Rock Island Passage
E443756
Rock Island Passage is a navigable waterway in Lake Michigan near Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, known for its scenic but sometimes treacherous channel between Rock Island and the surrounding islands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rock Island Passage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4480747 — 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: Rock Island Passage Context triple: [Jackson Harbor, adjacentTo, Rock Island Passage]
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A.
Rock Island
Rock Island is a small, remote island in Lake Michigan known for its state park, historic lighthouse, and rustic natural setting accessible only by boat.
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B.
Riverway
Riverway is a linear park and waterway in Boston that forms part of the Emerald Necklace, offering scenic green space and recreational paths near the Longwood Medical Area.
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C.
North Brink
North Brink is a historic riverside street in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, noted for its elegant Georgian architecture and former merchant houses.
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D.
Riverbank
Riverbank is a small city in California’s Central Valley known for its agricultural surroundings and suburban residential character.
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E.
The Delaplaine
The Delaplaine is a community-focused arts center in Frederick, Maryland, offering art exhibitions, classes, and cultural programs for all ages.
- 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: Rock Island Passage Target entity description: Rock Island Passage is a navigable waterway in Lake Michigan near Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, known for its scenic but sometimes treacherous channel between Rock Island and the surrounding islands.
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A.
Rock Island
Rock Island is a small, remote island in Lake Michigan known for its state park, historic lighthouse, and rustic natural setting accessible only by boat.
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B.
Riverway
Riverway is a linear park and waterway in Boston that forms part of the Emerald Necklace, offering scenic green space and recreational paths near the Longwood Medical Area.
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C.
North Brink
North Brink is a historic riverside street in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, noted for its elegant Georgian architecture and former merchant houses.
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D.
Riverbank
Riverbank is a small city in California’s Central Valley known for its agricultural surroundings and suburban residential character.
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E.
The Delaplaine
The Delaplaine is a community-focused arts center in Frederick, Maryland, offering art exhibitions, classes, and cultural programs for all ages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
navigable waterway
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Rock Island State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasNameOrigin | named after Rock Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hazard |
shoals
ⓘ
strong currents ⓘ variable weather ⓘ |
| knownFor |
scenic views
ⓘ
treacherous navigation conditions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lake Michigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Wisconsin ⓘ |
| locatedInWaterbody | Lake Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Door Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navigable | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Lakes waterway system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
maritime routes in northern Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| region | Door County region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates |
Rock Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
surrounding islands near Door Peninsula ⓘ |
| state | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| usedFor |
recreational boating
ⓘ
small craft navigation ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | channel ⓘ |
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: Rock Island Passage Description of subject: Rock Island Passage is a navigable waterway in Lake Michigan near Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, known for its scenic but sometimes treacherous channel between Rock Island and the surrounding islands.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.