Port of Bastia
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The Port of Bastia is a major commercial and passenger ferry harbor on the northeastern coast of Corsica, serving as one of the island’s primary maritime gateways to mainland France and Italy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Bastia canonical | 2 |
| Old Port of Bastia | 1 |
| port of Bastia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4445257 — 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 of Bastia Context triple: [Haute-Corse, hasPort, Port of Bastia]
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A.
Port of Ajaccio
The Port of Ajaccio is a major maritime hub on the west coast of Corsica, serving as a key ferry, cruise, and commercial gateway for the city of Ajaccio and the surrounding region.
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B.
Port of Nice
The Port of Nice is a major harbor on the French Riviera that serves as a hub for passenger ferries, cruise ships, and local maritime activities in the city of Nice.
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C.
Port of Guiria
The Port of Guiria is a Venezuelan maritime hub on the northeastern coast that serves as a key gateway for regional trade and access to nearby Caribbean and Atlantic waters.
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D.
Port of Monaco
The Port of Monaco is a prestigious Mediterranean harbor and marina renowned for hosting luxury yachts, high-profile events, and serving as a focal point of Monaco’s maritime and social life.
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E.
Porto-Vecchio
Porto-Vecchio is a popular seaside resort town in southern Corsica, France, known for its picturesque old port, historic citadel, and nearby white-sand beaches.
- 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 of Bastia Target entity description: The Port of Bastia is a major commercial and passenger ferry harbor on the northeastern coast of Corsica, serving as one of the island’s primary maritime gateways to mainland France and Italy.
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A.
Port of Ajaccio
The Port of Ajaccio is a major maritime hub on the west coast of Corsica, serving as a key ferry, cruise, and commercial gateway for the city of Ajaccio and the surrounding region.
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B.
Port of Nice
The Port of Nice is a major harbor on the French Riviera that serves as a hub for passenger ferries, cruise ships, and local maritime activities in the city of Nice.
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C.
Port of Guiria
The Port of Guiria is a Venezuelan maritime hub on the northeastern coast that serves as a key gateway for regional trade and access to nearby Caribbean and Atlantic waters.
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D.
Port of Monaco
The Port of Monaco is a prestigious Mediterranean harbor and marina renowned for hosting luxury yachts, high-profile events, and serving as a focal point of Monaco’s maritime and social life.
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E.
Porto-Vecchio
Porto-Vecchio is a popular seaside resort town in southern Corsica, France, known for its picturesque old port, historic citadel, and nearby white-sand beaches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ferry port
ⓘ
harbor ⓘ seaport ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Italian mainland ports
ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Port of Marseille NERFINISHED ⓘ Port of Nice NERFINISHED ⓘ Port of Toulon NERFINISHED ⓘ mainland France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| function |
commercial port
ⓘ
ferry terminal ⓘ passenger port ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
domestic ferry services to mainland France
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inter-island services within Corsica ⓘ international ferry services ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
breakwaters
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cargo terminal ⓘ ferry berths ⓘ passenger terminal ⓘ quays ⓘ ro-ro ramps ⓘ |
| hasTrafficType |
freight traffic
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passenger traffic ⓘ ro-ro traffic ⓘ |
| importance |
major passenger gateway in the Mediterranean
ⓘ
one of the main ports of Corsica ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bastia
NERFINISHED
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Corsica NERFINISHED ⓘ Haute-Corse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Tyrrhenian Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northeastern coast of Corsica ⓘ |
| near |
Bastia city center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bastia railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Bastia et de la Haute-Corse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Haute-Corse department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
primary maritime gateway to Italy
ⓘ
primary maritime gateway to mainland France ⓘ |
| serves |
city of Bastia
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island of Corsica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
cargo shipping companies
ⓘ
ferry companies ⓘ |
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 of Bastia Description of subject: The Port of Bastia is a major commercial and passenger ferry harbor on the northeastern coast of Corsica, serving as one of the island’s primary maritime gateways to mainland France and Italy.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
port of Bastia