Ellis Island

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former immigration station historic site island

Ellis Island is a historic immigration station in New York Harbor that served as the primary entry point for millions of immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1954.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Ellis Island canonical	38
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration	14
Ellis Island Immigration Station	5
Ellis Island Immigration Museum	2
Ellis Island Main Building	2
Ellis Island immigration station	2
Ellis Island (New Jersey portion)	1
Ellis Island (New York portion)	1
Ellis Island (historical name)	1
Ellis Island Historic District	1
Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital burial grounds	1
Ellis Island ferry docks	1
Ellis Island immigration station bearing his surname	1
Ellis Island named after Samuel Ellis	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23761 — 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: Ellis Island
Context triple: [Statue of Liberty, near, Ellis Island]

A. Angel Island
Angel Island is a historic island in San Francisco Bay known for its former U.S. immigration station, often called the "Ellis Island of the West."
B. Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island is a small rocky island in San Francisco Bay best known for its former maximum-security federal prison, which once held some of America’s most notorious criminals and is now a popular historic site and tourist attraction.
C. Boston Fish Pier
Boston Fish Pier is a historic waterfront complex in Boston known as a longtime hub for the city’s commercial fishing and seafood industry.
D. Port of Boston
The Port of Boston is a major New England seaport and transportation hub handling cargo, cruise ships, and maritime commerce for the Boston metropolitan area.
E. Staten Island
Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, known for its suburban character, extensive parkland, and the Staten Island Ferry connecting it to Manhattan.
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: Ellis Island
Target entity description: Ellis Island is a historic immigration station in New York Harbor that served as the primary entry point for millions of immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1954.

A. Angel Island
Angel Island is a historic island in San Francisco Bay known for its former U.S. immigration station, often called the "Ellis Island of the West."
B. Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island is a small rocky island in San Francisco Bay best known for its former maximum-security federal prison, which once held some of America’s most notorious criminals and is now a popular historic site and tourist attraction.
C. Boston Fish Pier
Boston Fish Pier is a historic waterfront complex in Boston known as a longtime hub for the city’s commercial fishing and seafood industry.
D. Port of Boston
The Port of Boston is a major New England seaport and transportation hub handling cargo, cruise ships, and maritime commerce for the Boston metropolitan area.
E. Staten Island
Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, known for its suburban character, extensive parkland, and the Staten Island Ferry connecting it to Manhattan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former immigration station ⓘ historic site ⓘ island ⓘ
accessibleFrom	Battery Park, Manhattan ⓘ Liberty State Park, New Jersey ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces	1966 ⓘ
area	approximately 27.5 acres ⓘ
closedAsImmigrationStation	1954 ⓘ
connectedBy	ferry ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designatedAs	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
expandedBy	land reclamation ⓘ
featuredIn	American literature about immigrants ⓘ numerous films about immigration ⓘ
function	immigration inspection station ⓘ processing center for immigrants ⓘ
governedBy	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
governingBody	U.S. Department of the Interior ⓘ linked to: United States Department of the Interior
hasBuilding	Main Immigration Building ⓘ
hasCemetery	Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital burial grounds ⓘ linked to: Ellis Island
hasFacility	Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration ⓘ linked to: Ellis Island
hasRegistry	American Immigrant Wall of Honor ⓘ
hasStructure	Great Hall ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District ⓘ linked to: National Historic Landmark
jurisdictionSharedBy	New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States New York ⓘ
locatedIn	New York Harbor ⓘ linked to: New York Harbor estuarine system Upper New York Bay ⓘ
locatedInOrNear	Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ linked to: Jersey City New York City ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
museumOpened	1990 ⓘ
namedAfter	Samuel Ellis ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	Statue of Liberty ⓘ
notableFor	role in U.S. immigration history ⓘ symbol of the American immigrant experience ⓘ
numberOfImmigrantsProcessed	over 12 million ⓘ
openedAsImmigrationStation	1892 ⓘ
originalArea	about 3.3 acres ⓘ
partOf	Statue of Liberty National Monument ⓘ linked to: Statue of Liberty
peakYearsOfOperation	1900–1914 ⓘ
previousName	Gibbet Island ⓘ Little Oyster Island ⓘ
servedAsPrimaryEntryPointFor	immigrants to the United States ⓘ
usedFor	detention of some immigrants ⓘ legal inspection of arriving immigrants ⓘ medical inspection of arriving immigrants ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Statue of Liberty → near → Ellis Island ⓘ

