Kennedy Island (Plum Pudding Island)
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Kennedy Island, also known as Plum Pudding Island, is a small island in the Solomon Islands famous as the site where John F. Kennedy and his PT-109 crew swam ashore after their boat was sunk during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kennedy Island (Plum Pudding Island) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11169779 — 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: Kennedy Island (Plum Pudding Island) Context triple: [Solomon Islands World War II heritage sites, hasPart, Kennedy Island (Plum Pudding Island)]
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A.
Lindeman Island
Lindeman Island is a resort and national park island in Queensland, Australia, known for its natural beauty and location within the Whitsunday Islands group near the Great Barrier Reef.
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B.
Tom Patterson Island
Tom Patterson Island is a small island and public park space on the Avon River in Stratford, Ontario, known for its scenic setting and association with the Stratford Festival.
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C.
Swains Island
Swains Island is a remote, privately owned atoll in the Tokelau region of the Pacific Ocean that is politically administered as part of American Samoa.
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D.
Eagle Island
Eagle Island is one of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, known for its scenic shoreline and natural, largely undeveloped landscape within the Apostle Islands region of northern Wisconsin.
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E.
Tuluwat Island
Tuluwat Island is a small island in Northern California’s Humboldt Bay that is historically significant as the ancestral homeland and cultural center of the Wiyot people.
- 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: Kennedy Island (Plum Pudding Island) Target entity description: Kennedy Island, also known as Plum Pudding Island, is a small island in the Solomon Islands famous as the site where John F. Kennedy and his PT-109 crew swam ashore after their boat was sunk during World War II.
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A.
Lindeman Island
Lindeman Island is a resort and national park island in Queensland, Australia, known for its natural beauty and location within the Whitsunday Islands group near the Great Barrier Reef.
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B.
Tom Patterson Island
Tom Patterson Island is a small island and public park space on the Avon River in Stratford, Ontario, known for its scenic setting and association with the Stratford Festival.
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C.
Swains Island
Swains Island is a remote, privately owned atoll in the Tokelau region of the Pacific Ocean that is politically administered as part of American Samoa.
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D.
Eagle Island
Eagle Island is one of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, known for its scenic shoreline and natural, largely undeveloped landscape within the Apostle Islands region of northern Wisconsin.
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E.
Tuluwat Island
Tuluwat Island is a small island in Northern California’s Humboldt Bay that is historically significant as the ancestral homeland and cultural center of the Wiyot people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
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island ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kennedy Island (Plum Pudding Island)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plum Pudding Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| eventOccurredHere | PT-109 crew landfall in 1943 ⓘ |
| famousFor | being the island where John F. Kennedy and his PT-109 crew swam ashore after their boat was sunk ⓘ |
| hasCommemoration | memorial plaque (reported) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
beaches
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small uninhabited island ⓘ tropical vegetation ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
PT-109 incident
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMilitaryUnitAssociated | PT-109 GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasNotablePersonAssociated | John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInArchipelago | Solomon Islands archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCityOrTown | Gizo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Central Province, Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfConflict | Pacific Theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfKeyEvent | 1943 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
day trips
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snorkeling ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
World War II history enthusiasts
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tourists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kennedy Island (Plum Pudding Island) Description of subject: Kennedy Island, also known as Plum Pudding Island, is a small island in the Solomon Islands famous as the site where John F. Kennedy and his PT-109 crew swam ashore after their boat was sunk during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.