Warehouse 12 at Port of Beirut
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Warehouse 12 at the Port of Beirut was the hangar where a large stockpile of improperly stored ammonium nitrate detonated, causing the catastrophic Beirut port explosion on 4 August 2020.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Warehouse 12 at Port of Beirut canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1241008 — 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: Warehouse 12 at Port of Beirut Context triple: [Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020, storageSite, Warehouse 12 at Port of Beirut]
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A.
Port of Shuaiba
The Port of Shuaiba is a major commercial and industrial seaport in Kuwait that serves as one of the country’s key maritime hubs for cargo and petrochemical exports.
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B.
Port of La Goulette
The Port of La Goulette is the main passenger and cruise port serving Tunis, Tunisia, acting as a key maritime gateway between North Africa and Europe.
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C.
Corniche Beirut
Corniche Beirut is a popular seaside promenade in Beirut known for its Mediterranean views, palm-lined walkway, and vibrant social atmosphere.
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D.
Port of Shuwaikh
The Port of Shuwaikh is Kuwait’s main commercial seaport, serving as a key hub for maritime trade and cargo handling for Kuwait City and the surrounding region.
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E.
Naqoura, Lebanon
Naqoura, Lebanon is a coastal town in southern Lebanon best known as the base of operations and headquarters for the United Nations peacekeeping mission UNIFIL.
- 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: Warehouse 12 at Port of Beirut Target entity description: Warehouse 12 at the Port of Beirut was the hangar where a large stockpile of improperly stored ammonium nitrate detonated, causing the catastrophic Beirut port explosion on 4 August 2020.
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A.
Port of Shuaiba
The Port of Shuaiba is a major commercial and industrial seaport in Kuwait that serves as one of the country’s key maritime hubs for cargo and petrochemical exports.
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B.
Port of La Goulette
The Port of La Goulette is the main passenger and cruise port serving Tunis, Tunisia, acting as a key maritime gateway between North Africa and Europe.
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C.
Corniche Beirut
Corniche Beirut is a popular seaside promenade in Beirut known for its Mediterranean views, palm-lined walkway, and vibrant social atmosphere.
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D.
Port of Shuwaikh
The Port of Shuwaikh is Kuwait’s main commercial seaport, serving as a key hub for maritime trade and cargo handling for Kuwait City and the surrounding region.
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E.
Naqoura, Lebanon
Naqoura, Lebanon is a coastal town in southern Lebanon best known as the base of operations and headquarters for the United Nations peacekeeping mission UNIFIL.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial storage facility
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warehouse ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 2020 Beirut port explosion ⓘ |
| consequenceOfExplosion |
large number of deaths and injuries
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major destruction in surrounding port area ⓘ widespread damage across Beirut ⓘ |
| country | Lebanon ⓘ |
| damageExtent | completely destroyed in explosion ⓘ |
| eventTypeAtLocation | industrial explosion ⓘ |
| explosionCause | detonation of ammonium nitrate ⓘ |
| explosionDate | 2020-08-04 ⓘ |
| globalSignificance | one of the largest non-nuclear explosions recorded ⓘ |
| hazardCategory | high-risk chemical storage ⓘ |
| knownFor | site of catastrophic explosion in Beirut on 4 August 2020 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beirut
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Lebanon ⓘ Port of Beirut ⓘ |
| materialInvolved |
fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate
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oxidizing chemical ⓘ |
| notableYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| partOf | Port of Beirut infrastructure ⓘ |
| portFunctionContext | part of cargo storage area at Port of Beirut ⓘ |
| regulatoryIssue | improper handling of dangerous goods ⓘ |
| riskFactor | long-term storage of large quantity of ammonium nitrate ⓘ |
| roleInDisaster | epicenter of the 2020 Beirut port explosion ⓘ |
| safetyCompliance | non-compliant storage of hazardous materials ⓘ |
| stored | ammonium nitrate ⓘ |
| storedImproperly | ammonium nitrate ⓘ |
| usedFor |
storage of goods
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storage of hazardous materials ⓘ |
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: Warehouse 12 at Port of Beirut Description of subject: Warehouse 12 at the Port of Beirut was the hangar where a large stockpile of improperly stored ammonium nitrate detonated, causing the catastrophic Beirut port explosion on 4 August 2020.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.