Harbour Grace airfield
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Harbour Grace airfield is a historic Newfoundland airstrip known as a key departure point for early transatlantic flights in the golden age of aviation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harbour Grace Airfield | 2 |
| Harbour Grace airfield canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1355082 — 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: Harbour Grace airfield Context triple: [Harbour Grace, hasLandmark, Harbour Grace airfield]
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Shoreham-by-Sea airfield
Shoreham-by-Sea airfield is a historic airfield in West Sussex, England, notable as one of the UK's oldest licensed airports and for its use in military flight training during the early 20th century.
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B.
Cessnock Airport
Cessnock Airport is a regional airfield in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia, primarily serving general aviation, flight training, and tourism activities such as wine region access and scenic flights.
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C.
Upavon Aerodrome
Upavon Aerodrome is a historic British airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, notable as an early military aviation base and long-serving training and operations site for the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force.
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D.
Avalon Airport
Avalon Airport is a regional airport in Victoria, Australia, serving the Greater Melbourne and Geelong areas with domestic flights and some international and low-cost carrier operations.
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E.
Aldergrove Airport
Aldergrove Airport is the former name of Belfast International Airport, a major airport serving Belfast and Northern Ireland.
- 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: Harbour Grace airfield Target entity description: Harbour Grace airfield is a historic Newfoundland airstrip known as a key departure point for early transatlantic flights in the golden age of aviation.
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A.
Shoreham-by-Sea airfield
Shoreham-by-Sea airfield is a historic airfield in West Sussex, England, notable as one of the UK's oldest licensed airports and for its use in military flight training during the early 20th century.
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B.
Cessnock Airport
Cessnock Airport is a regional airfield in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia, primarily serving general aviation, flight training, and tourism activities such as wine region access and scenic flights.
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C.
Upavon Aerodrome
Upavon Aerodrome is a historic British airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, notable as an early military aviation base and long-serving training and operations site for the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force.
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D.
Avalon Airport
Avalon Airport is a regional airport in Victoria, Australia, serving the Greater Melbourne and Geelong areas with domestic flights and some international and low-cost carrier operations.
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E.
Aldergrove Airport
Aldergrove Airport is the former name of Belfast International Airport, a major airport serving Belfast and Northern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airfield
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historic site ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| currentUse |
general aviation
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heritage tourism ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | 84 feet ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | approximately 47.7°N 53.2°W ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Provincial Heritage Site of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| hasIATACode | none ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | none ⓘ |
| hasMonument | memorials to early transatlantic flights ⓘ |
| heritageRecognition | recognized as an important early aviation site in Canada ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | preserved historic airfield ⓘ |
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Harbour Grace ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Newfoundland Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Island of Newfoundland
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linked to:
island of Newfoundland
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| nearbyWaterBody | Conception Bay ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with pioneering aviators
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being a key departure point for early transatlantic flights ⓘ |
| operator | Harbour Grace Airport Authority ⓘ |
| partOf |
aviation history of Newfoundland and Labrador
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history of transatlantic aviation ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | gravel ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | Golden Age of Aviation ⓘ |
| usedFor |
early long‑distance aviation
ⓘ
transatlantic flight departures ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Harbour Grace airfield Description of subject: Harbour Grace airfield is a historic Newfoundland airstrip known as a key departure point for early transatlantic flights in the golden age of aviation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
linked to: Harbour Grace airfield
linked to: Harbour Grace airfield