Vanuatu Time
E254872
Vanuatu Time is the standard time zone used in Vanuatu, typically observed at UTC+11.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vanuatu Time canonical | 28 |
| Vanuatu Time Zone | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2324547 — 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: Vanuatu Time Context triple: [Solomon Islands Time, sameUtcOffsetAs, Vanuatu Time]
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A.
Solomon Islands Time
Solomon Islands Time is the standard time zone used throughout the Solomon Islands, including the capital Honiara, and is 11 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+11).
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B.
Fiji Time
Fiji Time is the standard time zone used throughout the island nation of Fiji in the South Pacific.
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C.
Vanuatu
Vanuatu is a Pacific island nation known for its diverse Melanesian culture, volcanic landscapes, and status as a small developing state vulnerable to climate change.
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D.
Samoa Time Zone
The Samoa Time Zone is a time standard used primarily in the Samoan Islands region of the Pacific, aligning local time for countries such as Samoa and American Samoa.
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E.
Niue Time
Niue Time is the standard time observed in the island nation of Niue, a small self-governing state in free association with New Zealand in the South 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: Vanuatu Time Target entity description: Vanuatu Time is the standard time zone used in Vanuatu, typically observed at UTC+11.
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A.
Solomon Islands Time
Solomon Islands Time is the standard time zone used throughout the Solomon Islands, including the capital Honiara, and is 11 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+11).
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B.
Fiji Time
Fiji Time is the standard time zone used throughout the island nation of Fiji in the South Pacific.
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C.
Vanuatu
Vanuatu is a Pacific island nation known for its diverse Melanesian culture, volcanic landscapes, and status as a small developing state vulnerable to climate change.
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D.
Samoa Time Zone
The Samoa Time Zone is a time standard used primarily in the Samoan Islands region of the Pacific, aligning local time for countries such as Samoa and American Samoa.
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E.
Niue Time
Niue Time is the standard time observed in the island nation of Niue, a small self-governing state in free association with New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | time zone ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VUT ⓘ |
| appliesTo | entire territory of Vanuatu ⓘ |
| coincidesWith |
Pacific/Efate time
ⓘ
time in Efate Island ⓘ |
| continent |
Australia and Oceania
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceania
|
| countryUsedIn | Vanuatu ⓘ |
| currentDSTStatus | Vanuatu does not currently observe daylight saving time ⓘ |
| DSTObserved | no ⓘ |
| follows | Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Government of Vanuatu
ⓘ
linked to:
Vanuatu government
|
| IANATimeZoneIdentifier | Pacific/Efate ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official time of Vanuatu ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Luganville
ⓘ
Port Vila ⓘ |
| observedOnMainIslands |
Efate
ⓘ
Espiritu Santo ⓘ Tanna ⓘ |
| offsetFromUTCInHours | +11 ⓘ |
| offsetType | fixed standard offset ⓘ |
| previousDSTPractice | Vanuatu previously observed daylight saving time in some years ⓘ |
| region | Oceania ⓘ |
| standardTimeOf | Vanuatu ⓘ |
| timeNotation | 24-hour clock ⓘ |
| timeZoneGroup | UTC+11 time zones ⓘ |
| usedBy |
businesses in Vanuatu
ⓘ
government of Vanuatu ⓘ
linked to:
Vanuatu government
residents of Vanuatu ⓘ |
| usedFor | civil timekeeping ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | UTC+11 ⓘ |
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: Vanuatu Time Description of subject: Vanuatu Time is the standard time zone used in Vanuatu, typically observed at UTC+11.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vanuatu Time