Port Imperial Ferry Corporation
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Port Imperial Ferry Corporation is a private company that operates the NY Waterway commuter ferry services across the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port Imperial Ferry Corporation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3928936 — 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 Imperial Ferry Corporation Context triple: [NY Waterway, operator, Port Imperial Ferry Corporation]
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A.
Steamship Authority ferries
Steamship Authority ferries are passenger and vehicle ferry services that connect mainland Massachusetts to island destinations such as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
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B.
Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
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C.
Puget Sound Navigation Company
Puget Sound Navigation Company was a private ferry operator that ran passenger and vehicle services on Puget Sound and nearby waters before its routes were taken over by Washington State Ferries.
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D.
BC Ferries
BC Ferries is a major Canadian ferry operator providing passenger and vehicle transportation along the British Columbia coast and to various coastal communities and islands.
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E.
SamTrans
SamTrans is the public bus and paratransit agency serving San Mateo County and parts of the San Francisco Bay 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: Port Imperial Ferry Corporation Target entity description: Port Imperial Ferry Corporation is a private company that operates the NY Waterway commuter ferry services across the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City.
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A.
Steamship Authority ferries
Steamship Authority ferries are passenger and vehicle ferry services that connect mainland Massachusetts to island destinations such as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
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B.
Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
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C.
Puget Sound Navigation Company
Puget Sound Navigation Company was a private ferry operator that ran passenger and vehicle services on Puget Sound and nearby waters before its routes were taken over by Washington State Ferries.
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D.
BC Ferries
BC Ferries is a major Canadian ferry operator providing passenger and vehicle transportation along the British Columbia coast and to various coastal communities and islands.
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E.
SamTrans
SamTrans is the public bus and paratransit agency serving San Mateo County and parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ferry operator
ⓘ
private company ⓘ transportation company ⓘ |
| brand | NY Waterway ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCustomerType |
commuters
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| hasRouteType | cross-river ferry route ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
|
| industry |
public transportation
ⓘ
water transportation ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
NY Waterway
ⓘ
surface form:
NY Waterway network
|
| operates |
NY Waterway
ⓘ
surface form:
NY Waterway ferry system
|
| operatesBetween |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
New York City ⓘ |
| operatesInArea |
Hudson River
ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
New York City ⓘ |
| operatesService | Hudson River commuter ferries ⓘ |
| operatesUnderBrand | NY Waterway ⓘ |
| primaryServiceType | commuter transportation ⓘ |
| providesConnection |
Manhattan waterfront
ⓘ
New Jersey waterfront ⓘ |
| regionServed |
New York metropolitan area
ⓘ
Port Imperial, New Jersey ⓘ |
| routeFocus | New Jersey–Manhattan ferry routes ⓘ |
| sector | private sector ⓘ |
| service |
commuter ferry services
ⓘ
passenger ferry services ⓘ |
| transportMode | ferry ⓘ |
| usesInfrastructure |
ferry terminals
ⓘ
piers ⓘ |
| usesVehicleType | passenger ferries ⓘ |
| waterway | Hudson River ⓘ |
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 Imperial Ferry Corporation Description of subject: Port Imperial Ferry Corporation is a private company that operates the NY Waterway commuter ferry services across the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
NY Waterway