Kihei
E80823
Kihei is a coastal town on the southwest shore of Maui, Hawaii, known for its sunny weather, beaches, and resort and residential communities.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kihei canonical | 7 |
| Kapalua region | 1 |
| Kihei community | 1 |
| Kihei town center | 1 |
| Kihei, Hawaii | 1 |
| South Maui | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T625621 — 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: Kihei Context triple: [Maui, hasSettlement, Kihei]
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A.
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona is a coastal town on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island known for its sunny beaches, historic sites, coffee farms, and role as a major tourist and commercial center.
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B.
Līhuʻe
Līhuʻe is the principal town and administrative center of Kauai County on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
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C.
Mililani
Mililani is a master-planned residential community and census-designated place located in the central part of the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
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D.
Kapolei
Kapolei is a rapidly growing master-planned community on the western side of Oahu in Hawaii, often referred to as Oahu’s “Second City” due to its expanding residential, commercial, and governmental centers.
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E.
Kaneohe
Kaneohe is a residential town on the windward side of Oahu in Hawaii, known for its lush landscapes, views of the Koʻolau Mountains, and access to Kaneohe Bay.
- 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: Kihei Target entity description: Kihei is a coastal town on the southwest shore of Maui, Hawaii, known for its sunny weather, beaches, and resort and residential communities.
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A.
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona is a coastal town on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island known for its sunny beaches, historic sites, coffee farms, and role as a major tourist and commercial center.
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B.
Līhuʻe
Līhuʻe is the principal town and administrative center of Kauai County on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
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C.
Mililani
Mililani is a master-planned residential community and census-designated place located in the central part of the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
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D.
Kapolei
Kapolei is a rapidly growing master-planned community on the western side of Oahu in Hawaii, often referred to as Oahu’s “Second City” due to its expanding residential, commercial, and governmental centers.
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E.
Kaneohe
Kaneohe is a residential town on the windward side of Oahu in Hawaii, known for its lush landscapes, views of the Koʻolau Mountains, and access to Kaneohe Bay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
coastal town ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Maui County ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Humpback whale watching (seasonal)
ⓘ
Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ |
| hasBeach |
Kamaole Beach Park I
ⓘ
Kamaole Beach Park II ⓘ Kamaole Beach Park III ⓘ Keawakapu Beach ⓘ Sugar Beach ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Kamaliʻi Elementary School
ⓘ
Kihei Charter School ⓘ Lokelani Intermediate School ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
condominiums
ⓘ
hotels ⓘ public beach parks ⓘ restaurants ⓘ shopping centers ⓘ vacation rentals ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
beach walking
ⓘ
snorkeling ⓘ stand-up paddleboarding ⓘ surfing ⓘ swimming ⓘ whale watching ⓘ |
| island | Maui ⓘ |
| knownFor |
beaches
ⓘ
residential communities ⓘ resort communities ⓘ sunny weather ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time
ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone
|
| locatedOn | southwest shore of Maui ⓘ |
| locatedOnBodyOfWater | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| near |
Maalaea
ⓘ
Wailea ⓘ |
| partOfRegion |
Kihei
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
South Maui
|
| primaryEconomicActivity |
hospitality industry
ⓘ
retail services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| regionType | resort and residential area ⓘ |
| state | Hawaii ⓘ |
| transportationAccess |
Honoapiʻilani Highway
ⓘ
surface form:
Honoapiilani Highway (Hawaii Route 30)
Piilani Highway (Hawaii Route 31) ⓘ |
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: Kihei Description of subject: Kihei is a coastal town on the southwest shore of Maui, Hawaii, known for its sunny weather, beaches, and resort and residential communities.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kapalua region
this entity surface form:
South Maui
subject surface form:
Kihei Boat Ramp
subject surface form:
Kihei Boat Ramp
subject surface form:
Kihei Boat Ramp
this entity surface form:
Kihei town center
subject surface form:
Sugar Beach (Kihei, Maui)
this entity surface form:
Kihei, Hawaii
subject surface form:
Piilani Highway
this entity surface form:
Kihei community