Port Maria
E452982
Port Maria is a coastal town and the capital of St. Mary Parish on Jamaica’s north coast, known for its historic architecture and quiet beaches.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port Maria canonical | 15 |
| Port Maria Island | 1 |
| Port Maria, Jamaica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4562648 — 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 Maria Context triple: [Ocho Rios, near, Port Maria]
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A.
Port Antonio
Port Antonio is a coastal town in northeastern Jamaica known for its lush scenery, beaches, and role as a gateway to attractions like the Blue Lagoon and the Rio Grande.
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B.
Oracabessa
Oracabessa is a small coastal town in northern Jamaica known for its scenic beaches and as the home of the Goldeneye estate once owned by James Bond author Ian Fleming.
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C.
Bodden Town
Bodden Town is a historic coastal district and former capital on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, known for its heritage sites and quiet residential character.
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D.
Road Town
Road Town is the main commercial and administrative center of the British Virgin Islands, located on the island of Tortola in the Caribbean.
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E.
August Town
August Town is a community in the parish of St. Andrew, Jamaica, known for its rich cultural history and association with Rastafarian and religious movements.
- 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 Maria Target entity description: Port Maria is a coastal town and the capital of St. Mary Parish on Jamaica’s north coast, known for its historic architecture and quiet beaches.
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A.
Port Antonio
Port Antonio is a coastal town in northeastern Jamaica known for its lush scenery, beaches, and role as a gateway to attractions like the Blue Lagoon and the Rio Grande.
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B.
Oracabessa
Oracabessa is a small coastal town in northern Jamaica known for its scenic beaches and as the home of the Goldeneye estate once owned by James Bond author Ian Fleming.
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C.
Bodden Town
Bodden Town is a historic coastal district and former capital on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, known for its heritage sites and quiet residential character.
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D.
Road Town
Road Town is the main commercial and administrative center of the British Virgin Islands, located on the island of Tortola in the Caribbean.
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E.
August Town
August Town is a community in the parish of St. Andrew, Jamaica, known for its rich cultural history and association with Rastafarian and religious movements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
parish capital ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionLevel | parish capital ⓘ |
| belongsToIsland |
island of Jamaica
ⓘ
linked to:
Island of Jamaica
|
| climate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| country | Jamaica ⓘ |
| currency | Jamaican dollar ⓘ |
| economyIncludes |
fishing
ⓘ
small-scale commerce ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasBay | Port Maria Bay ⓘ |
| hasBuiltEnvironment |
colonial-era buildings
ⓘ
low-rise town centre ⓘ |
| hasCoastalOrientation | north-facing coast ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineType | bay and beach coastline ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historic architecture
ⓘ
natural harbour ⓘ quiet beaches ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentFunction | administrative centre of St. Mary Parish ⓘ |
| hasHarbourUse | small craft ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSignificance | one of Jamaica’s older coastal settlements ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIsland |
Cabrita Island
ⓘ
Port Maria Island ⓘ
linked to:
Port Maria
|
| hasNearbyParishes |
Portland Parish
ⓘ
St. Ann Parish ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Ann Parish
|
| hasReligiousBuilding | St. Mary Parish Church ⓘ |
| hasUrbanForm | small town ⓘ |
| isCoastalTown | true ⓘ |
| isParishCapitalOf |
St. Mary Parish
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Mary Parish
|
| isPortTown | true ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Ocho Rios ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
St. Mary Parish
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Mary Parish
Surrey County ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Kingston ⓘ |
| locatedOn | north coast of Jamaica ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| timeZone | Jamaica Standard Time ⓘ |
| tourismAttractionType |
beach tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| transportServedBy |
A3 highway
ⓘ
coastal road network of north Jamaica ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | −05:00 ⓘ |
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 Maria Description of subject: Port Maria is a coastal town and the capital of St. Mary Parish on Jamaica’s north coast, known for its historic architecture and quiet beaches.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Port Maria
linked to: Port Maria