The Dry Salvages, Massachusetts, United States
E115043
The Dry Salvages is a group of rocks off the coast of Massachusetts best known as the maritime New England seascape evoked in T. S. Eliot’s poem of the same name within his Four Quartets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dry Salvages, Massachusetts, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971167 — 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: The Dry Salvages, Massachusetts, United States Context triple: [Four Quartets, setting, The Dry Salvages, Massachusetts, United States]
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A.
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States, is a coastal village on Cape Cod best known as the longtime summer home of the Kennedy family.
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B.
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States is a coastal village on Cape Cod renowned as a major center for marine and oceanographic research.
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C.
Hull, Massachusetts
Hull, Massachusetts is a small coastal town on a narrow peninsula south of Boston, known for its beaches, historic Paragon Park area, and scenic views of Boston Harbor.
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D.
Wellfleet Harbor
Wellfleet Harbor is a scenic natural harbor on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for its rich shellfishing grounds, tidal flats, and role as a hub for the local fishing and boating community.
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E.
Nantucket Harbor
Nantucket Harbor is a sheltered, historically significant harbor on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for its maritime heritage, boating, and scenic waterfront.
- 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: The Dry Salvages, Massachusetts, United States Target entity description: The Dry Salvages is a group of rocks off the coast of Massachusetts best known as the maritime New England seascape evoked in T. S. Eliot’s poem of the same name within his Four Quartets.
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A.
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States, is a coastal village on Cape Cod best known as the longtime summer home of the Kennedy family.
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B.
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States is a coastal village on Cape Cod renowned as a major center for marine and oceanographic research.
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C.
Hull, Massachusetts
Hull, Massachusetts is a small coastal town on a narrow peninsula south of Boston, known for its beaches, historic Paragon Park area, and scenic views of Boston Harbor.
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D.
Wellfleet Harbor
Wellfleet Harbor is a scenic natural harbor on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for its rich shellfishing grounds, tidal flats, and role as a hub for the local fishing and boating community.
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E.
Nantucket Harbor
Nantucket Harbor is a sheltered, historically significant harbor on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for its maritime heritage, boating, and scenic waterfront.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island group
ⓘ
rock formation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedBy | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedGenre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedTheme | time and eternity in Four Quartets ⓘ |
| hasClimate | temperate maritime climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbolic seascape in modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | marine environment ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
exposed rocks
ⓘ
surrounding shoals ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalType | rocky outcrop ⓘ |
| hasNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | nautical terminology ⓘ |
| inspiredAuthor | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Four Quartets
ⓘ
surface form:
The Dry Salvages (poem)
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| isKnownFor |
appearance in literature
ⓘ
danger to navigation ⓘ maritime New England seascape ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ New England ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Cape Ann
ⓘ
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Gloucester, Massachusetts
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| locatedOffCoastOf | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Four Quartets
ⓘ
Four Quartets ⓘ
surface form:
The Dry Salvages (poem)
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| partOf | coast of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| usedAs | navigational reference point ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dry Salvages, Massachusetts, United States Description of subject: The Dry Salvages is a group of rocks off the coast of Massachusetts best known as the maritime New England seascape evoked in T. S. Eliot’s poem of the same name within his Four Quartets.
Referenced by (1)
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