Dry Dock No. 2
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Dry Dock No. 2 is a historic early-19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and maritime engineering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dry Dock No. 2 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1331776 — 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: Dry Dock No. 2 Context triple: [Brooklyn Navy Yard, hasHistoricStructure, Dry Dock No. 2]
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A.
Dry Dock No. 1
Dry Dock No. 1 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable as one of the oldest surviving naval dry docks in the United States.
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B.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is a historic U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility located in Kittery, Maine, known especially for constructing and overhauling naval vessels including submarines.
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C.
Eldean Shipyard
Eldean Shipyard is a full-service marina and boatyard located on Lake Macatawa in Michigan, known for its docking, storage, and marine maintenance services.
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D.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island Naval Shipyard was a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility in Vallejo, California, notable as one of the first permanent naval shipyards on the West Coast.
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E.
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is a major U.S. Navy industrial facility in Hawaii that provides maintenance, repair, and modernization services for naval vessels and submarines.
- 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: Dry Dock No. 2 Target entity description: Dry Dock No. 2 is a historic early-19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and maritime engineering.
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A.
Dry Dock No. 1
Dry Dock No. 1 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable as one of the oldest surviving naval dry docks in the United States.
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B.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is a historic U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility located in Kittery, Maine, known especially for constructing and overhauling naval vessels including submarines.
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C.
Eldean Shipyard
Eldean Shipyard is a full-service marina and boatyard located on Lake Macatawa in Michigan, known for its docking, storage, and marine maintenance services.
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D.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island Naval Shipyard was a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility in Vallejo, California, notable as one of the first permanent naval shipyards on the West Coast.
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E.
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is a major U.S. Navy industrial facility in Hawaii that provides maintenance, repair, and modernization services for naval vessels and submarines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dry dock
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historic structure ⓘ maritime infrastructure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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surface form:
Brooklyn Navy Yard industrial development
U.S. naval shipbuilding history ⓘ |
| category |
U.S. naval infrastructure
ⓘ
maritime heritage site ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| engineeringType | stone masonry dry dock ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century ⓘ |
| function | to allow ships to be drained of water for work below the waterline ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | historic early-19th-century stone dry dock ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
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Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in U.S. naval shipbuilding
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role in maritime engineering ⓘ |
| partOf |
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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surface form:
Brooklyn Navy Yard facilities
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| usedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
naval ship maintenance
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ship construction support ⓘ ship repair ⓘ |
| waterBody |
East River (via Rikers Island)
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surface form:
East River (adjacent via Brooklyn Navy Yard)
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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
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Input
Subject: Dry Dock No. 2 Description of subject: Dry Dock No. 2 is a historic early-19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and maritime engineering.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.