Son Doong Cave
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Son Doong Cave is a vast limestone cave in central Vietnam renowned as the largest known cave passage in the world, featuring its own jungle, river, and unique underground ecosystem.
All labels observed (1)
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| Son Doong Cave canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5690078 — 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: Son Doong Cave Context triple: [Quang Binh Province, contains, Son Doong Cave]
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A.
Hongya Cave
Hongya Cave is a famous stilt-house complex and riverside nightlife district in Chongqing known for its traditional-style architecture, food streets, and dramatic night views.
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B.
Binbash-Koba Cave
Binbash-Koba Cave is a notable karst cave located in the Chatyr-Dag mountain massif of Crimea, known for its geological formations and speleological interest.
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C.
Ogtong Cave
Ogtong Cave is a small natural cave with a clear, spring-fed underground pool popular for swimming and sightseeing on Bantayan Island in the Philippines.
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D.
Zhijin Cave
Zhijin Cave is a vast and spectacular karst limestone cavern in China renowned for its impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations and underground landscapes.
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E.
Jenolan Caves
Jenolan Caves is a famous limestone cave system in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its extensive underground formations and status as one of the world’s oldest cave networks open to the public.
- 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: Son Doong Cave Target entity description: Son Doong Cave is a vast limestone cave in central Vietnam renowned as the largest known cave passage in the world, featuring its own jungle, river, and unique underground ecosystem.
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A.
Hongya Cave
Hongya Cave is a famous stilt-house complex and riverside nightlife district in Chongqing known for its traditional-style architecture, food streets, and dramatic night views.
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B.
Binbash-Koba Cave
Binbash-Koba Cave is a notable karst cave located in the Chatyr-Dag mountain massif of Crimea, known for its geological formations and speleological interest.
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C.
Ogtong Cave
Ogtong Cave is a small natural cave with a clear, spring-fed underground pool popular for swimming and sightseeing on Bantayan Island in the Philippines.
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D.
Zhijin Cave
Zhijin Cave is a vast and spectacular karst limestone cavern in China renowned for its impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations and underground landscapes.
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E.
Jenolan Caves
Jenolan Caves is a famous limestone cave system in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its extensive underground formations and status as one of the world’s oldest cave networks open to the public.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
limestone cave
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show cave ⓘ |
| age | several million years ⓘ |
| approximateHeight | up to about 200 meters ⓘ |
| approximateLength | about 9 kilometers ⓘ |
| approximateWidth | up to about 150 meters ⓘ |
| bestVisitingSeason | February to August ⓘ |
| climate | tropical monsoon region ⓘ |
| country |
Viet Nam
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surface form:
Vietnam
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| discoveredBy | Ho Khanh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| entranceType | sinkhole entrance ⓘ |
| firstSurveyYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| formedBy | underground river erosion ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | karst ⓘ |
| has | multiple large chambers ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem |
unique cave-adapted fauna
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unique cave-adapted flora ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cave pearls
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cloud formations inside the cave ⓘ large dolines ⓘ sinkholes ⓘ stalactites ⓘ stalagmites ⓘ underground jungle ⓘ underground river ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the largest known cave passages in the world
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massive cave chambers ⓘ subterranean river ⓘ underground jungle ⓘ unique underground ecosystem ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bo Trach District
NERFINISHED
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Central Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Quang Binh Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTourOperator | Oxalis Adventure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumChamberVolume | over 38 million cubic meters ⓘ |
| near | Phong Nha town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestAirport | Dong Hoi Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Annamite Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park management ⓘ |
| requires |
caving equipment
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multi-day trekking expedition ⓘ |
| rockType | limestone ⓘ |
| surveyedBy | British Cave Research Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourismAccess |
guided tours only
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limited permits per year ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | within a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Son Doong Cave Description of subject: Son Doong Cave is a vast limestone cave in central Vietnam renowned as the largest known cave passage in the world, featuring its own jungle, river, and unique underground ecosystem.
Referenced by (1)
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