Great Sumatran Fault
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The Great Sumatran Fault is a major active strike-slip fault system running the length of Sumatra, Indonesia, responsible for significant seismic activity and shaping the island’s tectonic landscape.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17460273 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Sumatran Fault Context triple: [Toba Caldera, locatedNear, Great Sumatran Fault]
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Palu-Koro fault zone
The Palu-Koro fault zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, responsible for significant seismic activity and shaping the region’s tectonic landscape.
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Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
The Septentrional-Oriente fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in the northern Caribbean region that accommodates tectonic motion between the North American and Caribbean plates and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.
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C.
Sumatra subduction zone
The Sumatra subduction zone is a major convergent plate boundary off the western coast of Sumatra where intense seismic and volcanic activity occurs, including some of the world’s largest recorded earthquakes and tsunamis.
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D.
Imperial Fault Zone
The Imperial Fault Zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in Southern California that forms part of the southernmost extension of the San Andreas Fault system and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.
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E.
Port Hills Fault
The Port Hills Fault is an active geological fault beneath the Port Hills near Christchurch, New Zealand, believed to have generated the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
- 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: Great Sumatran Fault Target entity description: The Great Sumatran Fault is a major active strike-slip fault system running the length of Sumatra, Indonesia, responsible for significant seismic activity and shaping the island’s tectonic landscape.
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A.
Palu-Koro fault zone
The Palu-Koro fault zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, responsible for significant seismic activity and shaping the region’s tectonic landscape.
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B.
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
The Septentrional-Oriente fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in the northern Caribbean region that accommodates tectonic motion between the North American and Caribbean plates and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.
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C.
Sumatra subduction zone
The Sumatra subduction zone is a major convergent plate boundary off the western coast of Sumatra where intense seismic and volcanic activity occurs, including some of the world’s largest recorded earthquakes and tsunamis.
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D.
Imperial Fault Zone
The Imperial Fault Zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in Southern California that forms part of the southernmost extension of the San Andreas Fault system and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.
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E.
Port Hills Fault
The Port Hills Fault is an active geological fault beneath the Port Hills near Christchurch, New Zealand, believed to have generated the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.