Pailolo Channel
E406954
Pailolo Channel is a notoriously windy and rough stretch of ocean between the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Molokaʻi, known for challenging sailing and paddling conditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pailolo Channel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3984247 — 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: Pailolo Channel Context triple: [Maui Nui, hasChannelBetweenRemnants, Pailolo Channel]
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A.
Jintotolo Channel
Jintotolo Channel is a strait in the central Philippines that separates the islands of Masbate and Panay and forms part of an important shipping route between the Sibuyan Sea and the Visayan Sea.
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B.
Jambelí Channel
Jambelí Channel is a coastal waterway in southwestern Ecuador that connects the Gulf of Guayaquil with the Pacific Ocean and separates the mainland from Jambelí Island.
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C.
Needles Channel
Needles Channel is a navigable sea passage at the western end of the Isle of Wight, known for its strong tides and proximity to the Needles rock formation.
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D.
ʻAuʻau Channel
ʻAuʻau Channel is a shallow, relatively sheltered strait in Hawaii, best known for its calm waters and popularity as a prime humpback whale-watching area between the islands of Maui and Lānaʻi.
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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: Pailolo Channel Target entity description: Pailolo Channel is a notoriously windy and rough stretch of ocean between the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Molokaʻi, known for challenging sailing and paddling conditions.
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A.
Jintotolo Channel
Jintotolo Channel is a strait in the central Philippines that separates the islands of Masbate and Panay and forms part of an important shipping route between the Sibuyan Sea and the Visayan Sea.
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B.
Jambelí Channel
Jambelí Channel is a coastal waterway in southwestern Ecuador that connects the Gulf of Guayaquil with the Pacific Ocean and separates the mainland from Jambelí Island.
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C.
Needles Channel
Needles Channel is a navigable sea passage at the western end of the Isle of Wight, known for its strong tides and proximity to the Needles rock formation.
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D.
ʻAuʻau Channel
ʻAuʻau Channel is a shallow, relatively sheltered strait in Hawaii, best known for its calm waters and popularity as a prime humpback whale-watching area between the islands of Maui and Lānaʻi.
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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 (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
channel
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| archipelago | Hawaiian Islands ⓘ |
| betweenIsland |
Maui
ONNED1
ⓘ
Molokaʻi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasLanguageOrigin |
Hawaiian
ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaiian language
|
| knownFor |
challenging paddling conditions
ⓘ
challenging sailing conditions ⓘ rough seas ⓘ strong winds ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hawaii
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| nameMeaning | "crazy fisherman" in Hawaiian (commonly cited) ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| separates |
Maui
ⓘ
Molokaʻi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Pailolo Channel Description of subject: Pailolo Channel is a notoriously windy and rough stretch of ocean between the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Molokaʻi, known for challenging sailing and paddling conditions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.