Sotra
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Sotra is a large, populated island off the west coast of Norway, known for its rugged coastline, fishing communities, and proximity to the city of Bergen.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sotra canonical | 13 |
| Sotra archipelago | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T591287 — 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: Sotra Context triple: [Western Norway, containsIsland, Sotra]
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A.
Karmøy
Karmøy is a large island and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway, known for its coastal fishing communities, maritime heritage, and historic Viking sites.
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B.
Finnøy
Finnøy is a small island municipality in Rogaland county, Norway, known as the rural birthplace of mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.
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C.
Lysefjord
Lysefjord is a dramatic, steep-walled fjord in southwestern Norway, famed for its towering cliffs, including the iconic Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), and striking natural scenery.
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D.
Nordfjord
Nordfjord is a major fjord and surrounding district in Vestland county, Western Norway, known for its dramatic coastal scenery, glaciers, and mountainous landscapes.
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E.
Iddefjord
Iddefjord is a narrow fjord forming part of the border between Norway and Sweden, known for its scenic landscapes and proximity to the town of Halden.
- 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: Sotra Target entity description: Sotra is a large, populated island off the west coast of Norway, known for its rugged coastline, fishing communities, and proximity to the city of Bergen.
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A.
Karmøy
Karmøy is a large island and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway, known for its coastal fishing communities, maritime heritage, and historic Viking sites.
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B.
Finnøy
Finnøy is a small island municipality in Rogaland county, Norway, known as the rural birthplace of mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.
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C.
Lysefjord
Lysefjord is a dramatic, steep-walled fjord in southwestern Norway, famed for its towering cliffs, including the iconic Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), and striking natural scenery.
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D.
Nordfjord
Nordfjord is a major fjord and surrounding district in Vestland county, Western Norway, known for its dramatic coastal scenery, glaciers, and mountainous landscapes.
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E.
Iddefjord
Iddefjord is a narrow fjord forming part of the border between Norway and Sweden, known for its scenic landscapes and proximity to the town of Halden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
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: Sotra Description of subject: Sotra is a large, populated island off the west coast of Norway, known for its rugged coastline, fishing communities, and proximity to the city of Bergen.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sotra