Makanrushi Strait
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Makanrushi Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain, separating the island of Makanrushi from its neighboring islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Makanrushi Strait canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1234064 — 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: Makanrushi Strait Context triple: [Kuril Islands, hasStrait, Makanrushi Strait]
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A.
Friza Strait
Friza Strait is a sea passage located among Russia’s Kuril Islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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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.
Krusenstern Strait
Krusenstern Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain that separates two of the islands and connects parts of the northwest Pacific waters.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Makanrushi Strait Target entity description: Makanrushi Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain, separating the island of Makanrushi from its neighboring islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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A.
Friza Strait
Friza Strait is a sea passage located among Russia’s Kuril Islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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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.
Krusenstern Strait
Krusenstern Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain that separates two of the islands and connects parts of the northwest Pacific waters.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sea passage
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| archipelago | Kuril Islands ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfToponym |
Japanese
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| hasWaterBody | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Far Eastern Federal District
ⓘ
Kuril Islands ⓘ Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to:
Russia Far East
Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Pacific Ocean
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| namedAfter | Makanrushi Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| region |
North Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
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| separates |
Makanrushi
ⓘ
Makanrushi Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Makanrushi Strait Description of subject: Makanrushi Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain, separating the island of Makanrushi from its neighboring islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.