Port of Decatur
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The Port of Decatur is an inland river port and industrial shipping hub on the Tennessee River that serves as a major transportation and logistics center for north Alabama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Port of Decatur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5046771 — 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 Decatur Context triple: [Decatur, Alabama, hasPort, Port of Decatur]
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A.
Port of Woodland
The Port of Woodland is a public port district and industrial hub in Cowlitz County, Washington, providing marine, rail, and industrial facilities along the Columbia River to support regional commerce and economic development.
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B.
Port of Whittier
The Port of Whittier is a key marine transportation hub in south-central Alaska that serves as a gateway for freight and cruise traffic between the Gulf of Alaska and inland Alaska.
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C.
Port of Brunswick
The Port of Brunswick is a major deepwater seaport on the southeastern coast of the United States, known especially as one of the nation’s leading gateways for automobile and Ro/Ro cargo imports and exports.
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D.
Port of Pensacola
The Port of Pensacola is a deep-water seaport in downtown Pensacola, Florida, serving as a regional hub for cargo handling, maritime commerce, and industrial activities on the Gulf Coast.
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E.
Port of Beaumont
The Port of Beaumont is a major deep-water shipping hub and one of the busiest U.S. military cargo ports, located on the Neches River in Southeast Texas.
- 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 Decatur Target entity description: The Port of Decatur is an inland river port and industrial shipping hub on the Tennessee River that serves as a major transportation and logistics center for north Alabama.
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A.
Port of Woodland
The Port of Woodland is a public port district and industrial hub in Cowlitz County, Washington, providing marine, rail, and industrial facilities along the Columbia River to support regional commerce and economic development.
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B.
Port of Whittier
The Port of Whittier is a key marine transportation hub in south-central Alaska that serves as a gateway for freight and cruise traffic between the Gulf of Alaska and inland Alaska.
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C.
Port of Brunswick
The Port of Brunswick is a major deepwater seaport on the southeastern coast of the United States, known especially as one of the nation’s leading gateways for automobile and Ro/Ro cargo imports and exports.
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D.
Port of Pensacola
The Port of Pensacola is a deep-water seaport in downtown Pensacola, Florida, serving as a regional hub for cargo handling, maritime commerce, and industrial activities on the Gulf Coast.
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E.
Port of Beaumont
The Port of Beaumont is a major deep-water shipping hub and one of the busiest U.S. military cargo ports, located on the Neches River in Southeast Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial shipping hub
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inland port ⓘ logistics center ⓘ river port ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ |
| connectedTo | inland barge routes of the southeastern United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| economicRole |
industrial support facility
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job creator in north Alabama ⓘ regional logistics hub ⓘ |
| handlesCargoType |
agricultural products
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bulk commodities ⓘ industrial materials ⓘ raw materials ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
docks
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rail connections ⓘ truck terminals ⓘ warehouses ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Decatur, Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Tennessee River ⓘ |
| nearCity | Decatur ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
bulk materials handling
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cargo handling ⓘ industrial shipping ⓘ |
| region |
Southeastern United States
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linked to:
Southern United States
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| servesRegion |
north Alabama
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linked to:
Northern Alabama
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| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
key node in regional supply chains
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major transportation center for north Alabama ⓘ |
| supportsIndustry |
agriculture
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chemical industry ⓘ construction materials ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ |
| transportMode |
barge
ⓘ
rail ⓘ truck ⓘ |
| waterwaySystem |
Inland Waterway System of the United States
ⓘ
Tennessee River system ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee River
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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 Decatur Description of subject: The Port of Decatur is an inland river port and industrial shipping hub on the Tennessee River that serves as a major transportation and logistics center for north Alabama.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.