Ceram Sea
E333583
The Ceram Sea is a marginal sea in eastern Indonesia, located between the islands of Seram and Halmahera and forming part of the complex archipelagic waters of the Maluku region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ceram Sea canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1834343 — 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: Ceram Sea Context triple: [Banda Sea, borderedBy, Ceram Sea]
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A.
Savu Sea
The Savu Sea is a small sea in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, known for its deep waters, rich marine biodiversity, and location between islands such as Timor, Sumba, and Flores.
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B.
Sulu Sea
The Sulu Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, known for its rich marine biodiversity and important shipping routes.
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C.
Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea is a marginal sea of the eastern Indian Ocean, lying between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula, known for its rich marine biodiversity and popular tropical diving destinations.
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D.
Koro Sea
The Koro Sea is a deep, relatively isolated marginal sea in the central South Pacific, lying between Fiji’s main islands and known for its rich marine biodiversity and complex ocean currents.
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E.
Molucca Sea
The Molucca Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located between Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands in Indonesia and known for its deep basins and tectonic activity.
- 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: Ceram Sea Target entity description: The Ceram Sea is a marginal sea in eastern Indonesia, located between the islands of Seram and Halmahera and forming part of the complex archipelagic waters of the Maluku region.
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A.
Savu Sea
The Savu Sea is a small sea in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, known for its deep waters, rich marine biodiversity, and location between islands such as Timor, Sumba, and Flores.
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B.
Sulu Sea
The Sulu Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, known for its rich marine biodiversity and important shipping routes.
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C.
Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea is a marginal sea of the eastern Indian Ocean, lying between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula, known for its rich marine biodiversity and popular tropical diving destinations.
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D.
Koro Sea
The Koro Sea is a deep, relatively isolated marginal sea in the central South Pacific, lying between Fiji’s main islands and known for its rich marine biodiversity and complex ocean currents.
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E.
Molucca Sea
The Molucca Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located between Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands in Indonesia and known for its deep basins and tectonic activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marginal sea
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Seram Sea ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Indonesia ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Ambon Island
ⓘ
Banda Sea ⓘ Buru ⓘ Halmahera Sea ⓘ Haruku Island ⓘ Molucca Sea ⓘ Saparua Island ⓘ Seram ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin |
Seram Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Seram
|
| locatedBetween |
Halmahera
ⓘ
Seram ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maluku Islands
ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Australian Plate ⓘ |
| marineEcoregion | Coral Triangle ⓘ |
| navigationUse | regional shipping route ⓘ |
| oceanRegion | western Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
East Indian Archipelago
ⓘ
linked to:
Indonesian archipelago
Indonesian archipelagic waters ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| region |
Maluku
ⓘ
linked to:
Maluku Islands
|
| separates |
Halmahera
ⓘ
Seram ⓘ |
| waterType | saltwater ⓘ |
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: Ceram Sea Description of subject: The Ceram Sea is a marginal sea in eastern Indonesia, located between the islands of Seram and Halmahera and forming part of the complex archipelagic waters of the Maluku region.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.