East Sea
E429668
The East Sea, also known internationally as the South China Sea, is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by several Southeast Asian countries and vital for regional shipping, fisheries, and geopolitics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Sea canonical | 12 |
| East Sea (Vietnam) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4266836 — 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: East Sea Context triple: [Central Vietnam, hasCoastlineOn, East Sea]
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A.
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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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.
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean located between the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, and Russia, known for its rich fisheries and strategic shipping routes.
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D.
Sulu Sea
The Sulu Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, known for its rich marine biodiversity and important shipping routes.
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E.
Bohai Sea
The Bohai Sea is a shallow, semi-enclosed marginal sea in northeastern China that forms the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea and is an important hub for shipping, fishing, and coastal industry.
- 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: East Sea Target entity description: The East Sea, also known internationally as the South China Sea, is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by several Southeast Asian countries and vital for regional shipping, fisheries, and geopolitics.
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A.
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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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.
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean located between the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, and Russia, known for its rich fisheries and strategic shipping routes.
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D.
Sulu Sea
The Sulu Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, known for its rich marine biodiversity and important shipping routes.
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E.
Bohai Sea
The Bohai Sea is a shallow, semi-enclosed marginal sea in northeastern China that forms the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea and is an important hub for shipping, fishing, and coastal industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
marginal sea ⓘ sea of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | South China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Indochinese Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
island of Borneo ⓘ island of Luzon NERFINISHED ⓘ island of Palawan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersCountry |
Brunei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersRegion |
Mainland Southeast Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
East China Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf of Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Strait of Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulu Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsResource |
fish stocks
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ offshore oil ⓘ |
| governedBy | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Biển Đông
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Biển Đông Việt Nam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateArea | 3500000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasDisputedArea |
Paracel Islands
NERFINISHED
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Scarborough Shoal NERFINISHED ⓘ Spratly Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Paracel Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scarborough Shoal NERFINISHED ⓘ Spratly Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportanceFor |
energy security
ⓘ
freedom of navigation ⓘ military presence ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
maritime boundary disputes
ⓘ
territorial disputes ⓘ |
| isVitalFor |
fisheries
ⓘ
geopolitics ⓘ global trade ⓘ hydrocarbon resources ⓘ regional shipping ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf | western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traversedBy | major shipping lanes ⓘ |
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: East Sea Description of subject: The East Sea, also known internationally as the South China Sea, is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by several Southeast Asian countries and vital for regional shipping, fisheries, and geopolitics.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
East Sea (Vietnam)
subject surface form:
Đồng Nai River