Ambon
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Ambon is a major city and port in eastern Indonesia, known as an administrative, economic, and cultural hub in the Maluku region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ambon canonical | 15 |
| City Government of Ambon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1476797 — 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: Ambon Context triple: [Maluku Islands, capital, Ambon]
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A.
Palu
Palu is a coastal city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known as the capital of Central Sulawesi province and a regional center for trade and administration.
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B.
Kupang
Kupang is the capital and largest city of Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, located on the western part of Timor Island and serving as a key regional port and administrative center.
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C.
Kendari
Kendari is the capital and largest city of Southeast Sulawesi Province on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known as a regional center for trade and maritime activities.
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D.
Labuan Bajo
Labuan Bajo is a coastal town on the Indonesian island of Flores that serves as the main gateway for tourists visiting Komodo National Park and its famous Komodo dragons.
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E.
Makassar
Makassar is a major port city on the southwest coast of Sulawesi known historically as a key maritime trading hub in eastern Indonesia.
- 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: Ambon Target entity description: Ambon is a major city and port in eastern Indonesia, known as an administrative, economic, and cultural hub in the Maluku region.
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A.
Palu
Palu is a coastal city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known as the capital of Central Sulawesi province and a regional center for trade and administration.
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B.
Kupang
Kupang is the capital and largest city of Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, located on the western part of Timor Island and serving as a key regional port and administrative center.
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C.
Kendari
Kendari is the capital and largest city of Southeast Sulawesi Province on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known as a regional center for trade and maritime activities.
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D.
Labuan Bajo
Labuan Bajo is a coastal town on the Indonesian island of Flores that serves as the main gateway for tourists visiting Komodo National Park and its famous Komodo dragons.
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E.
Makassar
Makassar is a major port city on the southwest coast of Sulawesi known historically as a key maritime trading hub in eastern Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
port city ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | provincial capital ⓘ |
| callingCodeType | Indonesian area code ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Maluku Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Maluku province
|
| climate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
Maluku Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Maluku province
|
| demographics | ethnically mixed population ⓘ |
| economy |
fishing
ⓘ
services ⓘ spice-related products ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| governingBody |
City Government of Ambon
ⓘ
linked to:
Ambon
|
| hasAirport | Pattimura International Airport ⓘ |
| hasDemonym |
Ambonese
ⓘ
linked to:
Ambon Malay
|
| hasPort | Port of Ambon ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | Pattimura University ⓘ |
| historicalColonialPower |
Netherlands
ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | center of Dutch East India Company activities in Maluku ⓘ |
| islandGroup | Maluku Islands ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conflict between religious communities in late 1990s and early 2000s
ⓘ
spice trade history ⓘ |
| localLanguages |
Ambonese Malay
ⓘ
linked to:
Ambon Malay
various Maluku languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maluku
ⓘ
linked to:
Maluku province
Maluku Islands ⓘ |
| locatedInArchipelago |
Maluku Archipelago
ⓘ
linked to:
Maluku Islands
|
| locatedInBodyOfWater |
Ambon Bay
ⓘ
Banda Sea ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Wallacea ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | WIT ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Ambon Island ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| nationalLanguage | Indonesian ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Indonesian ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Indonesia
ⓘ
linked to:
eastern Indonesia
|
| postalCodeType | Indonesian postal code ⓘ |
| region |
Maluku
ⓘ
linked to:
Maluku Islands
|
| role |
administrative hub of Maluku
ⓘ
cultural hub of Maluku ⓘ economic hub of Maluku ⓘ |
| timeZoneUTCOffset | +09:00 ⓘ |
| transportation |
Pattimura International Airport
ⓘ
major regional seaport ⓘ |
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: Ambon Description of subject: Ambon is a major city and port in eastern Indonesia, known as an administrative, economic, and cultural hub in the Maluku region.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ambon