Cordova–Whittier
E314837
Cordova–Whittier is a marine route in Alaska connecting the coastal communities of Cordova and Whittier across Prince William Sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cordova–Whittier canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2967367 — 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: Cordova–Whittier Context triple: [M/V Aurora, route, Cordova–Whittier]
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A.
Beaumont-Wilshire
Beaumont-Wilshire is a primarily residential neighborhood in Northeast Portland, Oregon, known for its historic homes and the vibrant Beaumont Village commercial district along NE Fremont Street.
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B.
Shafter
Shafter is a surname most notably associated with William R. Shafter, a U.S. Army general who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.
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C.
Shafter
Shafter is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, located northwest of Bakersfield.
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D.
Redlands
Redlands is a historic city in Southern California known for its citrus-growing heritage, Victorian architecture, and role as an educational and cultural hub in the Inland Empire.
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E.
Placentia
Placentia is a historic coastal town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, known for its fishing heritage and former role as a French colonial capital.
- 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: Cordova–Whittier Target entity description: Cordova–Whittier is a marine route in Alaska connecting the coastal communities of Cordova and Whittier across Prince William Sound.
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A.
Beaumont-Wilshire
Beaumont-Wilshire is a primarily residential neighborhood in Northeast Portland, Oregon, known for its historic homes and the vibrant Beaumont Village commercial district along NE Fremont Street.
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B.
Shafter
Shafter is a surname most notably associated with William R. Shafter, a U.S. Army general who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.
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C.
Shafter
Shafter is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, located northwest of Bakersfield.
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D.
Redlands
Redlands is a historic city in Southern California known for its citrus-growing heritage, Victorian architecture, and role as an educational and cultural hub in the Inland Empire.
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E.
Placentia
Placentia is a historic coastal town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, known for its fishing heritage and former role as a French colonial capital.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ferry route
ⓘ
marine route ⓘ transportation route ⓘ |
| connects |
Cordova, Alaska
ⓘ
Whittier, Alaska ⓘ |
| connectsBy | sea route ⓘ |
| connectsTypeOfPlaces | coastal communities ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crosses | Prince William Sound ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalContext |
Gulf of Alaska region
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Alaska
|
| hasMedium | water ⓘ |
| hasName | Cordova–Whittier ⓘ |
| hasRouteType | marine ⓘ |
| hasTransportMode | marine vessel ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Prince William Sound ⓘ |
| partOf | transportation network of Prince William Sound ⓘ |
| region | Southcentral Alaska ⓘ |
| serves | coastal communities of Prince William Sound ⓘ |
| state | Alaska ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
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: Cordova–Whittier Description of subject: Cordova–Whittier is a marine route in Alaska connecting the coastal communities of Cordova and Whittier across Prince William Sound.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.