Amity Island

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fictional island fictional location fictional town

Amity Island is the fictional New England resort town that serves as the primary setting for the shark attacks in the film "Jaws."

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional island → fictional location → fictional town →
adaptedBy	Steven Spielberg →
appearsIn	Jaws → Jaws 2 → Jaws 3-D → Jaws: The Revenge →
basedOn	Martha’s Vineyard →
country	United States →
createdBy	Peter Benchley →
filmingLocationForDepiction	Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts →
firstAppearanceWork	Jaws (novel) →
firstAppearanceYear	1974 →
genre	thriller setting →
governedBy	Amity town council →
hasAttraction	boating and sailing → fishing charters → summer beaches →
hasBeach	Amity Beach →
hasClimate	temperate coastal climate →
hasFeature	beach resort → small-town community → tourist economy →
hasHarbor	Amity Harbor →
hasHolidayEvent	Fourth of July tourist season →
hasIndustry	fishing → tourism →
hasMayor	Larry Vaughn →
hasPoliceChief	Martin Brody →
hasReputationInFiction	dangerous beach destination →
inUniverseState	New York (novel continuity) → unspecified New England state (film continuity) →
knownFor	shark attack storyline →
languageOfSetting	English →
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean → New England →
medium	film → novel →
narrativeRole	central setting of conflict in Jaws →
notableEvent	series of shark attacks →
notableResident	Ellen Brody → Larry Vaughn → Martin Brody →
partOf	Jaws franchise →
primarySettingOf	Jaws →
threatenedBy	great white shark →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jaws ride ("fictional town of Amity Island") → Martin Brody ("fictional New England resort town Amity Island") → Quint ("Amity Island vicinity") →	setting
Ellen Brody → Mayor Larry Vaughn →	fictionalResidence
Jaws (novel) → Jaws 2 →	setIn
Matt Hooper →	associatedWith
Quint ("Amity Island (implied)") →	homeLocation
Martin Brody ("Amity Island community") →	loyalty
Martin Brody →	residence
Jaws →	setInLocation
Martin Brody →	workLocation