Bungo Strait
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Bungo Strait is a narrow sea passage in Japan that separates the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, connecting the Seto Inland Sea with the Pacific Ocean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bungo Strait canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15719610 — 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: Bungo Strait Context triple: [Bungo Channel, hasAlternativeName, Bungo Strait]
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A.
Tokara Strait
Tokara Strait is a body of water in southern Japan that separates the Tokara Islands from the Amami Islands, forming part of the boundary between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Orei Strait
Orei Strait is a narrow sea passage in Greece that separates the northern part of Euboea from the mainland and connects sections of the North Euboean Gulf.
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C.
Tsugaru Strait
The Tsugaru Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Honshu and Hokkaido islands, serving as a key maritime passage between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Kanmon Straits
Kanmon Straits is a narrow sea passage in southwestern Japan that separates the islands of Honshu and Kyushu and serves as an important shipping and transportation route.
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E.
Sōya Strait
Sōya Strait is the narrow sea passage between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island, serving as a key shipping route connecting the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
- 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: Bungo Strait Target entity description: Bungo Strait is a narrow sea passage in Japan that separates the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, connecting the Seto Inland Sea with the Pacific Ocean.
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A.
Tokara Strait
Tokara Strait is a body of water in southern Japan that separates the Tokara Islands from the Amami Islands, forming part of the boundary between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Orei Strait
Orei Strait is a narrow sea passage in Greece that separates the northern part of Euboea from the mainland and connects sections of the North Euboean Gulf.
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C.
Tsugaru Strait
The Tsugaru Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Honshu and Hokkaido islands, serving as a key maritime passage between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Kanmon Straits
Kanmon Straits is a narrow sea passage in southwestern Japan that separates the islands of Honshu and Kyushu and serves as an important shipping and transportation route.
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E.
Sōya Strait
Sōya Strait is the narrow sea passage between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island, serving as a key shipping route connecting the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.