Doklam plateau
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The Doklam plateau is a strategically sensitive Himalayan border area near the tri-junction of India, China, and Bhutan, known for its high-altitude terrain and the 2017 military standoff between India and China.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doklam | 1 |
| Doklam plateau canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8669403 — 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: Doklam plateau Context triple: [India–China border, hasKeyRegion, Doklam plateau]
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A.
Pangsau Pass
Pangsau Pass is a mountain pass on the India–Myanmar border, historically significant as a key route through the Patkai Hills and for its role in the World War II-era Stilwell Road.
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B.
Bié Plateau
The Bié Plateau is a highland region in central Angola known for its elevated terrain and role as a major watershed that gives rise to several important rivers in southern Africa.
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C.
Tawang
Tawang is a remote Himalayan town in northeastern India known for its large 17th-century Buddhist monastery and scenic mountain landscapes near the India–China border.
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D.
Nangpa La
Nangpa La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas that historically served as a key trade and pilgrimage route between Tibet and Nepal.
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E.
Longshou Plateau
Longshou Plateau is the elevated terrain in Xi'an, China, that historically provided the strategic and ceremonial setting for the Tang dynasty’s Daming Palace.
- 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: Doklam plateau Target entity description: The Doklam plateau is a strategically sensitive Himalayan border area near the tri-junction of India, China, and Bhutan, known for its high-altitude terrain and the 2017 military standoff between India and China.
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A.
Pangsau Pass
Pangsau Pass is a mountain pass on the India–Myanmar border, historically significant as a key route through the Patkai Hills and for its role in the World War II-era Stilwell Road.
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B.
Bié Plateau
The Bié Plateau is a highland region in central Angola known for its elevated terrain and role as a major watershed that gives rise to several important rivers in southern Africa.
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C.
Tawang
Tawang is a remote Himalayan town in northeastern India known for its large 17th-century Buddhist monastery and scenic mountain landscapes near the India–China border.
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D.
Nangpa La
Nangpa La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas that historically served as a key trade and pilgrimage route between Tibet and Nepal.
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E.
Longshou Plateau
Longshou Plateau is the elevated terrain in Xi'an, China, that historically provided the strategic and ceremonial setting for the Tang dynasty’s Daming Palace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border region
ⓘ
disputed territory ⓘ plateau ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bhutanese sovereignty issues
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India–China military tensions ⓘ Siliguri Corridor security ⓘ |
| averageElevation | approximately 4000 meters ⓘ |
| borderOf |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedBy |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Bhutan (de facto, with Indian security support) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disputeParties |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disputeStatus | unresolved as of late 2010s ⓘ |
| disputeType | border dispute ⓘ |
| eventLocation | 2017 Doklam standoff ⓘ |
| geopoliticalRegion |
East Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| infrastructureIssue | Chinese road construction attempts ⓘ |
| knownFor | 2017 India–China military standoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Himalayas ⓘ |
| locatedNear | India–China–Bhutan tri-junction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryPresence |
Indian Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
People's Liberation Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Chumbi Valley
NERFINISHED
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Sikkim NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| partOf | western Bhutan border area ⓘ |
| regionType | tri-junction area ⓘ |
| securityConcernFor |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
affects security of Bhutan
ⓘ
controls access routes between India and Tibet ⓘ overlooks Siliguri Corridor ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
China–Bhutan boundary talks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India–China border negotiations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terrainFeature |
cold climate
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mountainous ⓘ rugged ⓘ |
| terrainType | high-altitude plateau ⓘ |
| timeZone |
UTC+6 (Bhutan side)
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UTC+8 (China side) ⓘ |
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: Doklam plateau Description of subject: The Doklam plateau is a strategically sensitive Himalayan border area near the tri-junction of India, China, and Bhutan, known for its high-altitude terrain and the 2017 military standoff between India and China.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Doklam