Port of St. John’s
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The Port of St. John’s is a major Atlantic Canadian harbor and marine services hub located in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, supporting commercial shipping, offshore energy, and fishing activities.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. John’s Harbour | 4 |
| Port of Saint John | 1 |
| Port of St. John’s canonical | 1 |
| St. John’s harbour (Marine Institute) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2685766 — 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 St. John’s Context triple: [St. John’s, hasPort, Port of St. John’s]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Port of Quebec
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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E.
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland is a historic coastal town on Conception Bay known as one of the oldest settlements in North America and an important early fishing and maritime center.
- 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 St. John’s Target entity description: The Port of St. John’s is a major Atlantic Canadian harbor and marine services hub located in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, supporting commercial shipping, offshore energy, and fishing activities.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Port of Quebec
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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E.
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland is a historic coastal town on Conception Bay known as one of the oldest settlements in North America and an important early fishing and maritime center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
harbor
ⓘ
marine services hub ⓘ seaport ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| governedBy | St. John’s Port Authority ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bunkering services
ⓘ
cargo terminals ⓘ fishing berths ⓘ marine repair services ⓘ offshore supply bases ⓘ piers ⓘ pilotage services ⓘ storage yards ⓘ tug services ⓘ warehouses ⓘ wharves ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cargo handling
ⓘ
fishing vessel support ⓘ marine services provision ⓘ offshore supply base ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
harbor pilotage
ⓘ
harbor traffic control ⓘ |
| hasRole |
gateway port for Atlantic trade routes
ⓘ
logistics hub for offshore energy projects ⓘ regional fishing industry base ⓘ |
| isMajorPortFor |
Atlantic Canada
ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Canada
ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
linked to:
St. John’s
|
| locatedOnWaterbody |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
St. John’s Harbour ⓘ
linked to:
Port of St. John’s
|
| partOf | Canadian national ports system ⓘ |
| portAuthority | St. John’s Port Authority ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | federally regulated port ⓘ |
| servesCity |
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
ⓘ
linked to:
St. John’s
|
| servesRegion | Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil fields ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
commercial shipping
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ offshore energy ⓘ |
| supportsSector |
fisheries
ⓘ
marine transportation ⓘ offshore oil and gas industry ⓘ |
| supportsVesselType |
cargo ships
ⓘ
coast guard vessels ⓘ fishing vessels ⓘ offshore supply vessels ⓘ |
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 St. John’s Description of subject: The Port of St. John’s is a major Atlantic Canadian harbor and marine services hub located in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, supporting commercial shipping, offshore energy, and fishing activities.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Port of St. John’s
linked to: Port of St. John’s
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linked to: Port of St. John’s
linked to: Port of St. John’s