Provincetown Harbor
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Provincetown Harbor is a historic natural harbor at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known as the landing site of the Pilgrims before they settled at Plymouth.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Provincetown Harbor canonical | 19 |
| Port of Provincetown | 1 |
| Provincetown Harbor entrance | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T88108 — 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: Provincetown Harbor Context triple: [Mayflower Compact, signedAtLocation, Provincetown Harbor]
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A.
Nantucket Harbor
Nantucket Harbor is a sheltered, historically significant harbor on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for its maritime heritage, boating, and scenic waterfront.
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B.
Nauset Beach
Nauset Beach is a popular Atlantic Ocean beach on Cape Cod known for its long sandy shoreline, surf, and scenic dunes.
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C.
Nantucket Sound
Nantucket Sound is a shallow, island-fringed body of water off the southern coast of Massachusetts, known for its maritime history, beaches, and recreational boating.
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D.
Lynn Harbor
Lynn Harbor is a coastal inlet and harbor area along the Atlantic Ocean in Lynn, Massachusetts, used historically and presently for maritime and recreational activities.
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E.
Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod Bay is a large, sheltered inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts, bordered by Cape Cod and known for its rich maritime history, fisheries, and coastal recreation.
- 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: Provincetown Harbor Target entity description: Provincetown Harbor is a historic natural harbor at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known as the landing site of the Pilgrims before they settled at Plymouth.
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A.
Nantucket Harbor
Nantucket Harbor is a sheltered, historically significant harbor on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for its maritime heritage, boating, and scenic waterfront.
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B.
Nauset Beach
Nauset Beach is a popular Atlantic Ocean beach on Cape Cod known for its long sandy shoreline, surf, and scenic dunes.
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C.
Nantucket Sound
Nantucket Sound is a shallow, island-fringed body of water off the southern coast of Massachusetts, known for its maritime history, beaches, and recreational boating.
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D.
Lynn Harbor
Lynn Harbor is a coastal inlet and harbor area along the Atlantic Ocean in Lynn, Massachusetts, used historically and presently for maritime and recreational activities.
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E.
Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod Bay is a large, sheltered inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts, bordered by Cape Cod and known for its rich maritime history, fisheries, and coastal recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| governedBy |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts
Town of Provincetown ⓘ
linked to:
Provincetown
|
| hasEconomicActivity |
fishing industry
ⓘ
marine transportation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
breakwater structures
ⓘ
deep anchorage ⓘ dune-backed shoreline ⓘ long natural sand spit (Long Point) ⓘ wharves and piers ⓘ |
| hasMouth | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
Long Point Breakwater
ⓘ
Long Point Light ⓘ Wood End Light ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandform |
Herring Cove
ⓘ
Long Point ⓘ Race Point ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea | Cape Cod National Seashore ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Town of Provincetown
ⓘ
linked to:
Provincetown
|
| hasPort |
Port of Provincetown
ⓘ
linked to:
Provincetown Harbor
|
| historicalEvent |
anchorage of the Mayflower in 1620
ⓘ
signing of the Mayflower Compact nearby in 1620 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Pilgrims’ first landing in 1620
ⓘ
being a historic natural harbor ⓘ being a sheltered deep-water harbor ⓘ commercial and recreational fishing ⓘ role in early colonial American history ⓘ tourism and boating ⓘ |
| locatedAtTipOf | Cape Cod ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Barnstable County, Massachusetts ⓘ Cape Cod ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New England ⓘ Provincetown, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
Provincetown
|
| partOf |
Cape Cod Bay
ⓘ
Massachusetts coastal waters ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts coastline
|
| usedFor |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
ferry transportation ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ whale-watching tours ⓘ yachting and sailing ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Pilgrims in 1620 ⓘ |
| waterType | saltwater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Provincetown Harbor Description of subject: Provincetown Harbor is a historic natural harbor at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known as the landing site of the Pilgrims before they settled at Plymouth.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Provincetown Harbor
subject linked to:
Commercial Street
linked to: Provincetown Harbor
subject linked to:
Mayflower (through her husband John Billington)