Absecon Lighthouse
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Absecon Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, known as one of the tallest lighthouses in the United States and a popular tourist attraction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Absecon Lighthouse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1120530 — 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: Absecon Lighthouse Context triple: [Atlantic City, hasFeature, Absecon Lighthouse]
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A.
Cape May Lighthouse
Cape May Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal beacon and popular tourist attraction located at the southern tip of New Jersey.
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B.
Brant Point Light
Brant Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, guiding vessels into Nantucket Harbor and known as one of the oldest lighthouse sites in the United States.
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C.
Eastern Point Lighthouse
Eastern Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Gloucester, Massachusetts, guiding ships at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor on the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Lorain Lighthouse
Lorain Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon on Lake Erie, known for its distinctive architecture and status as an iconic symbol of Lorain, Ohio.
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E.
Round Island Lighthouse
Round Island Lighthouse is a historic red-and-white beacon located on Round Island in Michigan, guiding ships through the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes.
- 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: Absecon Lighthouse Target entity description: Absecon Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, known as one of the tallest lighthouses in the United States and a popular tourist attraction.
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A.
Cape May Lighthouse
Cape May Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal beacon and popular tourist attraction located at the southern tip of New Jersey.
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B.
Brant Point Light
Brant Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, guiding vessels into Nantucket Harbor and known as one of the oldest lighthouse sites in the United States.
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C.
Eastern Point Lighthouse
Eastern Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Gloucester, Massachusetts, guiding ships at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor on the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Lorain Lighthouse
Lorain Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon on Lake Erie, known for its distinctive architecture and status as an iconic symbol of Lorain, Ohio.
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E.
Round Island Lighthouse
Round Island Lighthouse is a historic red-and-white beacon located on Round Island in Michigan, guiding ships through the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| addedToNRHP | 1970 ⓘ |
| category |
Coastal lighthouse
ⓘ
Maritime navigation aid ⓘ |
| city | Atlantic City ⓘ |
| color | black and yellow bands ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1857 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1854 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deactivated | 1933 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| firstLit | 1857 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
attached keeper’s dwelling
ⓘ
fresnel lens ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | true ⓘ |
| hasStairs | 228 steps ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter | true ⓘ |
| height |
171 feet
ⓘ
52 meters ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| isHistoric | true ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
oldest lighthouses in the United States
ⓘ
tallest lighthouses in the United States ⓘ |
| lensType | first-order Fresnel lens ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic City
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic County, New Jersey ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | Absecon Inlet ⓘ |
| material |
brick
ⓘ
iron ⓘ |
| NRHPType | building ⓘ |
| offersViewOf |
Atlantic City skyline
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Atlantic City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Atlantic City
|
| protectsWaterway | Absecon Inlet ⓘ |
| shape | conical tower ⓘ |
| state |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
|
| touristAttractionIn | Atlantic City ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| yearOfOpening | 1857 ⓘ |
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: Absecon Lighthouse Description of subject: Absecon Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, known as one of the tallest lighthouses in the United States and a popular tourist attraction.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.