Iran–Azerbaijan border
E521026
The Iran–Azerbaijan border is an international boundary in the South Caucasus separating Iran from the Republic of Azerbaijan, running largely along natural features such as rivers and mountain ranges.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Azerbaijan–Iran border | 1 |
| Iran–Azerbaijan border canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5446032 — 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: Iran–Azerbaijan border Context triple: [Aras River, formsPartOf, Iran–Azerbaijan border]
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A.
Iran–Turkmenistan border
The Iran–Turkmenistan border is an international boundary in Central Asia that runs from the Caspian Sea through river valleys and desert terrain, separating northern Iran from southern Turkmenistan.
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B.
Iran–Pakistan border
The Iran–Pakistan border is an international boundary in Southwest Asia separating Iran and Pakistan, running largely through remote desert and mountainous terrain including Pakistan’s Chagai District.
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C.
Russia–Azerbaijan border
The Russia–Azerbaijan border is an international boundary in the eastern Caucasus region separating the Russian Federation from the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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D.
Iraq–Turkey border
The Iraq–Turkey border is the international frontier separating northern Iraq from southeastern Turkey, running through mountainous terrain that has been a focal point for military operations, cross-border tensions, and Kurdish populations.
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E.
Iran–Iraq border region
The Iran–Iraq border region is a historically contested and strategically vital frontier zone between Iran and Iraq, marked by ethnic diversity, oil resources, and the site of intense conflict during the Iran–Iraq War.
- 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: Iran–Azerbaijan border Target entity description: The Iran–Azerbaijan border is an international boundary in the South Caucasus separating Iran from the Republic of Azerbaijan, running largely along natural features such as rivers and mountain ranges.
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A.
Iran–Turkmenistan border
The Iran–Turkmenistan border is an international boundary in Central Asia that runs from the Caspian Sea through river valleys and desert terrain, separating northern Iran from southern Turkmenistan.
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B.
Iran–Pakistan border
The Iran–Pakistan border is an international boundary in Southwest Asia separating Iran and Pakistan, running largely through remote desert and mountainous terrain including Pakistan’s Chagai District.
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C.
Russia–Azerbaijan border
The Russia–Azerbaijan border is an international boundary in the eastern Caucasus region separating the Russian Federation from the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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D.
Iraq–Turkey border
The Iraq–Turkey border is the international frontier separating northern Iraq from southeastern Turkey, running through mountainous terrain that has been a focal point for military operations, cross-border tensions, and Kurdish populations.
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E.
Iran–Iraq border region
The Iran–Iraq border region is a historically contested and strategically vital frontier zone between Iran and Iraq, marked by ethnic diversity, oil resources, and the site of intense conflict during the Iran–Iraq War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international border
ⓘ
land border ⓘ |
| borderingAzerbaijaniRegions |
Astara District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bilasuvar District NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuzuli District NERFINISHED ⓘ Jabrayil District NERFINISHED ⓘ Jalilabad District NERFINISHED ⓘ Julfa District NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Ordubad District NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharur District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderingIranianProvinces |
Ardabil Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Azerbaijan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ West Azerbaijan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Zanjan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderSettlementOnAzerbaijanSide |
Astara, Azerbaijan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julfa, Nakhchivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderSettlementOnIranSide |
Astara, Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jolfa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country1 | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country2 | Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFrom |
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedByTreaty |
Treaty of Gulistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treaty of Turkmenchay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsNaturalFeature |
Aras River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ rivers ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossing |
Astara border crossing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bilasuvar border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Jolfa–Julfa border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Norduz border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Poldasht–Shah Takhti border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDeFactoSegmentWith | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Iran–Nakhchivan border
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iran–mainland Azerbaijan border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSecurityIssue |
illegal crossings
ⓘ
regional tensions ⓘ smuggling ⓘ |
| historicallyInvolvedCountry |
Qajar Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | South Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Iran–Azerbaijan relations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates |
Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cross-border movement of people
ⓘ
energy transport ⓘ trade ⓘ transit ⓘ |
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: Iran–Azerbaijan border Description of subject: The Iran–Azerbaijan border is an international boundary in the South Caucasus separating Iran from the Republic of Azerbaijan, running largely along natural features such as rivers and mountain ranges.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Azerbaijan–Iran border