Port of Quebec
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The Port of Quebec is a major Canadian seaport and historic maritime hub located in Quebec City along the Saint Lawrence River.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Quebec canonical | 4 |
| Québec Port Authority | 3 |
| Old Port of Quebec | 2 |
| Old Port of Quebec City | 2 |
| Port of Quebec City | 2 |
| Quebec City harbor | 1 |
| Quebec City harbour | 1 |
| port of Quebec City | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1281594 — 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: Port of Quebec Context triple: [Saint Lawrence River, hasPort, Port of Quebec]
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A.
Port of Montreal
The Port of Montreal is a major international shipping hub on the St. Lawrence River that serves as one of Canada’s busiest gateways for container and bulk cargo trade.
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B.
Port of Hamilton
The Port of Hamilton is a major Canadian Great Lakes port and industrial shipping hub located in Hamilton, Ontario, serving as a key gateway for bulk cargo and steel-related trade.
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C.
Port of Hamilton
The Port of Hamilton is Bermuda’s principal seaport and maritime hub, serving as the main gateway for cargo and cruise ships to the island’s capital.
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D.
Port of Windsor
The Port of Windsor is a key Canadian Great Lakes port on the Detroit River that handles bulk cargo and supports regional industry and cross-border trade.
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E.
Port of Thunder Bay
The Port of Thunder Bay is a major Canadian inland port on Lake Superior that serves as a key hub for grain and bulk cargo shipments between the Prairies and international markets.
- 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: Port of Quebec Target entity description: The Port of Quebec is a major Canadian seaport and historic maritime hub located in Quebec City along the Saint Lawrence River.
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A.
Port of Montreal
The Port of Montreal is a major international shipping hub on the St. Lawrence River that serves as one of Canada’s busiest gateways for container and bulk cargo trade.
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B.
Port of Hamilton
The Port of Hamilton is a major Canadian Great Lakes port and industrial shipping hub located in Hamilton, Ontario, serving as a key gateway for bulk cargo and steel-related trade.
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C.
Port of Hamilton
The Port of Hamilton is Bermuda’s principal seaport and maritime hub, serving as the main gateway for cargo and cruise ships to the island’s capital.
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D.
Port of Windsor
The Port of Windsor is a key Canadian Great Lakes port on the Detroit River that handles bulk cargo and supports regional industry and cross-border trade.
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E.
Port of Thunder Bay
The Port of Thunder Bay is a major Canadian inland port on Lake Superior that serves as a key hub for grain and bulk cargo shipments between the Prairies and international markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
port authority
ⓘ
seaport ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Great Lakes ⓘ
linked to:
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
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| country | Canada ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Québec Port Authority
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Quebec
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| hasCharacteristic |
commercial port
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cruise port ⓘ deep-water port ⓘ historic port ⓘ year-round navigation (with icebreaking support) ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bulk terminals
ⓘ
container terminal ⓘ cruise terminal ⓘ rail connections ⓘ road connections ⓘ warehouses ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
bulk shipping
ⓘ
cargo handling ⓘ container shipping ⓘ cruise ship terminal ⓘ intermodal transport hub ⓘ logistics center ⓘ tourism gateway ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important shipbuilding center in 19th century
ⓘ
key port in French colonial era ⓘ one of the oldest ports in North America ⓘ |
| inception | 17th century ⓘ |
| isLocatedInHarbor |
Quebec City harbor
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Quebec
|
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Quebec City ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| locatedInContinent | North America ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody | Saint Lawrence River ⓘ |
| mainCargo |
containers
ⓘ
dry bulk ⓘ general cargo ⓘ grain ⓘ liquid bulk ⓘ minerals ⓘ petroleum products ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Québec Port Authority
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Quebec
|
| operatedBy |
Québec Port Authority
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Quebec
|
| ownedBy |
Government of Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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| partOf |
National Ports System of Canada
ⓘ
Saint Lawrence Seaway ⓘ
linked to:
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
|
| regulatoryFramework | Canada Marine Act ⓘ |
| servesCity | Quebec City ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Eastern Canada
ⓘ
Great Lakes–Saint Lawrence Seaway region ⓘ
linked to:
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
Quebec ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
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: Port of Quebec Description of subject: The Port of Quebec is a major Canadian seaport and historic maritime hub located in Quebec City along the Saint Lawrence River.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Quebec City (typical seat of Quebec ministries, exact address not confirmed)
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