Cape Spear (nearby)
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Cape Spear is a historic headland in Newfoundland known as the easternmost point of North America and the site of a prominent lighthouse and coastal fortifications.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Spear | 3 |
| Cape Spear (nearby) canonical | 1 |
| Cape Spear area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2685773 — 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: Cape Spear (nearby) Context triple: [St. John’s, hasLandmark, Cape Spear (nearby)]
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A.
Cape Feather
Cape Feather is a power-up item in the Super Mario series that grants Mario a yellow cape, enabling him to fly and glide through levels.
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B.
Eastern Point
Eastern Point is a coastal area of Gloucester, Massachusetts, known for its scenic harbor entrance, historic lighthouse, and long-standing appeal to artists and writers.
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C.
Darlington Point
Darlington Point is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River and known for its agricultural surroundings.
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D.
Nobska Point
Nobska Point is a coastal headland in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, best known for its historic Nobska Lighthouse overlooking Vineyard Sound.
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E.
Cape Vidal
Cape Vidal is a scenic coastal area in South Africa known for its sandy beaches, rich marine life, and opportunities for snorkeling, fishing, and wildlife viewing.
- 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: Cape Spear (nearby) Target entity description: Cape Spear is a historic headland in Newfoundland known as the easternmost point of North America and the site of a prominent lighthouse and coastal fortifications.
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A.
Cape Feather
Cape Feather is a power-up item in the Super Mario series that grants Mario a yellow cape, enabling him to fly and glide through levels.
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B.
Eastern Point
Eastern Point is a coastal area of Gloucester, Massachusetts, known for its scenic harbor entrance, historic lighthouse, and long-standing appeal to artists and writers.
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C.
Darlington Point
Darlington Point is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River and known for its agricultural surroundings.
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D.
Nobska Point
Nobska Point is a coastal headland in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, best known for its historic Nobska Lighthouse overlooking Vineyard Sound.
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E.
Cape Vidal
Cape Vidal is a scenic coastal area in South Africa known for its sandy beaches, rich marine life, and opportunities for snorkeling, fishing, and wildlife viewing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
headland
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 47.523°N ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 52.623°W ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| designatedAs | National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ |
| designationBy | Parks Canada ⓘ |
| distanceFromStJohns | approximately 11 km southeast ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
bird watching
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ whale watching ⓘ |
| hasClaimToFame | easternmost point of North America ⓘ |
| hasClimate | cool maritime climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
grassy headland
ⓘ
rocky cliffs ⓘ rugged coastline ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
steep cliffs
ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveSignage |
about Second World War defenses
ⓘ
about lighthouse history ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Cape Spear Lighthouse
ⓘ
Cape Spear Lighthouse ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site
Second World War coastal fortifications ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryRole | coastal defense of St. John’s harbour ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea |
Signal Hill National Historic Site
ⓘ
surface form:
Signal Hill National Historic Site (regionally nearby)
|
| hasRegulation | visitors advised to stay behind safety barriers ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
concrete gun emplacements
ⓘ
observation posts ⓘ underground bunkers ⓘ |
| hasTrail | boardwalk trail along the cliffs ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
icebergs in season ⓘ sunrise over the Atlantic ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
photography
ⓘ
scenic drives ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
St. John’s
ⓘ
surface form:
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Avalon Peninsula ⓘ |
| managedBy | Parks Canada ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | St. John’s ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cape Spear Lighthouse
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada
|
| timeZone | Newfoundland Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
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: Cape Spear (nearby) Description of subject: Cape Spear is a historic headland in Newfoundland known as the easternmost point of North America and the site of a prominent lighthouse and coastal fortifications.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cape Spear
subject surface form:
Eastern Newfoundland
this entity surface form:
Cape Spear
this entity surface form:
Cape Spear area
this entity surface form:
Cape Spear