Madura
E1007953
Madura is a small roadhouse settlement and stopping point on the remote Eyre Highway in Western Australia, known for serving travelers crossing the Nullarbor Plain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madura canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12896068 — 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: Madura Context triple: [Eyre Highway, passesThrough, Madura]
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A.
Madura
Madura is an island off the northeastern coast of Java in Indonesia, known for its distinct Madurese culture and traditional bull races.
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B.
Mirafra
Mirafra is a genus of small, ground-dwelling larks known for their cryptic plumage and elaborate song displays, found mainly in Africa and parts of Asia.
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C.
Madra
Madra was an ancient kingdom in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, frequently mentioned in the Mahabharata and associated with figures like King Shalya and the Pandava prince Nakula.
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D.
Marum
Marum is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen that became part of the larger municipality of Westerkwartier after an administrative reorganization.
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E.
Marum
Marum is one of the main active volcanic craters on Ambrym Island in Vanuatu, known for its persistent lava lake and dramatic eruptions.
- 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: Madura Target entity description: Madura is a small roadhouse settlement and stopping point on the remote Eyre Highway in Western Australia, known for serving travelers crossing the Nullarbor Plain.
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A.
Madura
Madura is an island off the northeastern coast of Java in Indonesia, known for its distinct Madurese culture and traditional bull races.
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B.
Mirafra
Mirafra is a genus of small, ground-dwelling larks known for their cryptic plumage and elaborate song displays, found mainly in Africa and parts of Asia.
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C.
Madra
Madra was an ancient kingdom in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, frequently mentioned in the Mahabharata and associated with figures like King Shalya and the Pandava prince Nakula.
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D.
Marum
Marum is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen that became part of the larger municipality of Westerkwartier after an administrative reorganization.
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E.
Marum
Marum is one of the main active volcanic craters on Ambrym Island in Vanuatu, known for its persistent lava lake and dramatic eruptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
locality
ⓘ
roadhouse ⓘ |
| access | primarily by road ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| distanceToBorderVillage_km | approximately 180 ⓘ |
| distanceToNorseman_km | approximately 550 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bar
ⓘ
caravan park ⓘ fuel station ⓘ motel accommodation ⓘ restaurant ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
service centre on Eyre Highway
ⓘ
stopping point for travellers ⓘ |
| hasRoadhouse | Madura Roadhouse ⓘ |
| hasService |
24-hour fuel (periodically subject to change)
ⓘ
basic mechanical assistance ⓘ food for travellers ⓘ overnight accommodation ⓘ |
| hasView | scenic views over the coastal plain from Madura Pass ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| historicalUse | horse-breeding centre for the British Indian Army ⓘ |
| isOnRouteBetween |
Ceduna
ⓘ
Norseman ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Eyre Highway roadhouse network
ⓘ
linked to:
Eyre Highway
|
| landUse |
limited pastoral activity
ⓘ
service to highway traffic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Shire of Dundas ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Nullarbor Plain ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Eyre Highway
ⓘ
Great Australian Bight escarpment ⓘ
linked to:
Great Australian Bight coastline
|
| nearestMajorTown | Norseman ⓘ |
| nearFeature |
Hampton Tableland
ⓘ
Madura Pass ⓘ |
| permanentPopulation | very small ⓘ |
| populationType | transient traveller population ⓘ |
| remoteness | remote rural locality ⓘ |
| roadDirectionFromCeduna | west ⓘ |
| roadDirectionFromNorseman | east ⓘ |
| roadNumber | National Highway 1 ⓘ |
| state | Western Australia ⓘ |
| terrain | limestone plateau ⓘ |
| timeZone | Australian Western Standard Time ⓘ |
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: Madura Description of subject: Madura is a small roadhouse settlement and stopping point on the remote Eyre Highway in Western Australia, known for serving travelers crossing the Nullarbor Plain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.