Woods Hole passage
E261318
Woods Hole passage is a narrow strait off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts that serves as a key navigational channel between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Woods Hole passage canonical | 3 |
| Woods Hole Passage | 1 |
| Woods Hole–Martha’s Vineyard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2361929 — 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: Woods Hole passage Context triple: [Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States, locatedBy, Woods Hole passage]
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A.
Woods Hole Harbor
Woods Hole Harbor is a small, sheltered harbor in the village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod, known as a hub for marine research vessels and ferry service to the nearby islands.
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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.
Plum Island
Plum Island is a barrier island off the northeastern coast of Massachusetts known for its beaches, wildlife refuge, and coastal communities.
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D.
Menemsha Harbor
Menemsha Harbor is a picturesque fishing and boating harbor on Martha’s Vineyard, known for its working waterfront, fresh seafood, and sunset views.
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E.
Wellfleet Bay
Wellfleet Bay is a coastal embayment on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its rich marine and bird life and protected natural landscapes.
- 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: Woods Hole passage Target entity description: Woods Hole passage is a narrow strait off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts that serves as a key navigational channel between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound.
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A.
Woods Hole Harbor
Woods Hole Harbor is a small, sheltered harbor in the village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod, known as a hub for marine research vessels and ferry service to the nearby islands.
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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.
Plum Island
Plum Island is a barrier island off the northeastern coast of Massachusetts known for its beaches, wildlife refuge, and coastal communities.
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D.
Menemsha Harbor
Menemsha Harbor is a picturesque fishing and boating harbor on Martha’s Vineyard, known for its working waterfront, fresh seafood, and sunset views.
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E.
Wellfleet Bay
Wellfleet Bay is a coastal embayment on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its rich marine and bird life and protected natural landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
navigational channel
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Elizabeth Islands
ⓘ
Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Falmouth, Massachusetts
|
| characterizedBy |
narrow width
ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ |
| connectsBodyOfWater |
Buzzards Bay
ⓘ
Vineyard Sound ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasNameOrigin | named after the nearby village of Woods Hole ⓘ |
| hasNavigationHazard |
rocks
ⓘ
shoals ⓘ swift currents ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
access to Martha’s Vineyard via Vineyard Sound
ⓘ
local maritime traffic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Barnstable County, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
|
| locatedOnCoastOf |
Buzzards Bay
ⓘ
Vineyard Sound ⓘ |
| near | village of Woods Hole ⓘ |
| offCoastOf | Cape Cod ⓘ |
| partOf | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| usedBy |
commercial vessels
ⓘ
fishing vessels ⓘ recreational boats ⓘ |
| usedFor | marine navigation ⓘ |
| waterwayType | tidal strait ⓘ |
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: Woods Hole passage Description of subject: Woods Hole passage is a narrow strait off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts that serves as a key navigational channel between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Woods Hole–Martha’s Vineyard
this entity surface form:
Woods Hole Passage
subject surface form:
Nobska Point