Port of Cork
E382125
The Port of Cork is a major Irish seaport serving as a key commercial and passenger gateway for Cork and the southwest region of Ireland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Cork canonical | 6 |
| Cobh cruise terminal | 2 |
| Cork (Ringaskiddy) ferry port | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3689416 — 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 Cork Context triple: [Cork city, hasPort, Port of Cork]
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A.
Dublin Port
Dublin Port is the main seaport of Dublin, Ireland, serving as a major hub for passenger and freight traffic between Ireland and the rest of Europe.
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B.
Cork Harbour
Cork Harbour is a large natural harbour on the south coast of Ireland, known for its deep-water port, maritime history, and the city of Cork located at its inland end.
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C.
Port of Belfast
The Port of Belfast is Northern Ireland’s principal maritime gateway, handling most of the region’s seaborne trade and serving as a major hub for freight, passenger, and cruise traffic.
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D.
Port of Larne
The Port of Larne is a key Irish Sea ferry and freight port in Northern Ireland, serving as an important transport and trade gateway between the UK and mainland Europe.
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E.
Dublin Ferryport Terminals
Dublin Ferryport Terminals is a major roll-on/roll-off ferry terminal in Dublin Port, Ireland, handling passenger and freight services on routes primarily between Ireland and the United Kingdom.
- 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 Cork Target entity description: The Port of Cork is a major Irish seaport serving as a key commercial and passenger gateway for Cork and the southwest region of Ireland.
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A.
Dublin Port
Dublin Port is the main seaport of Dublin, Ireland, serving as a major hub for passenger and freight traffic between Ireland and the rest of Europe.
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B.
Cork Harbour
Cork Harbour is a large natural harbour on the south coast of Ireland, known for its deep-water port, maritime history, and the city of Cork located at its inland end.
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C.
Port of Belfast
The Port of Belfast is Northern Ireland’s principal maritime gateway, handling most of the region’s seaborne trade and serving as a major hub for freight, passenger, and cruise traffic.
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D.
Port of Larne
The Port of Larne is a key Irish Sea ferry and freight port in Northern Ireland, serving as an important transport and trade gateway between the UK and mainland Europe.
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E.
Dublin Ferryport Terminals
Dublin Ferryport Terminals is a major roll-on/roll-off ferry terminal in Dublin Port, Ireland, handling passenger and freight services on routes primarily between Ireland and the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
port authority
ⓘ
seaport ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Celtic Sea ⓘ |
| country |
Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Republic of Ireland
|
| governingBody | Port of Cork Company ⓘ |
| handles |
bulk cargo
ⓘ
container traffic ⓘ liquid bulk ⓘ passenger traffic ⓘ roll-on/roll-off traffic ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
City quays in Cork
ⓘ
Cobh cruise terminal ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Cork
Ringaskiddy deepwater terminal ⓘ
linked to:
Ringaskiddy ferry terminal
Tivoli Container Terminal ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Cork ⓘ |
| hasMainHarbour | Cork Harbour ⓘ |
| hasPassengerServiceTo |
France
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| hasRole |
key commercial gateway for Cork
ⓘ
key passenger gateway for southwest Ireland ⓘ |
| hasTrafficType |
commercial shipping
ⓘ
cruise ships ⓘ ferry services ⓘ |
| isMajorGatewayFor |
passenger transport in southwest Ireland
ⓘ
trade in southwest Ireland ⓘ |
| isOneOf | principal ports of Ireland ⓘ |
| legalForm | commercial state company ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cork ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
County Cork
ⓘ
Southwest Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
West Cork
|
| operatesIn | Cork Harbour ⓘ |
| operatesOn | River Lee estuary ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Ireland ⓘ |
| providesService |
berthing facilities
ⓘ
cargo handling ⓘ cruise terminal services ⓘ pilotage ⓘ towage ⓘ |
| regulates | shipping movements in Cork Harbour ⓘ |
| sector |
freight handling
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| serves |
Cork city
ⓘ
County Cork ⓘ southwest region of Ireland ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Department of Transport (Ireland)
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish Department of 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: Port of Cork Description of subject: The Port of Cork is a major Irish seaport serving as a key commercial and passenger gateway for Cork and the southwest region of Ireland.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Port of Cork
linked to: Port of Cork
linked to: Port of Cork