Mount Tambora
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Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mount Tambora canonical | 24 |
| 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora | 12 |
| Mount Tambora caldera | 2 |
| 1815 Tambora eruption | 1 |
| Mount Tambora crater | 1 |
| Mount Tambora volcano | 1 |
| Mount Tamboraen | 1 |
| Tambora | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T174236 — 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 Tambora Context triple: [Indonesia, hasVolcano, Mount Tambora]
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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 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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Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo is an active and highly popular volcano in East Java, Indonesia, renowned for its dramatic crater landscape and sunrise views within the Tengger caldera.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Tambora Target entity description: Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."
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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 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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C.
Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo is an active and highly popular volcano in East Java, Indonesia, renowned for its dramatic crater landscape and sunrise views within the Tengger caldera.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
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stratovolcano ⓘ |
| ashColumnHeight | over 40 km in 1815 eruption ⓘ |
| calderaDepth | approximately 1100 m ⓘ |
| calderaDiameter | approximately 6 km ⓘ |
| causedEvent |
1816 agricultural failures in Europe and North America
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Year Without a Summer ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| deathTollEstimate |
over 60000 people including famine and disease
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tens of thousands of people ⓘ |
| discoveredByWesterners | early 19th century European explorers ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 2850 m
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approximately 9350 ft ⓘ |
| eruptionEndDate | 1815-04-15 ⓘ |
| eruptionPeakDate | 1815-04-10 ⓘ |
| eruptionStartDate | 1815-04-05 ⓘ |
| eruptionType |
Plinian eruption
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ultra-Plinian eruption ⓘ |
| eruptionVEI | VEI 7 ⓘ |
| firstRecordedAscentAfter1815 | early 20th century ⓘ |
| formedBySubductionOf |
Australian Plate
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linked to:
Indo-Australian Plate
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| globalTemperatureAnomaly | about 0.4–0.7 °C cooling after 1815 eruption ⓘ |
| hasCraterLake | small crater lakes on caldera floor ⓘ |
| hasEruption | 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| hasNationalPark | Mount Tambora National Park ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1815 cataclysmic eruption
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causing the Year Without a Summer ⓘ massive global climatic effects ⓘ |
| lastEruption | 1815 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lesser Sunda Islands
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Sanggar Peninsula ⓘ West Nusa Tenggara ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Sumbawa ⓘ |
| locatedOnTectonicPlate | Sunda Plate ⓘ |
| magmaComposition |
trachyandesite
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trachyte ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Sumbawa Island volcanic arc ⓘ |
| nearbySettlementDestroyed |
Pekat
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Sanggar ⓘ Tambora village ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Ring of Fire
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Sunda Arc ⓘ |
| pre1815Elevation |
approximately 4300 m
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over 14000 ft ⓘ |
| producedTsunami | yes, during 1815 eruption ⓘ |
| prominence | approximately 2850 m ⓘ |
| rankingByEruptionSize | one of the largest eruptions in recorded history ⓘ |
| tephraVolume | over 100 km3 dense rock equivalent in 1815 eruption ⓘ |
| volcanicExplosivityIndex | 7 ⓘ |
| 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
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Input
Subject: Mount Tambora Description of subject: Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."
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