Mae Sot District
E186543
Mae Sot District is an administrative district in western Thailand’s Tak Province, known for its border location with Myanmar and its role as a major hub for cross-border trade and migration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mae Sot District canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1522359 — 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: Mae Sot District Context triple: [Mae Sot, locatedInAdministrativeEntity, Mae Sot District]
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A.
Phatthalung province
Phatthalung province is a largely rural, mountainous province in southern Thailand known for its wetlands, traditional shadow-puppet theatre (Nang Talung), and rich cultural heritage.
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B.
Nakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat is a historic coastal city in southern Thailand known for its ancient temples, particularly Wat Phra Mahathat, and its role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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C.
Mae Hong Son Province
Mae Hong Son Province is a mountainous, remote region in northern Thailand known for its significant Karen population, misty landscapes, and forested border with Myanmar.
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D.
Parongpong District
Parongpong District is a highland area in West Java, Indonesia, known for its cool climate, tea plantations, and proximity to the Tangkuban Perahu volcano.
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E.
Ranong province
Ranong province is a coastal province in southern Thailand known for its mountainous rainforest terrain, high rainfall, and location along the Andaman Sea near the Myanmar border.
- 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: Mae Sot District Target entity description: Mae Sot District is an administrative district in western Thailand’s Tak Province, known for its border location with Myanmar and its role as a major hub for cross-border trade and migration.
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A.
Phatthalung province
Phatthalung province is a largely rural, mountainous province in southern Thailand known for its wetlands, traditional shadow-puppet theatre (Nang Talung), and rich cultural heritage.
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B.
Nakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat is a historic coastal city in southern Thailand known for its ancient temples, particularly Wat Phra Mahathat, and its role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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C.
Mae Hong Son Province
Mae Hong Son Province is a mountainous, remote region in northern Thailand known for its significant Karen population, misty landscapes, and forested border with Myanmar.
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D.
Parongpong District
Parongpong District is a highland area in West Java, Indonesia, known for its cool climate, tea plantations, and proximity to the Tangkuban Perahu volcano.
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E.
Ranong province
Ranong province is a coastal province in southern Thailand known for its mountainous rainforest terrain, high rainfall, and location along the Andaman Sea near the Myanmar border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative district
ⓘ
district of Thailand ⓘ |
| bordersWith | Myanmar ⓘ |
| capital | Mae Sot ⓘ |
| connectedBy | Friendship Bridge across Moei River ⓘ |
| country | Thailand ⓘ |
| governedBy | district chief officer ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeLevel | second-level administrative division of Thailand ⓘ |
| hasBorderCheckpoint |
Mae Sot–Myawaddy border crossing
ⓘ
linked to:
Mae Sot border checkpoint
|
| hasBorderTown | Mae Sot ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| hasCrossBorderInteraction |
labor migration
ⓘ
refugee movements ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
border trade ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ transport services ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
gateway between Thailand and Myanmar
ⓘ
regional commercial center ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea | Tak province forests ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | Thai ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic |
ethnically diverse population
ⓘ
large migrant population ⓘ significant Burmese community ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodeType | Thai postal code ⓘ |
| hasRole |
cross-border trade hub
ⓘ
logistics center ⓘ migration hub ⓘ |
| hasSector |
education services for migrants
ⓘ
non-governmental organizations ⓘ |
| hasTransportInfrastructure | Mae Sot Airport ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Tak province ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicalFeature | mountainous border area ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Western Thailand ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Indochina Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Myawaddy ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Moei River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lower Northern Region of Thailand
ⓘ
linked to:
northern Thailand
Thailand–Myanmar border region ⓘ
linked to:
Thai–Myanmar border
|
| partOfCorridor | East–West Economic Corridor ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
Asian Highway Network
ⓘ
Highway 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | amphoe ⓘ |
| usesCurrency | Thai baht ⓘ |
| UTCoffset | +7 ⓘ |
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: Mae Sot District Description of subject: Mae Sot District is an administrative district in western Thailand’s Tak Province, known for its border location with Myanmar and its role as a major hub for cross-border trade and migration.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.