Hiroshima Port
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Hiroshima Port is a major Japanese seaport in Hiroshima City that serves as a key hub for passenger ferries and cargo traffic within the Seto Inland Sea.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Hiroshima | 5 |
| Hiroshima Port canonical | 4 |
| Hiroshima Port Ujina Terminal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2293721 — 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: Hiroshima Port Context triple: [Seto Inland Sea region, importantPort, Hiroshima Port]
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A.
Hakata Port
Hakata Port is a major international seaport in Fukuoka, Japan, serving as a key gateway for passenger ferries and cargo between Kyushu, the rest of Japan, and East Asia.
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B.
Port of Nagasaki
The Port of Nagasaki is a historic Japanese harbor that has long served as a key gateway for international trade and cultural exchange, particularly during Japan’s periods of limited foreign contact.
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C.
Izumiotsu Port
Izumiotsu Port is a commercial seaport in Izumiotsu, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving as a regional hub for maritime trade and logistics along Osaka Bay.
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D.
Kishiwada Port
Kishiwada Port is a coastal harbor facility in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving regional maritime transport and local industry.
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E.
Port of Naha
The Port of Naha is a major seaport and transportation hub in Okinawa, Japan, serving as a key gateway for passenger ferries, cargo shipping, and regional trade in the Ryukyu Islands.
- 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: Hiroshima Port Target entity description: Hiroshima Port is a major Japanese seaport in Hiroshima City that serves as a key hub for passenger ferries and cargo traffic within the Seto Inland Sea.
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A.
Hakata Port
Hakata Port is a major international seaport in Fukuoka, Japan, serving as a key gateway for passenger ferries and cargo between Kyushu, the rest of Japan, and East Asia.
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B.
Port of Nagasaki
The Port of Nagasaki is a historic Japanese harbor that has long served as a key gateway for international trade and cultural exchange, particularly during Japan’s periods of limited foreign contact.
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C.
Izumiotsu Port
Izumiotsu Port is a commercial seaport in Izumiotsu, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving as a regional hub for maritime trade and logistics along Osaka Bay.
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D.
Kishiwada Port
Kishiwada Port is a coastal harbor facility in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving regional maritime transport and local industry.
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E.
Port of Naha
The Port of Naha is a major seaport and transportation hub in Okinawa, Japan, serving as a key gateway for passenger ferries, cargo shipping, and regional trade in the Ryukyu Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
seaport
ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
local bus services
ⓘ
road network of Hiroshima City ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Etajima
ⓘ
Innoshima ⓘ Kure ⓘ Matsuyama ⓘ Shikoku region ⓘ
linked to:
Shikoku
various Seto Inland Sea islands ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Hiroshima City Government
ⓘ
linked to:
Hiroshima city authorities
Hiroshima Prefectural Government ⓘ
linked to:
Hiroshima Prefectural authorities
|
| hasActivity |
domestic maritime transport
ⓘ
short-sea shipping ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bus terminal access
ⓘ
cargo berths ⓘ cargo storage areas ⓘ customs facilities ⓘ ferry berths ⓘ logistics warehouses ⓘ parking area ⓘ passenger terminal building ⓘ ticket counters ⓘ waiting rooms ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cargo transport
ⓘ
ferry terminal ⓘ logistics hub ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ |
| hasRegulation | Japanese port regulations ⓘ |
| hasRole |
key hub for Seto Inland Sea traffic
ⓘ
regional maritime gateway ⓘ supporting regional industry logistics ⓘ supporting tourism in Hiroshima area ⓘ |
| hasSecurity | port security measures ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chūgoku region
ⓘ
Hiroshima City ⓘ
linked to:
Hiroshima
Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Seto Inland Sea ⓘ |
| near |
Hiroshima Bay
ⓘ
Hiroshima urban waterfront ⓘ
linked to:
Hiroshima Bay area
|
| operator |
Hiroshima City
ⓘ
linked to:
Hiroshima
|
| partOf | Seto Inland Sea port network ⓘ |
| serves |
Hiroshima City urban area
ⓘ
Seto Inland Sea region ⓘ |
| transportMode |
cargo ship
ⓘ
ferry ⓘ high-speed boat ⓘ |
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: Hiroshima Port Description of subject: Hiroshima Port is a major Japanese seaport in Hiroshima City that serves as a key hub for passenger ferries and cargo traffic within the Seto Inland Sea.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hiroshima Port
linked to: Hiroshima Port
linked to: Hiroshima Port
linked to: Hiroshima Port
linked to: Hiroshima Port
linked to: Hiroshima Port
subject linked to:
Aki Province historical area