Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania is a small municipality near Philadelphia that includes parts of the Philadelphia International Airport and lies along the Delaware River.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania canonical | 5 |
| Tinicum Township Board of Commissioners | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3123769 — 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: Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Context triple: [Delaware County, Pennsylvania, contains, Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania]
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A.
Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania is a suburban community in Bucks County along the Delaware River, known for its residential neighborhoods, parks, and proximity to the Philadelphia and Trenton metropolitan areas.
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B.
Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Franklin Township is a rural municipality in Adams County, Pennsylvania, known for its agricultural landscape and proximity to historic Gettysburg.
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C.
Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania
Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania is a suburban community in Delaware County near Philadelphia, known for its residential neighborhoods, historic sites, and proximity to several small college towns.
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D.
Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
Haverford Township, Pennsylvania is a suburban municipality west of Philadelphia known for its residential neighborhoods, historic communities, and the presence of Haverford College.
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E.
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania is a suburban municipality in Montgomery County best known for encompassing King of Prussia, a major commercial and retail hub in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
- 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: Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Target entity description: Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania is a small municipality near Philadelphia that includes parts of the Philadelphia International Airport and lies along the Delaware River.
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A.
Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania is a suburban community in Bucks County along the Delaware River, known for its residential neighborhoods, parks, and proximity to the Philadelphia and Trenton metropolitan areas.
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B.
Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Franklin Township is a rural municipality in Adams County, Pennsylvania, known for its agricultural landscape and proximity to historic Gettysburg.
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C.
Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania
Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania is a suburban community in Delaware County near Philadelphia, known for its residential neighborhoods, historic sites, and proximity to several small college towns.
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D.
Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
Haverford Township, Pennsylvania is a suburban municipality west of Philadelphia known for its residential neighborhoods, historic communities, and the presence of Haverford College.
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E.
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania is a suburban municipality in Montgomery County best known for encompassing King of Prussia, a major commercial and retail hub in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
township ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Philadelphia
Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia County ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Ridley Township, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form:
Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
|
| borders | Delaware River ⓘ |
| containsPartOf | Philadelphia International Airport ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county | Delaware County, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| governmentType | township government ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
airport-related services
ⓘ
local retail and service businesses ⓘ logistics and transportation services ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
proximity to Philadelphia International Airport
ⓘ
riverfront along Delaware River ⓘ |
| hasGeographicCharacteristic | low-lying riverfront terrain ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
portions of airport-related commercial areas
ⓘ
residential neighborhoods near Philadelphia International Airport ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
commercial
ⓘ
industrial ⓘ residential ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| hasName |
Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
surface form:
Tinicum Township
|
| hasRiver | Delaware River ⓘ |
| hasTransportationInfrastructure |
airport facilities
ⓘ
highways ⓘ rail lines ⓘ |
| isInRegion |
Mid-Atlantic states
ⓘ
surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
|
| isLocatedSouthOf | City of Philadelphia downtown ⓘ |
| isLocatedWestOf | New Jersey across the Delaware River ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Delaware County municipalities ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Delaware Valley ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC−05:00 ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZoneDST | UTC−04:00 ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody | Delaware River ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Census Bureau defined places in Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| partOfMetropolitanArea | Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ |
| postalCodeType | ZIP code ⓘ |
| region | Southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | first-class township ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Description of subject: Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania is a small municipality near Philadelphia that includes parts of the Philadelphia International Airport and lies along the Delaware River.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Essington, Pennsylvania
→
locatedInAdministrativeEntity
→
Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Tinicum Township Board of Commissioners