Dmitry Laptev Strait
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Dmitry Laptev Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northeastern Siberia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Russian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dmitry Laptev Strait canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T926920 — 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: Dmitry Laptev Strait Context triple: [Laptev Sea, connectedByStrait, Dmitry Laptev Strait]
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A.
Sannikov Strait
Sannikov Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northern Russia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Siberian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
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B.
Vilkitsky Strait
Vilkitsky Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway off the northern coast of Siberia that separates the Taymyr Peninsula from the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago and forms part of the Northern Sea Route.
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C.
Nares Strait
Nares Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Canada that links the Lincoln Sea to Baffin Bay and forms part of the Northwest Passage region.
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D.
Tatar Strait
The Tatar Strait is a narrow body of water in the Russian Far East that separates Sakhalin Island from the mainland and connects the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
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E.
Bering Strait
The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
- 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: Dmitry Laptev Strait Target entity description: Dmitry Laptev Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northeastern Siberia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Russian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
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A.
Sannikov Strait
Sannikov Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northern Russia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Siberian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
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B.
Vilkitsky Strait
Vilkitsky Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway off the northern coast of Siberia that separates the Taymyr Peninsula from the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago and forms part of the Northern Sea Route.
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C.
Nares Strait
Nares Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Canada that links the Lincoln Sea to Baffin Bay and forms part of the Northwest Passage region.
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D.
Tatar Strait
The Tatar Strait is a narrow body of water in the Russian Far East that separates Sakhalin Island from the mainland and connects the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
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E.
Bering Strait
The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arctic waterway
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| connects |
East Siberian Sea
ⓘ
Laptev Sea ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ice-covered in winter
ⓘ
narrow ⓘ seasonal navigation ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar climate ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Russian Arctic ⓘ |
| locatedBetween | New Siberian Islands and Siberian coast ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to:
Russia Far East
Sakha Republic ⓘ Yakutia ⓘ northeastern Siberia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Dmitry Laptev ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | Russian Arctic explorer ⓘ |
| namedForPersonFrom | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| oceanRegion |
East Siberian Sea
ⓘ
Laptev Sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
East Siberian Arctic Shelf
ⓘ
linked to:
Siberian continental shelf
Northern Sea Route ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Sea Route region
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| separates |
New Siberian Islands
ⓘ
New Siberian Islands archipelago from Siberian mainland ⓘ Russian mainland ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | marine strait ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dmitry Laptev Strait Description of subject: Dmitry Laptev Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northeastern Siberia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Russian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
Referenced by (1)
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