St. James, Michigan
E100118
St. James, Michigan is a small unincorporated community and harbor village that serves as the primary population and service center on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. James, Michigan canonical | 7 |
| community of St. James, Michigan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T605088 — 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: St. James, Michigan Context triple: [Beaver Island, hasMainSettlement, St. James, Michigan]
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A.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Michigan is a small central Michigan city best known as the home of Central Michigan University and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.
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B.
Westland, Michigan
Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
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C.
Taylor, Michigan
Taylor, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County that forms part of the Downriver area of metropolitan Detroit.
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D.
Comstock Park, Michigan
Comstock Park, Michigan is a suburban community near Grand Rapids known for its minor league baseball presence and family-friendly residential character.
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E.
St. Ignace, Michigan
St. Ignace, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a historic gateway community and ferry hub on the northern end of the Mackinac Bridge.
- 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: St. James, Michigan Target entity description: St. James, Michigan is a small unincorporated community and harbor village that serves as the primary population and service center on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan.
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A.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Michigan is a small central Michigan city best known as the home of Central Michigan University and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.
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B.
Westland, Michigan
Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
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C.
Taylor, Michigan
Taylor, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County that forms part of the Downriver area of metropolitan Detroit.
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D.
Comstock Park, Michigan
Comstock Park, Michigan is a suburban community near Grand Rapids known for its minor league baseball presence and family-friendly residential character.
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E.
St. Ignace, Michigan
St. Ignace, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a historic gateway community and ferry hub on the northern end of the Mackinac Bridge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
harbor village ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode | 231 ⓘ |
| category |
Census-designated places in Michigan
ⓘ
Populated places on Lake Michigan ⓘ Unincorporated communities in Charlevoix County, Michigan ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Charlevoix, Michigan ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevation |
184 meters
ⓘ
604 feet ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1621810 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
grocery store
ⓘ
lodging ⓘ marinas ⓘ post office ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retail shops ⓘ township offices ⓘ |
| hasFeature | natural harbor ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Beaver Island Historical Society Museum
ⓘ
Beaver Island Lighthouse School (nearby on Beaver Island) ⓘ Old Mormon Print Shop Museum ⓘ St. James Harbor ⓘ St. James Township Hall ⓘ |
| hasPort | ferry dock for Beaver Island Boat Company ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
private boats and marinas
ⓘ
public ferry service ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beaver Island, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Beaver Island
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Charlevoix County, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Charlevoix County
Michigan ⓘ St. James Township, Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedOn | north end of Beaver Island ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint James ⓘ |
| nearbyAirport | Beaver Island Airport ⓘ |
| partOf |
Beaver Island archipelago
ⓘ
linked to:
Beaver Island
|
| population | 205 ⓘ |
| populationCensusYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 49782 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| role |
primary population center of Beaver Island
ⓘ
primary service center of Beaver Island ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: St. James, Michigan Description of subject: St. James, Michigan is a small unincorporated community and harbor village that serves as the primary population and service center on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Beaver Island Lighthouse School (nearby on Beaver Island)
linked to: St. James, Michigan