Okinoerabu Island
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Okinoerabu Island is a remote coral island in Japan’s Amami archipelago, known for its extensive limestone caves, subtropical climate, and agriculture, particularly lily and sugarcane cultivation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Okinoerabu Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4203296 — 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: Okinoerabu Island Context triple: [Kagoshima Airport, connectsToIsland, Okinoerabu Island]
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A.
Sakishima Island
Sakishima Island is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known as a major business and commercial district featuring high-rise buildings and convention facilities.
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B.
Tarutao Island
Tarutao Island is a rugged, largely undeveloped island in the Andaman Sea known for its national park status, rich marine life, and historical use as a prison colony.
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C.
Etorofu Island
Etorofu Island is a large, disputed island in the Kuril chain claimed by both Japan and Russia, known in Japan as part of the Northern Territories.
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D.
Megijima Island
Megijima Island is a small island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea known for its scenic beaches, caves linked to the Oni (ogre) legend from the folktale "Momotaro," and contemporary art installations featured in the Setouchi Triennale.
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E.
Miyako Island
Miyako Island is a subtropical Japanese island in the Ryukyu archipelago known for its white-sand beaches, clear turquoise waters, and coral reefs.
- 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: Okinoerabu Island Target entity description: Okinoerabu Island is a remote coral island in Japan’s Amami archipelago, known for its extensive limestone caves, subtropical climate, and agriculture, particularly lily and sugarcane cultivation.
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A.
Sakishima Island
Sakishima Island is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known as a major business and commercial district featuring high-rise buildings and convention facilities.
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B.
Tarutao Island
Tarutao Island is a rugged, largely undeveloped island in the Andaman Sea known for its national park status, rich marine life, and historical use as a prison colony.
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C.
Etorofu Island
Etorofu Island is a large, disputed island in the Kuril chain claimed by both Japan and Russia, known in Japan as part of the Northern Territories.
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D.
Megijima Island
Megijima Island is a small island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea known for its scenic beaches, caves linked to the Oni (ogre) legend from the folktale "Momotaro," and contemporary art installations featured in the Setouchi Triennale.
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E.
Miyako Island
Miyako Island is a subtropical Japanese island in the Ryukyu archipelago known for its white-sand beaches, clear turquoise waters, and coral reefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
floriculture products
ⓘ
lilies ⓘ potatoes ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ |
| archipelago | Amami archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | 93 square kilometres ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Amami Gunto National Park (partly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | subtropical climate ⓘ |
| connectedByFerryTo |
Kagoshima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okinawa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| elevation | 246 metres ⓘ |
| geology | raised coral limestone ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Okinoerabu Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCave |
Ginsuido Cave
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shoryudo Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoralReefs | yes ⓘ |
| hasKarstTopography | yes ⓘ |
| hasMainSettlement |
China Kagoshima
ⓘ
Wadomari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMunicipality |
China Kagoshima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wadomari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPort |
China Port
ⓘ
Wadomari Port NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubtropicalVegetation | yes ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Oyama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Satsunan Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
lily cultivation ⓘ limestone caves ⓘ sugarcane cultivation ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| length | 20 kilometres ⓘ |
| localLanguage | Okinoerabu dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amami Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | East China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | approximately 13,000 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity | agriculture ⓘ |
| region | Kyushu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedTo | Japan in 1953 ⓘ |
| servedBy | Okinoerabu Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| wasOccupiedBy | United States (post–World War II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| width | 5 kilometres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Okinoerabu Island Description of subject: Okinoerabu Island is a remote coral island in Japan’s Amami archipelago, known for its extensive limestone caves, subtropical climate, and agriculture, particularly lily and sugarcane cultivation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.