Port of Eilat
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The Port of Eilat is Israel’s southernmost seaport on the Red Sea, serving as a key gateway for trade with Asia and Africa and providing the country’s only direct access to the Indian Ocean.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Eilat canonical | 4 |
| Eilat Port | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9529334 — 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 Eilat Context triple: [Strait of Tiran, maritimeAccessTo, Port of Eilat]
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A.
Port of Ashdod
The Port of Ashdod is one of Israel’s largest and most important seaports, serving as a major hub for the country’s international trade on the Mediterranean coast.
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B.
Nhava Sheva Port
Nhava Sheva Port is India’s largest container port, located near Mumbai on the Arabian Sea and serving as a major hub for the country’s maritime trade.
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C.
Port of Aqaba
The Port of Aqaba is Jordan’s only seaport and a key Red Sea maritime hub for the country’s trade and naval operations.
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D.
Port of Tel Aviv
The Port of Tel Aviv is a historic former commercial harbor on Israel’s Mediterranean coast that has been transformed into a popular waterfront leisure, dining, and cultural district.
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E.
Haifa Port
Haifa Port is a major seaport on Israel’s Mediterranean coast that has long served as a key commercial and transportation hub for the region.
- 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 Eilat Target entity description: The Port of Eilat is Israel’s southernmost seaport on the Red Sea, serving as a key gateway for trade with Asia and Africa and providing the country’s only direct access to the Indian Ocean.
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A.
Port of Ashdod
The Port of Ashdod is one of Israel’s largest and most important seaports, serving as a major hub for the country’s international trade on the Mediterranean coast.
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B.
Nhava Sheva Port
Nhava Sheva Port is India’s largest container port, located near Mumbai on the Arabian Sea and serving as a major hub for the country’s maritime trade.
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C.
Port of Aqaba
The Port of Aqaba is Jordan’s only seaport and a key Red Sea maritime hub for the country’s trade and naval operations.
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D.
Port of Tel Aviv
The Port of Tel Aviv is a historic former commercial harbor on Israel’s Mediterranean coast that has been transformed into a popular waterfront leisure, dining, and cultural district.
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E.
Haifa Port
Haifa Port is a major seaport on Israel’s Mediterranean coast that has long served as a key commercial and transportation hub for the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | seaport ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Eilat tourist area
ⓘ
linked to:
Eilat
|
| climate | arid desert climate ⓘ |
| connectedBy | land transport corridors ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Mediterranean Sea ports of Israel ⓘ |
| coordinates | 29.550°N 34.951°E ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| developedSignificantlyIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| enablesBypassing | Suez Canal for some trade routes ⓘ |
| handles |
export cargo
ⓘ
import cargo ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Eilat Port
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Eilat
|
| hasCoastlineOn |
Gulf of Aqaba
ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
container terminal
ⓘ
general cargo berths ⓘ passenger handling facilities ⓘ ro-ro terminal ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | Israeli trade diversification ⓘ |
| hasSecurityMeasures |
naval patrols
ⓘ
port security perimeter ⓘ |
| isOnlyDirectIndianOceanAccessFor | Israel ⓘ |
| isSouthernmostSeaportOf | Israel ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eilat
ⓘ
Southern District, Israel ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody |
Gulf of Aqaba
ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ |
| near |
Eilat Airport (historic)
ⓘ
linked to:
Eilat Airport
Eilat city center ⓘ
linked to:
Eilat
|
| nearBorderWith |
Egypt
ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ |
| openedForUse | 1950s ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Eilat Port Company ⓘ |
| partOf | Israeli national port system ⓘ |
| primaryCargoType |
bulk cargo
ⓘ
general cargo ⓘ vehicles ⓘ |
| providesDirectAccessTo | Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| region |
Gulf of Aqaba–Eilat Bay
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Aqaba
|
| servesAsGatewayForTradeWith |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| strategicImportanceFor |
Israeli foreign trade
ⓘ
Israeli national security ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Israeli port regulations ⓘ |
| supports |
Israeli export to Far East markets
ⓘ
Israeli import of vehicles from Asia ⓘ |
| waterDepth | deep-water berths ⓘ |
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 Eilat Description of subject: The Port of Eilat is Israel’s southernmost seaport on the Red Sea, serving as a key gateway for trade with Asia and Africa and providing the country’s only direct access to the Indian Ocean.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Port of Eilat
linked to: Port of Eilat