Demak
E354485
Demak is a historic coastal town in Central Java, Indonesia, known as an early center of Islamic rule and trade in the region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Demak canonical | 9 |
| Demak Regency | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3390897 — 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: Demak Context triple: [Demak Sultanate, significantPort, Demak]
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A.
Pekalongan
Pekalongan is an Indonesian coastal city on the island of Java renowned as a major center of batik production and textile arts.
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B.
Tuban
Tuban is a coastal town and regency capital in northern East Java, Indonesia, known historically as a trading port and for its cultural and religious heritage sites.
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C.
Trenggalek
Trenggalek is a regency and its capital town in southern East Java, Indonesia, known for its coastal landscapes, caves, and agricultural economy.
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D.
Magetan
Magetan is a regency and town in East Java, Indonesia, known for its cool climate, agricultural production, and proximity to the scenic Sarangan Lake and Mount Lawu.
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E.
Magelang
Magelang is a city in Central Java, Indonesia, known as the gateway to the famous Borobudur Temple and for its surrounding volcanic and rural landscapes.
- 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: Demak Target entity description: Demak is a historic coastal town in Central Java, Indonesia, known as an early center of Islamic rule and trade in the region.
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A.
Pekalongan
Pekalongan is an Indonesian coastal city on the island of Java renowned as a major center of batik production and textile arts.
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B.
Tuban
Tuban is a coastal town and regency capital in northern East Java, Indonesia, known historically as a trading port and for its cultural and religious heritage sites.
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C.
Trenggalek
Trenggalek is a regency and its capital town in southern East Java, Indonesia, known for its coastal landscapes, caves, and agricultural economy.
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D.
Magetan
Magetan is a regency and town in East Java, Indonesia, known for its cool climate, agricultural production, and proximity to the scenic Sarangan Lake and Mount Lawu.
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E.
Magelang
Magelang is a city in Central Java, Indonesia, known as the gateway to the famous Borobudur Temple and for its surrounding volcanic and rural landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic place
ⓘ
regency seat ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | capital of Demak Regency ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Wali Songo ⓘ |
| climate | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| coastType | Java Sea coast ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| governingCountry |
Republic of Indonesia
ⓘ
linked to:
Indonesia
|
| hasBuildingMaterialTradition | wooden mosque architecture ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite | Great Mosque of Demak ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodeType | Indonesian postal code system ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
Pantura (north coast) road corridor
ⓘ
linked to:
Pantura (north coast) road
|
| historicalEra | early Islamic period in Java ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith | Demak Sultanate ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Masjid Agung Demak
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Mosque of Demak
early Islamic trade center in Java ⓘ early center of Islamic rule in Java ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Indonesian
ⓘ
Javanese ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Semarang ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Java
ⓘ
linked to:
Java
Demak Regency ⓘ
linked to:
Demak
|
| locatedInContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Java northern coastal region (Pantura)
ⓘ
linked to:
north coast of Java
|
| locatedOn | north coast of Java ⓘ |
| partOf | Java ⓘ |
| primaryReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| provinceCapitalDistanceFrom | Semarang ⓘ |
| region | Pati Residency (historical) ⓘ |
| religionHistory | one of the earliest centers of Islam in Indonesia ⓘ |
| sea | Java Sea ⓘ |
| subdivisionType |
district
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Western Indonesia Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Indonesian Time
|
| UTCOffset | +7 ⓘ |
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: Demak Description of subject: Demak is a historic coastal town in Central Java, Indonesia, known as an early center of Islamic rule and trade in the region.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.