Kohala
E149940
Kohala is an ancient, heavily eroded shield volcano forming the northwestern tip of Hawaiʻi Island.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kohala canonical | 3 |
| Kohala Coast | 2 |
| Kohala region | 1 |
| Kohala, Island of Hawaiʻi | 1 |
| North Kohala | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1163518 — 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: Kohala Context triple: [Hawaiʻi (island), hasVolcano, Kohala]
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A.
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona is a coastal town on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island known for its sunny beaches, historic sites, coffee farms, and role as a major tourist and commercial center.
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B.
Kihei
Kihei is a coastal town on the southwest shore of Maui, Hawaii, known for its sunny weather, beaches, and resort and residential communities.
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C.
Kailua
Kailua is a coastal town on the windward side of Oahu in Hawaii, known for its scenic beaches and relaxed residential atmosphere.
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D.
Līhuʻe
Līhuʻe is the principal town and administrative center of Kauai County on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
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E.
Aiea
Aiea is a residential community on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, located inland from Honolulu and known for its proximity to Pearl Harbor and historic World War II sites.
- 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: Kohala Target entity description: Kohala is an ancient, heavily eroded shield volcano forming the northwestern tip of Hawaiʻi Island.
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A.
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona is a coastal town on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island known for its sunny beaches, historic sites, coffee farms, and role as a major tourist and commercial center.
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B.
Kihei
Kihei is a coastal town on the southwest shore of Maui, Hawaii, known for its sunny weather, beaches, and resort and residential communities.
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C.
Kailua
Kailua is a coastal town on the windward side of Oahu in Hawaii, known for its scenic beaches and relaxed residential atmosphere.
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D.
Līhuʻe
Līhuʻe is the principal town and administrative center of Kauai County on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
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E.
Aiea
Aiea is a residential community on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, located inland from Honolulu and known for its proximity to Pearl Harbor and historic World War II sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological formation
ⓘ
shield volcano ⓘ volcano ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| eruptionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| formedBy | Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ |
| forms | northwestern tip of Hawaiʻi Island ⓘ |
| hasAge | more than 1 million years ⓘ |
| hasCoastalArea | Kohala Coast resort area ⓘ |
| hasErosionCause |
fluvial erosion
ⓘ
landslides ⓘ marine erosion ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Kohala Coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Kohala
deeply incised valleys ⓘ sea cliffs ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalSignificance | records early stages of Hawaiian hotspot volcanism on Hawaiʻi Island ⓘ |
| hasGeomorphology | dissected shield volcano remnant ⓘ |
| hasHawaiianName | Kohala ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint |
about 1670 meters above sea level
ⓘ
about 5479 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Hawaiʻi Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Big Island of Hawaiʻi
|
| hasLandUse |
agriculture
ⓘ
ranching ⓘ residential areas along the coast ⓘ |
| hasLastEruption |
Pleistocene
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleistocene epoch
|
| hasLavaComposition | basalt ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | northwest tip of the island of Hawaiʻi ⓘ |
| hasRainfallGradient | wet windward side and dry leeward side ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
North Kohala
ⓘ
linked to:
Kohala
South Kohala ⓘ |
| hasSlopeDirection | slopes generally westward and northward toward the ocean ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting | intraplate hotspot volcano ⓘ |
| hasVolcanicType | shield volcano ⓘ |
| influencesClimateOf |
Kohala region
ⓘ
linked to:
Kohala
|
| is |
ancient
ⓘ
heavily eroded ⓘ |
| isNorthOf |
Mauna Kea summit
ⓘ
linked to:
Mauna Kea
|
| isOldestOf | five volcanoes on Hawaiʻi Island ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hawaii
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaiʻi (island)
Hawaiʻi Island ⓘ
linked to:
Big Island of Hawaiʻi
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| neighboringVolcano | Mauna Kea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hawaiian Islands
ⓘ
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ |
| state | Hawaii ⓘ |
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: Kohala Description of subject: Kohala is an ancient, heavily eroded shield volcano forming the northwestern tip of Hawaiʻi Island.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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