Bodie Island Lighthouse
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Bodie Island Lighthouse is a historic black-and-white banded coastal beacon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, renowned for guiding ships along the treacherous waters of the Atlantic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bodie Island Lighthouse canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5416357 — 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: Bodie Island Lighthouse Context triple: [Cape Hatteras National Seashore, contains, Bodie Island Lighthouse]
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is a historic black-and-white spiral-striped beacon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, renowned as one of the tallest and most iconic brick lighthouses in the United States.
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B.
Amelia Island Lighthouse
Amelia Island Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse on Florida’s Amelia Island and one of the state’s oldest still-operating beacons.
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C.
Morris Island Lighthouse
Morris Island Lighthouse is a historic, now offshore brick lighthouse off Morris Island near Charleston, South Carolina, known for its Civil War–era origins and ongoing preservation efforts against coastal erosion.
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D.
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, notable as one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States.
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E.
Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse
The Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century brick lighthouse near Daytona Beach, Florida, renowned as one of the tallest and best-preserved lighthouses in the United States.
- 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: Bodie Island Lighthouse Target entity description: Bodie Island Lighthouse is a historic black-and-white banded coastal beacon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, renowned for guiding ships along the treacherous waters of the Atlantic.
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A.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is a historic black-and-white spiral-striped beacon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, renowned as one of the tallest and most iconic brick lighthouses in the United States.
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B.
Amelia Island Lighthouse
Amelia Island Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse on Florida’s Amelia Island and one of the state’s oldest still-operating beacons.
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C.
Morris Island Lighthouse
Morris Island Lighthouse is a historic, now offshore brick lighthouse off Morris Island near Charleston, South Carolina, known for its Civil War–era origins and ongoing preservation efforts against coastal erosion.
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D.
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, notable as one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States.
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E.
Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse
The Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century brick lighthouse near Daytona Beach, Florida, renowned as one of the tallest and best-preserved lighthouses in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
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lighthouse ⓘ |
| associatedWith | United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| automated | yes ⓘ |
| automationYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| colorPattern | black-and-white horizontal bands ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | brick ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| focalHeight | about 156 feet ⓘ |
| hasGallery | yes ⓘ |
| hasKeeperQuarters | yes ⓘ |
| hasLantern | yes ⓘ |
| height | about 156 feet ⓘ |
| keeperQuartersUse | visitor center ⓘ |
| lensType | first-order Fresnel lens ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | flashing white ⓘ |
| lightRange | approximately 19 nautical miles ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dare County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
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Outer Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Cape Hatteras National Seashore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Nags Head, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oregon Inlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Bodie Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
barrier island ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| marking | alternating black and white bands ⓘ |
| nearbyLighthouse |
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Currituck Beach Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive black-and-white banded daymark
ⓘ
guiding ships along treacherous waters of the Atlantic ⓘ |
| NRHPListingYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | contributing property ⓘ |
| ocean | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| offersTours | yes ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalLensType | first-order Fresnel lens ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| partOf | system of Outer Banks lighthouses ⓘ |
| purpose |
aid to navigation
ⓘ
guiding ships ⓘ |
| region | U.S. East Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| towerShape | conical tower ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1872 ⓘ |
| yearFirstLit | 1872 ⓘ |
| yearLitCurrentTower | 1872 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bodie Island Lighthouse Description of subject: Bodie Island Lighthouse is a historic black-and-white banded coastal beacon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, renowned for guiding ships along the treacherous waters of the Atlantic.
Referenced by (3)
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