Mount Merapi
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Mount Merapi is one of Indonesia’s most active and dangerous stratovolcanoes, located on the island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount Merapi canonical | 27 |
| Merapi volcano | 3 |
| Merapi | 2 |
| 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi | 1 |
| Merapi volcanic region | 1 |
| Merbabu–Merapi volcanic complex | 1 |
| Mount Merapi (southern slopes) | 1 |
| Mount Merapi area | 1 |
| Mount Merapi volcano | 1 |
| Southern Volcanic Range of Java | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T174233 — 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: Mount Merapi Context triple: [Indonesia, hasVolcano, Mount Merapi]
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A.
Krakatoa
Krakatoa is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait famous for its catastrophic 1883 eruption, one of the most powerful and destructive volcanic events in recorded history.
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B.
Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano in Washington State, USA, best known for its catastrophic 1980 eruption that dramatically reshaped its summit and surrounding landscape.
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C.
Newberry Volcano
Newberry Volcano is a large shield-shaped volcanic complex in central Oregon known for its expansive caldera, numerous lava flows and cinder cones, and active geothermal features.
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D.
Mount Garibaldi
Mount Garibaldi is a glaciated stratovolcano in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for its prominent peak overlooking the Sea-to-Sky region near Squamish.
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E.
Mount Nyangani
Mount Nyangani is a prominent mountain in eastern Zimbabwe known for its scenic highland landscapes and status as a popular hiking destination.
- 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: Mount Merapi Target entity description: 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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A.
Krakatoa
Krakatoa is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait famous for its catastrophic 1883 eruption, one of the most powerful and destructive volcanic events in recorded history.
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B.
Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano in Washington State, USA, best known for its catastrophic 1980 eruption that dramatically reshaped its summit and surrounding landscape.
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C.
Newberry Volcano
Newberry Volcano is a large shield-shaped volcanic complex in central Oregon known for its expansive caldera, numerous lava flows and cinder cones, and active geothermal features.
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D.
Mount Garibaldi
Mount Garibaldi is a glaciated stratovolcano in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for its prominent peak overlooking the Sea-to-Sky region near Squamish.
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E.
Mount Nyangani
Mount Nyangani is a prominent mountain in eastern Zimbabwe known for its scenic highland landscapes and status as a popular hiking destination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ subduction-zone volcano ⓘ |
| activityLevel | persistently active ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | sacred mountain in Javanese culture ⓘ |
| dangerLevel | one of Indonesia’s most dangerous volcanoes ⓘ |
| dominantRockType | andesite ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 2968 meters
ⓘ
approximately 9738 feet ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
effusive
ⓘ
explosive ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Quaternary ⓘ |
| governedBy | Indonesia Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation ⓘ |
| hasCrater | summit crater with lava dome ⓘ |
| hasNationalPark | Mount Merapi National Park ⓘ |
| hazardType |
ash fall
ⓘ
lahars ⓘ lava domes ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ |
| lastMajorEruption | 2021 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Java
ⓘ
linked to:
Java
Special Region of Yogyakarta ⓘ
linked to:
Yogyakarta
|
| locatedNear | Yogyakarta ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Java ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | BPPTKG Yogyakarta ⓘ |
| mountainRange |
Southern Volcanic Range of Java
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Merapi
|
| nearbyCity |
Boyolali
ⓘ
Klaten ⓘ
linked to:
Boyolali
Magelang ⓘ Yogyakarta ⓘ |
| notableEruption |
1930 eruption of Mount Merapi
ⓘ
1994 eruption of Mount Merapi ⓘ 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Merapi
|
| partOf | Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ |
| photoSubject | frequently photographed volcano in Indonesia ⓘ |
| prominence | approximately 1911 meters ⓘ |
| religionAssociation | Javanese spiritual traditions ⓘ |
| summitAccess | restricted during high activity ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary ⓘ |
| tourismType | volcano tourism ⓘ |
| traditionalRitual | labuhan ceremony ⓘ |
| typicalEruptionProducts |
block-and-ash flows
ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ volcanic ash clouds ⓘ |
| volcanicArc | Sunda Arc ⓘ |
| volcanicExplosivityIndex | up to VEI 4 ⓘ |
| volcanoType | andesitic 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: Mount Merapi Description of subject: Mount Merapi is one of Indonesia’s most active and dangerous stratovolcanoes, located on the island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mount Merapi
linked to: Mount Merapi
linked to: Mount Merapi
linked to: Mount Merapi
subject linked to:
Java (Indonesian island)
linked to: Mount Merapi
linked to: Mount Merapi
subject linked to:
DIY
linked to: Mount Merapi
subject linked to:
Central Java, Indonesia
subject linked to:
Decade Volcanoes (former IAVCEI list)
linked to: Mount Merapi
linked to: Mount Merapi
subject linked to:
island of Java
linked to: Mount Merapi
subject linked to:
Java region