Unimak Island
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Unimak Island is the largest and easternmost island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, known for its volcanic peaks and rich wildlife.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Unimak Island canonical | 28 |
| Unimak Island volcanic group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T911132 — 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: Unimak Island Context triple: [Aleutian Islands, hasMajorIsland, Unimak Island]
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A.
Nunivak Island
Nunivak Island is a large, remote island in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, known for its predominantly Central Alaskan Yup’ik population, traditional subsistence lifestyle, and unique cultural heritage.
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B.
St. Ignace Island
St. Ignace Island is a large, remote island in northern Lake Superior, known for its rugged wilderness, dense forests, and limited human development.
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St. Lawrence Island
St. Lawrence Island is a large, sparsely populated island in the Bering Sea, known for its predominantly Siberian Yupik communities and its location between Alaska and Russia.
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D.
Brewsters Islands
Brewsters Islands are a small group of islands in Boston Harbor known for their rugged coastal scenery and historic maritime significance.
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E.
Coquette Island
Coquette Island, now known as Fannette Island, is the only island in California’s Lake Tahoe and is noted for its picturesque setting and historic stone teahouse ruins.
- 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: Unimak Island Target entity description: Unimak Island is the largest and easternmost island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, known for its volcanic peaks and rich wildlife.
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A.
Nunivak Island
Nunivak Island is a large, remote island in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, known for its predominantly Central Alaskan Yup’ik population, traditional subsistence lifestyle, and unique cultural heritage.
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B.
St. Ignace Island
St. Ignace Island is a large, remote island in northern Lake Superior, known for its rugged wilderness, dense forests, and limited human development.
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C.
St. Lawrence Island
St. Lawrence Island is a large, sparsely populated island in the Bering Sea, known for its predominantly Siberian Yupik communities and its location between Alaska and Russia.
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D.
Brewsters Islands
Brewsters Islands are a small group of islands in Boston Harbor known for their rugged coastal scenery and historic maritime significance.
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E.
Coquette Island
Coquette Island, now known as Fannette Island, is the only island in California’s Lake Tahoe and is noted for its picturesque setting and historic stone teahouse ruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
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volcanic island ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision |
Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Aleutians East Borough
|
| area |
approximately 1571 square miles
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approximately 4069 square kilometers ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevation |
Shishaldin Volcano about 2857 meters
ⓘ
Shishaldin Volcano about 9373 feet ⓘ |
| governedBy |
State of Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Alaska
|
| hasCoastFeature | Cape Sarichef ⓘ |
| hasLighthouse | Cape Sarichef Lighthouse ⓘ |
| hasNearbyWaterBody | Unimak Pass ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Cape Sarichef area
ⓘ
False Pass ⓘ Ikatan ⓘ Morzhovoi ⓘ |
| hasVolcano |
Emmons Lake Volcanic Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Emmons Lake volcanic center
Fisher Caldera ⓘ Isanotski Peaks ⓘ Pogromni Volcano ⓘ Roundtop Mountain ⓘ Shishaldin Volcano ⓘ Westdahl Peak ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
brown bears
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caribou ⓘ foxes ⓘ sea lions ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ whales ⓘ wolves ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Shishaldin Volcano ⓘ |
| historicalInhabitants |
Aleut (Unangan) people
ⓘ
linked to:
Aleut
|
| largestIslandOf | Aleutian Islands east of Unalaska Island ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 120 kilometers
ⓘ
approximately 75 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Aleutian Arc ⓘ Aleutian Islands ⓘ Aleutians East Borough ⓘ Bering Sea ⓘ North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
|
| notableFor |
active stratovolcano Shishaldin
ⓘ
linked to:
Shishaldin Volcano
marine mammal populations ⓘ numerous volcanic peaks ⓘ rich wildlife ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Alaska Peninsula
Aleutian Islands chain ⓘ
linked to:
Aleutian Islands
|
| populationCharacteristic | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| positionInChain | easternmost island of the Aleutian Islands ⓘ |
| separatedBy | Isanotski Strait ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Alaska Peninsula ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | shipping route between North Pacific and Bering Sea via Unimak Pass ⓘ |
| timeZone | Alaska Time Zone ⓘ |
| volcanicArc |
Aleutian volcanic arc
ⓘ
linked to:
Aleutian Arc
|
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: Unimak Island Description of subject: Unimak Island is the largest and easternmost island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, known for its volcanic peaks and rich wildlife.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Unimak Island