Newquay
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Newquay is a popular seaside town and surfing resort on the north coast of Cornwall in southwest England.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Newquay canonical | 8 |
| Newquay town centre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5019971 — 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: Newquay Context triple: [Cornwall, containsSettlement, Newquay]
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A.
Paia
Paia is a small, laid-back town on Maui’s north shore known for its surf culture, bohemian vibe, and as a gateway to the Road to Hana.
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B.
Newquay Airport
Newquay Airport is a regional airport in Cornwall, England, serving as a key gateway to the county’s popular coastal and holiday destinations.
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C.
Toppenish
Toppenish is a small city in central Washington State known for its rich Native American heritage, outdoor murals, and role as an agricultural hub in the Yakima Valley.
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D.
Burien
Burien is a suburban city in Washington State located just southwest of Seattle, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
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E.
Port Lions
Port Lions is a small Alutiiq community and fishing village located on Kodiak Island in Alaska.
- 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: Newquay Target entity description: Newquay is a popular seaside town and surfing resort on the north coast of Cornwall in southwest England.
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A.
Paia
Paia is a small, laid-back town on Maui’s north shore known for its surf culture, bohemian vibe, and as a gateway to the Road to Hana.
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B.
Newquay Airport
Newquay Airport is a regional airport in Cornwall, England, serving as a key gateway to the county’s popular coastal and holiday destinations.
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C.
Toppenish
Toppenish is a small city in central Washington State known for its rich Native American heritage, outdoor murals, and role as an agricultural hub in the Yakima Valley.
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D.
Burien
Burien is a suburban city in Washington State located just southwest of Seattle, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
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E.
Port Lions
Port Lions is a small Alutiiq community and fishing village located on Kodiak Island in Alaska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
seaside resort
ⓘ
surfing destination ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeCounty | Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Seaside resorts in England
ⓘ
Towns in Cornwall ⓘ |
| ceremonialCounty | Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dialCode | 01637 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Cornwall Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Cornwall Airport Newquay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Blue Reef Aquarium Newquay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newquay Zoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBeach |
Fistral Beach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Western Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Lusty Glaze Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Tolcarne Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Towan Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBodyOfWater | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Newquay Tretherras School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newquay Treviglas Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Boardmasters Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHarbour | Newquay Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Huer’s Hut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trenance Gardens and Cottages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringSettlement |
Crantock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perranporth NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintrell Downs NERFINISHED ⓘ St Columb Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Newquay railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSport |
football
ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ surfing ⓘ |
| historicCounty | Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
beaches
ⓘ
surfing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cornish Riviera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ Newquay civil parish NERFINISHED ⓘ southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| locatedOn |
Cornish coast
ⓘ
north coast of Cornwall ⓘ |
| partOf | England ⓘ |
| postalTown | NEWQUAY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
BST
ⓘ
GMT ⓘ |
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: Newquay Description of subject: Newquay is a popular seaside town and surfing resort on the north coast of Cornwall in southwest England.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Newquay town centre