Cross Sound Ferry
E619544
Cross Sound Ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry service operating across Long Island Sound, primarily connecting New London, Connecticut with ports on Long Island, New York.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cross Sound Ferry canonical | 2 |
| Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6809652 — 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: Cross Sound Ferry Context triple: [New London Union Station, nearbyService, Cross Sound Ferry]
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A.
Cape May–Lewes Ferry
The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry service that crosses the Delaware Bay, connecting Cape May, New Jersey, with Lewes, Delaware.
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B.
Madeline Island Ferry
Madeline Island Ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry service that connects Madeline Island to the mainland across Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin.
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C.
Mukilteo–Clinton ferry
The Mukilteo–Clinton ferry is a Washington State Ferries route that carries vehicles and passengers across Possession Sound between Mukilteo on the mainland and Clinton on Whidbey Island.
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D.
Washington Island Ferry Line
Washington Island Ferry Line is a ferry service that transports passengers, vehicles, and goods between Washington Island and the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin.
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E.
Seattle–Bremerton ferry
The Seattle–Bremerton ferry is a major Washington State Ferries route linking downtown Seattle with the city of Bremerton across Puget Sound.
- 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: Cross Sound Ferry Target entity description: Cross Sound Ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry service operating across Long Island Sound, primarily connecting New London, Connecticut with ports on Long Island, New York.
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A.
Cape May–Lewes Ferry
The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry service that crosses the Delaware Bay, connecting Cape May, New Jersey, with Lewes, Delaware.
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B.
Madeline Island Ferry
Madeline Island Ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry service that connects Madeline Island to the mainland across Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin.
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C.
Mukilteo–Clinton ferry
The Mukilteo–Clinton ferry is a Washington State Ferries route that carries vehicles and passengers across Possession Sound between Mukilteo on the mainland and Clinton on Whidbey Island.
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D.
Washington Island Ferry Line
Washington Island Ferry Line is a ferry service that transports passengers, vehicles, and goods between Washington Island and the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin.
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E.
Seattle–Bremerton ferry
The Seattle–Bremerton ferry is a major Washington State Ferries route linking downtown Seattle with the city of Bremerton across Puget Sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ferry operator
ⓘ
transportation company ⓘ |
| approximateTravelTime | about 80 minutes on conventional ferries ⓘ |
| carries |
freight
ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ passengers ⓘ |
| connectsArea | North Fork of Long Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsCity | New London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Long Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasRouteType | interstate ferry route ⓘ |
| hasTerminal |
New London ferry terminal
ⓘ
Orient Point ferry terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | maritime transportation ⓘ |
| marketSegment |
commercial traffic
ⓘ
commuters ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| offersService |
high-speed passenger service
ⓘ
seasonal ferry service ⓘ year-round ferry service ⓘ |
| operatesBetween | Connecticut and Long Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInState |
Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesOn | Long Island Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPort |
New London, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orient Point, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Eastern Long Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeastern Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInTransport | alternative to driving through New York City ⓘ |
| routeEndpoint |
New London, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orient Point, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
passenger ferry service
ⓘ
vehicle ferry service ⓘ |
| transportMode | sea transport ⓘ |
| vesselTypeUsed |
high-speed catamaran
ⓘ
roll-on/roll-off ferry ⓘ |
| waterway | Long Island Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Cross Sound Ferry Description of subject: Cross Sound Ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry service operating across Long Island Sound, primarily connecting New London, Connecticut with ports on Long Island, New York.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry