Taiwan Strait
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The Taiwan Strait is the narrow body of water separating Taiwan from mainland China, serving as a crucial shipping lane and a focal point of regional geopolitical tensions.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Strait canonical | 92 |
| Formosa Strait | 2 |
| Taiwan Strait region | 1 |
| Taiwan–China maritime boundary | 1 |
| 台湾海峡 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T105726 — 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: Taiwan Strait Context triple: [East China Sea, hasStrait, Taiwan Strait]
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A.
Korea Strait
The Korea Strait is a narrow body of water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan that forms a key maritime passage linking the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan.
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B.
East China Sea
The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between China, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, known for its busy shipping routes and significant geopolitical and economic importance.
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C.
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea in Southeast Asia known for its strategic shipping lanes, rich fisheries, and significant oil and gas reserves, as well as ongoing territorial disputes among neighboring countries.
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D.
Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, known for its shallow waters and significant shipping and fishing activities.
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E.
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.
- 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: Taiwan Strait Target entity description: The Taiwan Strait is the narrow body of water separating Taiwan from mainland China, serving as a crucial shipping lane and a focal point of regional geopolitical tensions.
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A.
Korea Strait
The Korea Strait is a narrow body of water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan that forms a key maritime passage linking the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan.
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B.
East China Sea
The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between China, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, known for its busy shipping routes and significant geopolitical and economic importance.
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C.
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea in Southeast Asia known for its strategic shipping lanes, rich fisheries, and significant oil and gas reserves, as well as ongoing territorial disputes among neighboring countries.
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D.
Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, known for its shallow waters and significant shipping and fishing activities.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Taiwan Strait
ⓘ
surface form:
Formosa Strait
|
| averageDepth | about 60 meters ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
East China Sea region in some definitions
ⓘ
South China Sea region in some definitions ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Fujian
ⓘ
surface form:
Fujian Province
Formosa ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan Island
|
| ChineseName |
Taiwan Strait
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
台湾海峡
|
| climate | subtropical ⓘ |
| connects |
East China Sea
ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ |
| disputedBy |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
Republic of China ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of China (Taiwan)
|
| geologicalSetting | marginal sea basin ⓘ |
| governedBy | international maritime law ⓘ |
| hasAverageSeaSurfaceTemperature | warm ⓘ |
| hasCurrent |
China Coastal Current
ⓘ
Kuroshio Current ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan Warm Current
|
| hasEconomicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
shipping ⓘ |
| hasFeature | shallow continental shelf ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
blockade scenarios
ⓘ
military confrontation ⓘ |
| hasShippingLane | major international shipping route ⓘ |
| hasStatus | international waterway ⓘ |
| importantFor |
global trade
ⓘ
regional security ⓘ |
| knownFor | geopolitical tensions ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Asia
ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
Western Pacific Ocean
|
| maximumDepth | over 100 meters ⓘ |
| maximumWidth | about 180 kilometers ⓘ |
| minimumWidth | about 130 kilometers ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
People's Liberation Army
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Liberation Army Navy
Republic of China Navy ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| near |
Fuzhou
ⓘ
Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
surface form:
Taipei
|
| partOf | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| sceneOf |
First Taiwan Strait Crisis
ⓘ
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ Third Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ |
| separates |
Formosa
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
China ⓘ
surface form:
mainland China
|
| strategicImportance | high ⓘ |
| subjectOf | cross-strait relations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial shipping
ⓘ
military navigation ⓘ |
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: Taiwan Strait Description of subject: The Taiwan Strait is the narrow body of water separating Taiwan from mainland China, serving as a crucial shipping lane and a focal point of regional geopolitical tensions.
Referenced by (97)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lesser Kinmen
this entity surface form:
Taiwan–China maritime boundary
subject surface form:
Northern Taiwan
subject surface form:
Meizhou Mazu Temple
this entity surface form:
Formosa Strait