Woods Hole Harbor
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Woods Hole Harbor is a small, sheltered harbor in the village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod, known as a hub for marine research vessels and ferry service to the nearby islands.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Woods Hole Harbor canonical | 5 |
| Great Harbor (Woods Hole) | 1 |
| Woods Hole harbor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T636308 — 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: Woods Hole Harbor Context triple: [Falmouth, Massachusetts, hasHarbor, Woods Hole Harbor]
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A.
Nantucket Harbor
Nantucket Harbor is a sheltered, historically significant harbor on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for its maritime heritage, boating, and scenic waterfront.
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B.
Provincetown Harbor
Provincetown Harbor is a historic natural harbor at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known as the landing site of the Pilgrims before they settled at Plymouth.
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C.
Falmouth Harbor
Falmouth Harbor is a coastal harbor in Falmouth, Massachusetts, known for its recreational boating, fishing activities, and access to Vineyard Sound.
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D.
Waquoit Bay
Waquoit Bay is a coastal estuary on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its salt marshes, barrier beaches, and protected waters within the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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E.
Hingham Bay
Hingham Bay is a coastal embayment in Massachusetts that forms part of Boston Harbor, known for its sheltered waters and maritime recreation.
- 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: Woods Hole Harbor Target entity description: Woods Hole Harbor is a small, sheltered harbor in the village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod, known as a hub for marine research vessels and ferry service to the nearby islands.
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A.
Nantucket Harbor
Nantucket Harbor is a sheltered, historically significant harbor on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for its maritime heritage, boating, and scenic waterfront.
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B.
Provincetown Harbor
Provincetown Harbor is a historic natural harbor at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known as the landing site of the Pilgrims before they settled at Plymouth.
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C.
Falmouth Harbor
Falmouth Harbor is a coastal harbor in Falmouth, Massachusetts, known for its recreational boating, fishing activities, and access to Vineyard Sound.
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D.
Waquoit Bay
Waquoit Bay is a coastal estuary on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its salt marshes, barrier beaches, and protected waters within the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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E.
Hingham Bay
Hingham Bay is a coastal embayment in Massachusetts that forms part of Boston Harbor, known for its sheltered waters and maritime recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal water body
ⓘ
harbor ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Marine Biological Laboratory
ⓘ
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (Woods Hole Laboratory) ⓘ
linked to:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ⓘ village of Woods Hole ⓘ
linked to:
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
|
| climateRegion | temperate North Atlantic ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Vineyard Sound
ⓘ
Woods Hole Passage ⓘ
linked to:
Woods Hole passage
|
| governedBy |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts
Town of Falmouth authorities ⓘ
linked to:
Town of Falmouth
|
| hasCharacteristic |
sheltered
ⓘ
small ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
ferry terminal
ⓘ
research piers ⓘ small-boat docks ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Eel Pond (Woods Hole)
ⓘ
Great Harbor (Woods Hole) ⓘ
linked to:
Woods Hole Harbor
Nobska Point ⓘ |
| hasUseRestriction | navigation channels for ferries and research vessels ⓘ |
| homePortOf |
NOAA research vessels (Woods Hole)
ⓘ
linked to:
NOAA fleet
research vessels of Marine Biological Laboratory ⓘ research vessels of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Barnstable County, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Cape Cod ⓘ Falmouth, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Woods Hole ⓘ
linked to:
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
|
| near |
Elizabeth Islands
ⓘ
Martha's Vineyard ⓘ |
| notableFor |
busy seasonal ferry traffic
ⓘ
concentration of marine science institutions ⓘ strong tidal currents in nearby passages ⓘ |
| partOf | Vineyard Sound ⓘ |
| servedBy | Steamship Authority ferries ⓘ |
| serves |
Martha's Vineyard
ⓘ
Nonamesset Island ⓘ |
| subjectTo | U.S. federal maritime regulations ⓘ |
| usedBy |
local fishing fleet
ⓘ
pleasure craft ⓘ tour boats ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
ferry service ⓘ marine research vessels ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | saltwater harbor ⓘ |
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: Woods Hole Harbor Description of subject: Woods Hole Harbor is a small, sheltered harbor in the village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod, known as a hub for marine research vessels and ferry service to the nearby islands.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Woods Hole Harbor
subject linked to:
Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States
linked to: Woods Hole Harbor