Tambora village
E122018
Tambora village was a settlement on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia that was obliterated by the catastrophic 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tambora (capital city) | 1 |
| Tambora village canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1063462 — 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: Tambora village Context triple: [Mount Tambora, nearbySettlementDestroyed, Tambora village]
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A.
Kidani Village
Kidani Village is a Disney Vacation Club resort area themed after an African village, featuring savanna-view accommodations and cultural theming adjacent to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
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B.
Tumut
Tumut is a historic town in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its timber industry, scenic river landscapes, and role as a gateway to the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
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C.
Lascar volcano
Lascar volcano is an active stratovolcano in northern Chile known for its frequent eruptions and prominent ash plumes within the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes.
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D.
Tupungatito volcano
Tupungatito volcano is an active stratovolcano in the central Andes on the Chile–Argentina border, known for frequent small eruptions and its role in the Andean volcanic arc.
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E.
Ubinas volcano
Ubinas volcano is an active stratovolcano in southern Peru known for its frequent eruptions and status as one of the country's most hazardous volcanoes.
- 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: Tambora village Target entity description: Tambora village was a settlement on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia that was obliterated by the catastrophic 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.
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A.
Kidani Village
Kidani Village is a Disney Vacation Club resort area themed after an African village, featuring savanna-view accommodations and cultural theming adjacent to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
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B.
Tumut
Tumut is a historic town in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its timber industry, scenic river landscapes, and role as a gateway to the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
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C.
Lascar volcano
Lascar volcano is an active stratovolcano in northern Chile known for its frequent eruptions and prominent ash plumes within the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes.
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D.
Tupungatito volcano
Tupungatito volcano is an active stratovolcano in the central Andes on the Chile–Argentina border, known for frequent small eruptions and its role in the Andean volcanic arc.
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E.
Ubinas volcano
Ubinas volcano is an active stratovolcano in southern Peru known for its frequent eruptions and status as one of the country's most hazardous volcanoes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | yes ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Year Without a Summer ⓘ |
| buriedUnder | thick volcanic deposits ⓘ |
| causeOfDestruction |
pyroclastic flows
ⓘ
volcanic ash fall ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| coordinateRegion | northern Sumbawa ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| dateOfDestruction | 1815-04-10 ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Tambora
|
| discovery | remains identified in late 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tambora people ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Indonesian archaeologists ⓘ |
| governedBy | local kingdom of Tambora ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of a settlement completely destroyed by a volcanic eruption ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being obliterated in the 1815 Tambora eruption
ⓘ
loss of the Tambora language ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Tambora language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dutch East Indies
ⓘ
Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ Sumbawa Island ⓘ
linked to:
Sumbawa
|
| locatedInBody |
Flores Sea region
ⓘ
linked to:
Flores Sea
|
| locatedInPresentDay | West Nusa Tenggara ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mount Tambora caldera
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Tambora
|
| locatedOn | Sumbawa ⓘ |
| locatedOnSlopeOf | Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| obliteratedIn | 1815 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kingdom of Tambora
ⓘ
Tambora Peninsula ⓘ |
| preDestructionPopulation | several thousand inhabitants (approximate) ⓘ |
| preEruptionEconomy |
agriculture
ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Tambora
Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| status |
abandoned
ⓘ
destroyed ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tambora village Description of subject: Tambora village was a settlement on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia that was obliterated by the catastrophic 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tambora village