Mekoryuk, Alaska
E606692
Mekoryuk, Alaska is a small Yup’ik/Cup’ig Native village on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea, known for its strong Indigenous cultural traditions and subsistence lifestyle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mekoryuk, Alaska canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6520266 — 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: Mekoryuk, Alaska Context triple: [Cup’ig dialect, associatedWithCommunity, Mekoryuk, Alaska]
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A.
Manokotak, Alaska
Manokotak, Alaska is a small, predominantly Yup'ik village in the Dillingham Census Area known for its subsistence lifestyle and proximity to rich Bristol Bay fisheries.
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B.
Igiugig, Alaska
Igiugig, Alaska is a small, predominantly Alaska Native village located at the mouth of the Kvichak River on the Alaska Peninsula, known for its subsistence lifestyle and proximity to rich salmon fisheries.
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C.
Noatak, Alaska
Noatak, Alaska is a small Inupiat village in northwest Alaska located along the Noatak River, serving as a remote gateway community to the surrounding wilderness and protected areas.
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D.
Ugashik, Alaska
Ugashik, Alaska is a small remote community in southwestern Alaska known for its proximity to rich Bristol Bay salmon fisheries and its traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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E.
Naknek, Alaska
Naknek, Alaska is a small fishing community on the Naknek River near Bristol Bay, known as a key hub for the region’s commercial salmon industry.
- 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: Mekoryuk, Alaska Target entity description: Mekoryuk, Alaska is a small Yup’ik/Cup’ig Native village on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea, known for its strong Indigenous cultural traditions and subsistence lifestyle.
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A.
Manokotak, Alaska
Manokotak, Alaska is a small, predominantly Yup'ik village in the Dillingham Census Area known for its subsistence lifestyle and proximity to rich Bristol Bay fisheries.
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B.
Igiugig, Alaska
Igiugig, Alaska is a small, predominantly Alaska Native village located at the mouth of the Kvichak River on the Alaska Peninsula, known for its subsistence lifestyle and proximity to rich salmon fisheries.
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C.
Noatak, Alaska
Noatak, Alaska is a small Inupiat village in northwest Alaska located along the Noatak River, serving as a remote gateway community to the surrounding wilderness and protected areas.
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D.
Ugashik, Alaska
Ugashik, Alaska is a small remote community in southwestern Alaska known for its proximity to rich Bristol Bay salmon fisheries and its traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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E.
Naknek, Alaska
Naknek, Alaska is a small fishing community on the Naknek River near Bristol Bay, known as a key hub for the region’s commercial salmon industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ village ⓘ |
| access |
air transport
ⓘ
seasonal sea transport ⓘ |
| airportIATACode | MYU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airportICAOCode | PAMY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaCode | 907 ⓘ |
| climateClassification | subarctic climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| disincorporatedAsCity | 1997 ⓘ |
| economyType | subsistence-based economy ⓘ |
| elevationInFeet | 13 ⓘ |
| elevationInMeters | 4 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Cupʼig people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yupʼik people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicMajority | Alaska Native NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 02-47620 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1406240 ⓘ |
| hasSchool | Nuniwarmiut School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1970 ⓘ |
| indigenousPeople |
Cupʼig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yupʼik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landAreaInSquareKilometers | 15.26 ⓘ |
| landAreaInSquareMiles | 5.89 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Bering Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Bethel Census Area, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Alaska Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Nunivak Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
strong Indigenous cultural traditions
ⓘ
subsistence lifestyle ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | Alaska Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population |
191
ⓘ
210 ⓘ |
| populationCensusYear |
2000
ⓘ
2010 ⓘ 2020 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 99630 ⓘ |
| primaryLanguages |
Cupʼig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| region | Western Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| schoolDistrict | Lower Kuskokwim School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBy | Mekoryuk Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateLegislativeDistrict |
Alaska House District 38
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alaska Senate District T NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterAreaInSquareKilometers | 0.01 ⓘ |
| waterAreaInSquareMiles | 0.00 ⓘ |
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: Mekoryuk, Alaska Description of subject: Mekoryuk, Alaska is a small Yup’ik/Cup’ig Native village on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea, known for its strong Indigenous cultural traditions and subsistence lifestyle.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.