ʻAlalākeiki Channel
E142903
ʻAlalākeiki Channel is a strait in Hawaii that separates the islands of Kahoʻolawe and Maui.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ʻAlalākeiki Channel canonical | 2 |
| Alalakeiki Channel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1232211 — 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: ʻAlalākeiki Channel Context triple: [Kahoʻolawe, channelSeparatingFrom, ʻAlalākeiki Channel]
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A.
Maunalua Bay
Maunalua Bay is a scenic coastal bay on the southeastern shore of Oʻahu, known for its calm waters, marine life, and popular recreational activities like paddling, boating, and snorkeling.
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B.
Ala Moana
Ala Moana is a coastal Honolulu neighborhood known for its popular beach park, shopping center, and central location between Waikiki and downtown.
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C.
Waimea
Waimea is a town on the Big Island of Hawaii known for its ranching heritage, cool upland climate, and scenic views of nearby volcanic peaks.
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D.
Mona Passage
The Mona Passage is a strait in the Caribbean Sea that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, serving as a key shipping route and a challenging stretch of water for navigation.
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E.
Garrison Channel
Garrison Channel is a waterway in downtown Tampa, Florida, that separates the city’s central business district from Harbour Island and serves as a key part of the Tampa waterfront.
- 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: ʻAlalākeiki Channel Target entity description: ʻAlalākeiki Channel is a strait in Hawaii that separates the islands of Kahoʻolawe and Maui.
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A.
Maunalua Bay
Maunalua Bay is a scenic coastal bay on the southeastern shore of Oʻahu, known for its calm waters, marine life, and popular recreational activities like paddling, boating, and snorkeling.
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B.
Ala Moana
Ala Moana is a coastal Honolulu neighborhood known for its popular beach park, shopping center, and central location between Waikiki and downtown.
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C.
Waimea
Waimea is a town on the Big Island of Hawaii known for its ranching heritage, cool upland climate, and scenic views of nearby volcanic peaks.
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D.
Mona Passage
The Mona Passage is a strait in the Caribbean Sea that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, serving as a key shipping route and a challenging stretch of water for navigation.
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E.
Garrison Channel
Garrison Channel is a waterway in downtown Tampa, Florida, that separates the city’s central business district from Harbour Island and serves as a key part of the Tampa waterfront.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
channel
ⓘ
geographic feature ⓘ strait ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Kahoʻolawe
ⓘ
Maui ⓘ |
| betweenIsland |
Kahoʻolawe
ⓘ
Maui ⓘ |
| bodyOfWaterType | oceanic strait ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCoordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasNameLanguage | Hawaiian ⓘ |
| islandGroup | Hawaiian Islands ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hawaii
ⓘ
Maui County ⓘ
surface form:
Maui County, Hawaii
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| region | Maui County ⓘ |
| separates |
Kahoʻolawe
ⓘ
Maui ⓘ |
| state | Hawaii ⓘ |
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: ʻAlalākeiki Channel Description of subject: ʻAlalākeiki Channel is a strait in Hawaii that separates the islands of Kahoʻolawe and Maui.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alalakeiki Channel