Friza Strait
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Friza Strait is a sea passage located among Russia’s Kuril Islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Friza Strait canonical | 3 |
| Vries Strait | 3 |
| Boussole Strait | 1 |
| Bussol Strait | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1234056 — 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: Friza Strait Context triple: [Kuril Islands, hasStrait, Friza Strait]
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A.
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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B.
Kara Strait
Kara Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway separating Novaya Zemlya from the Siberian mainland, connecting the Barents Sea with the Kara Sea.
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C.
La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait is a narrow international waterway between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that links the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
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D.
Palk Strait
Palk Strait is a narrow stretch of sea between southeastern India and northern Sri Lanka, known for its shallow waters and significance as a maritime boundary.
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E.
Tokara Strait
Tokara Strait is a body of water in southern Japan that separates the Tokara Islands from the Amami Islands, forming part of the boundary between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Friza Strait Target entity description: Friza Strait is a sea passage located among Russia’s Kuril Islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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A.
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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B.
Kara Strait
Kara Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway separating Novaya Zemlya from the Siberian mainland, connecting the Barents Sea with the Kara Sea.
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C.
La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait is a narrow international waterway between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that links the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
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D.
Palk Strait
Palk Strait is a narrow stretch of sea between southeastern India and northern Sri Lanka, known for its shallow waters and significance as a maritime boundary.
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E.
Tokara Strait
Tokara Strait is a body of water in southern Japan that separates the Tokara Islands from the Amami Islands, forming part of the boundary between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sea passage
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| hasWaterBodyType | saltwater ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Kuril Islands ⓘ Northeast Asia ⓘ
linked to:
East Asia
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ Russia ⓘ Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to:
Russia Far East
northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Pacific Ocean
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| partOf | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| separates | Kuril Islands ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Friza Strait Description of subject: Friza Strait is a sea passage located among Russia’s Kuril Islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Friza Strait
linked to: Friza Strait
subject linked to:
Kuril straits
linked to: Friza Strait
subject linked to:
Kuril straits