town of Tisbury, Massachusetts
E98286
The town of Tisbury, Massachusetts is a coastal community on the island of Martha’s Vineyard known for its busy harbor, ferry terminal, and role as a commercial and transportation hub for the island.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tisbury, Massachusetts, United States | 1 |
| Town of Tisbury government | 1 |
| Town of Tisbury, Massachusetts | 1 |
| town of Tisbury | 1 |
| town of Tisbury, Massachusetts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T818644 — 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: town of Tisbury, Massachusetts Context triple: [Vineyard Haven, partOf, town of Tisbury, Massachusetts]
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A.
Marstons Mills
Marstons Mills is a residential village in the town of Barnstable on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, known for its ponds, cranberry bogs, and semi-rural character.
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B.
Town of Sandwich
The Town of Sandwich is a historic coastal municipality on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, recognized as one of the oldest towns in New England.
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C.
Barnstable Village
Barnstable Village is a historic seaside village on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, serving as the civic and cultural center of the town of Barnstable.
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D.
South Harwich
South Harwich is a coastal village in the town of Harwich on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for its historic character and seaside setting.
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E.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Marlborough, Massachusetts is a small city in eastern Massachusetts known for its suburban character, historic New England roots, and role as a regional commercial and technology hub.
- 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: town of Tisbury, Massachusetts Target entity description: The town of Tisbury, Massachusetts is a coastal community on the island of Martha’s Vineyard known for its busy harbor, ferry terminal, and role as a commercial and transportation hub for the island.
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A.
Marstons Mills
Marstons Mills is a residential village in the town of Barnstable on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, known for its ponds, cranberry bogs, and semi-rural character.
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B.
Town of Sandwich
The Town of Sandwich is a historic coastal municipality on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, recognized as one of the oldest towns in New England.
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C.
Barnstable Village
Barnstable Village is a historic seaside village on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, serving as the civic and cultural center of the town of Barnstable.
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D.
South Harwich
South Harwich is a coastal village in the town of Harwich on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for its historic character and seaside setting.
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E.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Marlborough, Massachusetts is a small city in eastern Massachusetts known for its suburban character, historic New England roots, and role as a regional commercial and technology hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality in the United States
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town in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| borders |
Oak Bluffs
ⓘ
surface form:
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
West Tisbury ⓘ
surface form:
West Tisbury, Massachusetts
|
| connectsToByFerry |
Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county | Dukes County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Tisbury, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Town of Tisbury
Vineyard Haven ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
busy harbor
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coastal community ⓘ commercial hub of Martha's Vineyard ⓘ transportation hub of Martha's Vineyard ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
downtown commercial district near the harbor
ⓘ
residential neighborhoods surrounding Vineyard Haven Harbor ⓘ |
| hasFerryTerminal | Steamship Authority Vineyard Haven terminal ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | open town meeting ⓘ |
| hasHarbor | Vineyard Haven Harbor ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool | Martha's Vineyard Regional High School ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Tisbury Town Hall
ⓘ
Vineyard Haven Harbor ⓘ
surface form:
Vineyard Haven Harbor breakwater
Vineyard Haven Harbor ⓘ
surface form:
Vineyard Haven ferry terminal
|
| hasLibrary | Vineyard Haven Public Library ⓘ |
| hasPortFunction | year-round ferry port for Martha's Vineyard ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 02568 ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicActivity |
maritime services
ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | New England town ⓘ |
| hasTransportationRole | primary gateway to Martha's Vineyard by sea ⓘ |
| hasVillage |
Vineyard Haven
ⓘ
surface form:
Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
|
| incorporatedIn | 1671 ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Dukes County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Cape Cod metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Cod and Islands
New England ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Martha's Vineyard ⓘ |
| locatedOnBodyOfWater |
Nantucket Sound
ⓘ
Vineyard Sound ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf |
Cape Cod
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
|
| namedAfter | Tisbury, Wiltshire, England ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Steamship Authority ferries
ⓘ
surface form:
Steamship Authority
|
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| usesAreaCode |
508
ⓘ
774 ⓘ |
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: town of Tisbury, Massachusetts Description of subject: The town of Tisbury, Massachusetts is a coastal community on the island of Martha’s Vineyard known for its busy harbor, ferry terminal, and role as a commercial and transportation hub for the island.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Town of Tisbury government
this entity surface form:
town of Tisbury
West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States
→
locatedIn
→
town of Tisbury, Massachusetts
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subject surface form:
West Chop
this entity surface form:
Town of Tisbury, Massachusetts
this entity surface form:
Tisbury, Massachusetts, United States