Port of Wellington
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The Port of Wellington is a major seaport in New Zealand’s capital city, serving as a key hub for domestic and international shipping, ferry services, and regional trade.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Wellington canonical | 2 |
| CentrePort Wellington | 1 |
| Wellington Harbour | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T716846 — 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: Port of Wellington Context triple: [North Island, hasMajorPort, Port of Wellington]
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A.
Port of Auckland
Port of Auckland is New Zealand’s largest and busiest seaport, serving as a key hub for the country’s international trade and shipping on the North Island.
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B.
Port of Tauranga
Port of Tauranga is New Zealand’s largest and busiest port, serving as a key international gateway for container and bulk cargo trade.
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C.
Port of Hobart
The Port of Hobart is a key deep-water seaport in Tasmania, Australia, serving as a major hub for commercial shipping, Antarctic research vessels, and regional maritime trade.
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D.
Wellington Pier
Wellington Pier is a historic seaside pleasure pier and entertainment venue located on the seafront of Great Yarmouth, England.
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E.
Port of Suva
The Port of Suva is Fiji’s principal maritime gateway and busiest commercial harbor, serving as a key hub for regional trade and shipping in the South Pacific.
- 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: Port of Wellington Target entity description: The Port of Wellington is a major seaport in New Zealand’s capital city, serving as a key hub for domestic and international shipping, ferry services, and regional trade.
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A.
Port of Auckland
Port of Auckland is New Zealand’s largest and busiest seaport, serving as a key hub for the country’s international trade and shipping on the North Island.
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B.
Port of Tauranga
Port of Tauranga is New Zealand’s largest and busiest port, serving as a key international gateway for container and bulk cargo trade.
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C.
Port of Hobart
The Port of Hobart is a key deep-water seaport in Tasmania, Australia, serving as a major hub for commercial shipping, Antarctic research vessels, and regional maritime trade.
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D.
Wellington Pier
Wellington Pier is a historic seaside pleasure pier and entertainment venue located on the seafront of Great Yarmouth, England.
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E.
Port of Suva
The Port of Suva is Fiji’s principal maritime gateway and busiest commercial harbor, serving as a key hub for regional trade and shipping in the South Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
seaport
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Kaiwharawhara
ⓘ
Lambton Harbour ⓘ Thorndon ⓘ Wellington ⓘ
surface form:
Wellington central business district
|
| connectsTo |
New Zealand State Highway 1
ⓘ
New Zealand rail network ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bulk cargo wharves
ⓘ
container terminal ⓘ cruise berth ⓘ log yard ⓘ rail connections ⓘ roll-on/roll-off ramps ⓘ warehousing ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
bulk cargo handling
ⓘ
container handling ⓘ cruise ship terminal ⓘ inter-island ferry terminal ⓘ log exports ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportanceFor |
Cook Strait
ⓘ
surface form:
Cook Strait transport corridor
New Zealand economy ⓘ |
| isMajorPortFor |
domestic shipping
ⓘ
inter-island ferry services ⓘ international shipping ⓘ regional trade ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Wellington
ⓘ
Wellington Region ⓘ |
| locatedInCapitalCityOf | New Zealand ⓘ |
| locatedOnBodyOfWater |
Port Nicholson
ⓘ
Wellington Harbour ⓘ |
| operator |
Port of Wellington
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CentrePort Wellington
|
| ownedBy | CentrePort Limited ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cook Strait
ⓘ
surface form:
Cook Strait shipping route
New Zealand freight network ⓘ national supply chain ⓘ |
| regionServed |
lower North Island
ⓘ
upper South Island ⓘ |
| serves |
Wellington urban area
ⓘ
lower North Island ⓘ upper South Island ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
New Zealand maritime regulations
ⓘ
Wellington regional planning authorities ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Interislander ferry
ⓘ
surface form:
Bluebridge ferries
Interislander ferry ⓘ
surface form:
Interislander ferries
container shipping lines ⓘ cruise lines ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Port of Wellington Description of subject: The Port of Wellington is a major seaport in New Zealand’s capital city, serving as a key hub for domestic and international shipping, ferry services, and regional trade.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wellington Harbour
this entity surface form:
CentrePort Wellington