Upper New York Bay → contains → Ellis Island ⓘ

Upper New York Bay → hasLandmark → Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Ellis Island → hasFacility → Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Ellis Island → hasCemetery → Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital burial grounds ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Liberty Island → connectedTo → Ellis Island ⓘ

Liberty Island → nearbyIsland → Ellis Island ⓘ

Jersey City → hasNearbyAttraction → Ellis Island ⓘ

Governors Island → nearby → Ellis Island ⓘ

Main Immigration Building → locatedIn → Ellis Island ⓘ

Main Immigration Building → partOf → Ellis Island Immigration Station ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Main Immigration Building → associatedWith → Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Main Immigration Building → alsoKnownAs → Ellis Island Main Building ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Main Immigration Building → connectedTo → Ellis Island ferry docks ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Liberty State Park → overlooks → Ellis Island ⓘ

subject linked to: Liberty State Park, New Jersey

American Immigrant Wall of Honor → location → Ellis Island ⓘ

American Immigrant Wall of Honor → associatedWith → Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

American Immigrant Wall of Honor → relatedTo → Ellis Island immigration station ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Great Hall (Ellis Island) → partOf → Ellis Island Immigration Station ⓘ

subject linked to: Great Hall

linked to: Ellis Island

Great Hall (Ellis Island) → locatedIn → Ellis Island ⓘ

subject linked to: Great Hall

Great Hall (Ellis Island) → partOf → Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration ⓘ

subject linked to: Great Hall

linked to: Ellis Island

Great Hall (Ellis Island) → partOf → Ellis Island Main Building ⓘ

subject linked to: Great Hall

linked to: Ellis Island

Great Hall (Ellis Island) → partOf → Ellis Island Historic District ⓘ

subject linked to: Great Hall

linked to: Ellis Island

Battery Park → overlooks → Ellis Island ⓘ

subject linked to: Battery Park, Manhattan

Little Oyster Island → formerNameOf → Ellis Island ⓘ

Little Oyster Island → replacedByName → Ellis Island ⓘ

Little Oyster Island → hasHistoricalNameRelation → Ellis Island ⓘ

Statue of Liberty National Monument → contains → Ellis Island ⓘ

Statue of Liberty National Monument → hasPart → Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Gibbet Island → formerNameOf → Ellis Island ⓘ

Gibbet Island → replacedBy → Ellis Island ⓘ

Ellis Island → hasPart → Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration ⓘ

subject linked to: Gibbet Island

linked to: Ellis Island

Gibbet Island → alsoKnownAs → Ellis Island (historical name) ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Bedloe's Island → near → Ellis Island ⓘ

New York City waterway islands → hasMember → Ellis Island ⓘ

Museum of Jewish Heritage → overlooks → Ellis Island ⓘ

Castle Williams → near → Ellis Island ⓘ

New York–New Jersey border → nearbyIsland → Ellis Island ⓘ

Samuel Ellis → hasNameOrigin → Ellis Island named after Samuel Ellis ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Samuel Ellis → associatedWithPlace → Ellis Island ⓘ

Samuel Ellis → hasLegacy → Ellis Island immigration station bearing his surname ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

New York County → includesIsland → Ellis Island (New York portion) ⓘ

subject linked to: New York county

linked to: Ellis Island

Annie Moore → placeOfImmigration → Ellis Island ⓘ

Annie Moore → heritageSiteAssociatedWith → Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route → notableView → Ellis Island ⓘ

Liberty Landing Marina → hasNearbyAttraction → Ellis Island ⓘ

Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Foundation → operatesIn → Ellis Island ⓘ

Guastavino tile vaulting → notableExample → Ellis Island Immigration Station ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

Registry Room → locatedIn → Ellis Island ⓘ

Registry Room → partOf → Ellis Island Immigration Station ⓘ

linked to: Ellis Island

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Referenced by (71)

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