Galunggung volcano
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Galunggung volcano is an active stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia, known for its explosive 1982 eruption that significantly disrupted regional air traffic.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount Galunggung | 4 |
| Galunggung | 1 |
| Galunggung caldera complex | 1 |
| Galunggung volcano canonical | 1 |
| Mount Galunggung volcanic system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1932240 — 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: Galunggung volcano Context triple: [Tasikmalaya, hasNearbyFeature, Galunggung volcano]
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A.
Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi is one of Indonesia’s most active and dangerous stratovolcanoes, located on the island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta.
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B.
Mount Kelud
Mount Kelud is an active stratovolcano in Indonesia known for its explosive eruptions and significant impact on the surrounding East Java region.
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C.
Mount Rinjani
Mount Rinjani is an active stratovolcano on the island of Lombok known for its large caldera lake, challenging trekking routes, and significant cultural and geological importance.
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D.
Ekarma Volcano
Ekarma Volcano is an active stratovolcano forming the uninhabited island of Ekarma in the central Kuril Islands chain of the northwest Pacific.
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E.
Tangkuban Perahu
Tangkuban Perahu is a popular stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia, known for its distinctive boat-like shape and easily accessible craters.
- 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: Galunggung volcano Target entity description: Galunggung volcano is an active stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia, known for its explosive 1982 eruption that significantly disrupted regional air traffic.
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A.
Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi is one of Indonesia’s most active and dangerous stratovolcanoes, located on the island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta.
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B.
Mount Kelud
Mount Kelud is an active stratovolcano in Indonesia known for its explosive eruptions and significant impact on the surrounding East Java region.
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C.
Mount Rinjani
Mount Rinjani is an active stratovolcano on the island of Lombok known for its large caldera lake, challenging trekking routes, and significant cultural and geological importance.
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D.
Ekarma Volcano
Ekarma Volcano is an active stratovolcano forming the uninhabited island of Ekarma in the central Kuril Islands chain of the northwest Pacific.
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E.
Tangkuban Perahu
Tangkuban Perahu is a popular stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia, known for its distinctive boat-like shape and easily accessible craters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| airTrafficImpact | disrupted regional air traffic in 1982 ⓘ |
| ashCloudEffect | multiple jet engine flameouts on aircraft ⓘ |
| contains | crater lake ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| elevation | 2168 m ⓘ |
| eruptionConsequence |
ashfall over parts of Java in 1982
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damage to crops and infrastructure ⓘ evacuations of nearby populations in 1982 ⓘ temporary closure of airports in 1982 ⓘ |
| eruptionEndDate | 1983-01-08 ⓘ |
| eruptionFrequency | historically recurrent eruptions ⓘ |
| eruptionProduct |
andesitic lava
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pyroclastic material ⓘ volcanic ash ⓘ |
| eruptionStartDate | 1982-04-05 ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle | explosive eruption ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | subduction zone volcano ⓘ |
| GVPID | 263180 ⓘ |
| hasActivity | fumarolic activity ⓘ |
| hasCaldera | horseshoe-shaped crater ⓘ |
| hasCrater | Galunggung crater lake ⓘ |
| hasTourism | volcano tourism site ⓘ |
| hazardType |
ashfall
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lahars ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ring of Fire ⓘ |
| lastEruption | 1984 ⓘ |
| listedIn |
Global Volcanism Program database
ⓘ
linked to:
Global Volcanism Program
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| locatedIn | West Java ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Java ⓘ |
| magmaSource | subduction of Indo-Australian Plate beneath Sunda Plate ⓘ |
| monitoringAgency | Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Parahyangan Mountains ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Sundanese ⓘ |
| nearCity | Tasikmalaya ⓘ |
| notableEruption | 1982–1983 eruption of Galunggung ⓘ |
| notableIncident | British Airways Flight 9 volcanic ash encounter ⓘ |
| notableIncidentDate | 1982-06-24 ⓘ |
| province | West Java ⓘ |
| region |
Priangan region
ⓘ
linked to:
West Java
|
| riskZone | densely populated surrounding areas ⓘ |
| slopeUse | agricultural land on lower slopes ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate | Sunda Plate ⓘ |
| VEI | 4 ⓘ |
| volcanicArcOrBelt | Sunda Arc ⓘ |
| volcanoType | stratovolcano ⓘ |
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: Galunggung volcano Description of subject: Galunggung volcano is an active stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia, known for its explosive 1982 eruption that significantly disrupted regional air traffic.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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