南丫水道 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11849670 — 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: Lamma Channel Context triple: [Pok Fu Lam, locatedNear, Lamma Channel]
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A.
Lingdingyang channel
Lingdingyang channel is a major waterway in the Pearl River Estuary in southern China, forming part of the busy maritime route between Hong Kong, Macau, and the mainland.
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B.
Tung Chung Bay
Tung Chung Bay is a coastal inlet on the northwestern shore of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, known for its scenic waters, surrounding hills, and proximity to the Tung Chung new town and transport links.
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C.
Shenzhen Bay
Shenzhen Bay is a coastal body of water between Shenzhen in mainland China and Hong Kong, known for its cross-border bay area, bridges, and waterfront urban development.
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D.
Kowloon Bay
Kowloon Bay is a harbor and surrounding urban area in eastern Kowloon, Hong Kong, known for its former industrial waterfront and ongoing commercial and residential redevelopment.
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E.
Pearl River estuary
The Pearl River estuary is a major subtropical river mouth in southern China that forms the core of the densely urbanized and economically vital Pearl River Delta region.
- 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: Lamma Channel Target entity description: Lamma Channel is a busy maritime waterway in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island from Lamma Island and serving as an important shipping route.
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A.
Lingdingyang channel
Lingdingyang channel is a major waterway in the Pearl River Estuary in southern China, forming part of the busy maritime route between Hong Kong, Macau, and the mainland.
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B.
Tung Chung Bay
Tung Chung Bay is a coastal inlet on the northwestern shore of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, known for its scenic waters, surrounding hills, and proximity to the Tung Chung new town and transport links.
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C.
Shenzhen Bay
Shenzhen Bay is a coastal body of water between Shenzhen in mainland China and Hong Kong, known for its cross-border bay area, bridges, and waterfront urban development.
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D.
Kowloon Bay
Kowloon Bay is a harbor and surrounding urban area in eastern Kowloon, Hong Kong, known for its former industrial waterfront and ongoing commercial and residential redevelopment.
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E.
Pearl River estuary
The Pearl River estuary is a major subtropical river mouth in southern China that forms the core of the densely urbanized and economically vital Pearl River Delta region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sea channel
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| belongsTo | waters of the Pearl River estuary ⓘ |
| ChineseName |
南丫水道
ⓘ
linked to:
Lamma Channel
南丫海峽 ⓘ |
| climateZone | subtropical ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
East Lamma Channel
ⓘ
linked to:
Lamma Channel
Victoria Harbour ⓘ West Lamma Channel ⓘ
linked to:
Lamma Channel
|
| country |
Hong Kong
ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
|
| governedBy |
Marine Department of Hong Kong
ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong Marine Department
|
| hasEconomicImportance |
part of major East Asia shipping routes
ⓘ
supports Hong Kong trade ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
heavy marine traffic
ⓘ
restricted visibility during fog ⓘ strong tidal currents ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIsland |
Ap Lei Chau
ⓘ
Hong Kong Island ⓘ Lamma Island ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Aberdeen
ⓘ
Pok Fu Lam ⓘ Yung Shue Wan ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPort | Port of Hong Kong ⓘ |
| hasRole | major shipping route to Hong Kong ⓘ |
| hasTraffic |
bulk carriers
ⓘ
container ships ⓘ ferries ⓘ local cargo vessels ⓘ oil tankers ⓘ |
| isApproachChannelFor | Port of Hong Kong ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Hong Kong SAR Government ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South China Sea ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Lamma Island ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Hong Kong Island ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Hong Kong
ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
|
| nearbyFacility |
Lamma Power Station
ⓘ
oil terminals serving Hong Kong ⓘ |
| partOf | territorial waters of Hong Kong ⓘ |
| region | Pearl River Delta ⓘ |
| separates |
Hong Kong Island
ⓘ
Lamma Island ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Hong Kong marine traffic regulations
ⓘ
maritime traffic separation schemes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
international shipping
ⓘ
local marine traffic ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | marine channel ⓘ |
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: Lamma Channel Description of subject: Lamma Channel is a busy maritime waterway in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island from Lamma Island and serving as an important shipping route.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lamma Channel
linked to: Lamma Channel
linked to: Lamma Channel