Port of Houston
E18115
The Port of Houston is a major U.S. deep-water seaport and one of the nation’s busiest hubs for international trade and petrochemical shipping along the Gulf Coast.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Houston canonical | 19 |
| Port of Houston Authority | 3 |
| Port of Houston complex | 1 |
| Port of Houston facilities | 1 |
| Turning Basin Terminal in Houston | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T106481 — 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 Houston Context triple: [Union Pacific Railroad, servesPort, Port of Houston]
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A.
Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach is one of the busiest and most important container seaports in the United States, serving as a major gateway for trans-Pacific trade.
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B.
Port of Oakland
The Port of Oakland is a major deep-water seaport in Northern California and one of the primary container shipping hubs on the U.S. West Coast.
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C.
Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle is a major Pacific Northwest seaport and aviation hub that manages cargo and cruise terminals as well as Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
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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.
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E.
Port of Los Angeles
The Port of Los Angeles is the busiest container port in the United States and a major gateway for trans-Pacific trade, located in San Pedro Bay in Southern California.
- 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 Houston Target entity description: The Port of Houston is a major U.S. deep-water seaport and one of the nation’s busiest hubs for international trade and petrochemical shipping along the Gulf Coast.
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A.
Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach is one of the busiest and most important container seaports in the United States, serving as a major gateway for trans-Pacific trade.
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B.
Port of Oakland
The Port of Oakland is a major deep-water seaport in Northern California and one of the primary container shipping hubs on the U.S. West Coast.
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C.
Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle is a major Pacific Northwest seaport and aviation hub that manages cargo and cruise terminals as well as Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
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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.
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E.
Port of Los Angeles
The Port of Los Angeles is the busiest container port in the United States and a major gateway for trans-Pacific trade, located in San Pedro Bay in Southern California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
container port
ⓘ
deep-water port ⓘ public port authority complex ⓘ seaport ⓘ |
| connectedBy | Houston Ship Channel ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
ⓘ
surface form:
Intracoastal Waterway
Interstate Highway System ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. interstate highway system
U.S. rail network ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| economicSector |
international trade
ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ petrochemical logistics ⓘ |
| governingBody | Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority ⓘ |
| handles |
bulk liquids
ⓘ
container traffic ⓘ dry bulk ⓘ export cargo ⓘ general cargo ⓘ import cargo ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
breakbulk terminals
ⓘ
bulk terminals ⓘ container terminals ⓘ container yards ⓘ cruise terminal ⓘ distribution centers ⓘ liquid bulk terminals ⓘ petrochemical docks ⓘ roll-on/roll-off facilities ⓘ warehouses ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority
ⓘ
surface form:
Port of Houston Authority
|
| hasMainCommodity |
breakbulk cargo
ⓘ
containerized cargo ⓘ crude oil ⓘ petrochemicals ⓘ plastics ⓘ project cargo ⓘ refined petroleum products ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Houston
ⓘ
Texas ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Houston Ship Channel
ⓘ
surface form:
Houston Ship Channel industrial corridor
Houston petrochemical complex ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody |
Galveston Bay
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Houston Ship Channel ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Port of Houston
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Port of Houston Authority
|
| opened | 1914 ⓘ |
| partOf | Gulf Coast port range ⓘ |
| serves |
Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Houston metropolitan area
Texas petrochemical industry ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Midwest
|
| state | Texas ⓘ |
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 Houston Description of subject: The Port of Houston is a major U.S. deep-water seaport and one of the nation’s busiest hubs for international trade and petrochemical shipping along the Gulf Coast.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Port of Houston Authority
this entity surface form:
Port of Houston complex
this entity surface form:
Turning Basin Terminal in Houston
this entity surface form:
Port of Houston Authority
this entity surface form:
Port of Houston Authority
subject surface form:
Southern Pacific Railroad
this entity surface form:
Port of Houston facilities