Bermuda Triangle
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The Bermuda Triangle is a loosely defined region of the western North Atlantic Ocean infamous for numerous mysterious ship and aircraft disappearances.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bermuda Triangle canonical | 9 |
| Bermuda Triangle region | 1 |
| Devil's Triangle | 1 |
| The Deadly Bermuda Triangle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17578 — 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: Bermuda Triangle Context triple: [Atlantic Ocean, containsFeature, Bermuda Triangle]
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A.
Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a hook-shaped peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts known for its sandy beaches, maritime villages, and popular summer tourism.
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B.
Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts Bay is a large inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern coast of Massachusetts, historically significant as the site of early English colonial settlement in New England.
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C.
Nantucket
Nantucket is a small, historic island and popular summer vacation destination off the coast of Massachusetts, known for its beaches, whaling-era architecture, and maritime heritage.
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D.
Puerto Rico Trench
The Puerto Rico Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the western Atlantic, marking the boundary between the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates and containing the region’s greatest ocean depths.
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E.
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
Bermuda (United Kingdom) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its subtropical climate, pink-sand beaches, and status as an international financial center.
- 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: Bermuda Triangle Target entity description: The Bermuda Triangle is a loosely defined region of the western North Atlantic Ocean infamous for numerous mysterious ship and aircraft disappearances.
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A.
Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a hook-shaped peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts known for its sandy beaches, maritime villages, and popular summer tourism.
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B.
Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts Bay is a large inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern coast of Massachusetts, historically significant as the site of early English colonial settlement in New England.
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C.
Nantucket
Nantucket is a small, historic island and popular summer vacation destination off the coast of Massachusetts, known for its beaches, whaling-era architecture, and maritime heritage.
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D.
Puerto Rico Trench
The Puerto Rico Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the western Atlantic, marking the boundary between the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates and containing the region’s greatest ocean depths.
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E.
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
Bermuda (United Kingdom) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its subtropical climate, pink-sand beaches, and status as an international financial center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
ⓘ
maritime folklore topic ⓘ sea area ⓘ urban legend subject ⓘ |
| airTraffic | frequent commercial and private flights ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bermuda Triangle
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surface form:
Devil's Triangle
|
| areaEstimate | about 500,000 to 1,500,000 square miles ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Flight 19 disappearance
ⓘ
Star Ariel disappearance ⓘ Star Tiger disappearance ⓘ USS Cyclops disappearance ⓘ |
| climate | subtropical to tropical marine climate ⓘ |
| consideredBy | U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing ⓘ |
| countryBorder |
Bahamas
ⓘ
Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form:
Bermuda
United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalRole | iconic mystery in modern folklore ⓘ |
| definition | loosely defined region with no official boundaries ⓘ |
| explanationsProposed |
equipment failure
ⓘ
human error ⓘ magnetic anomalies in popular accounts ⓘ methane hydrate eruptions ⓘ navigational errors ⓘ severe weather ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
aircraft disappearances
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mysterious disappearances ⓘ paranormal phenomena in popular culture ⓘ ship disappearances ⓘ |
| hasVertex |
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
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surface form:
Bermuda
Miami ⓘ San Juan ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| nearbyCurrent |
Gulf Stream
ⓘ
Gulf Stream ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Current
|
| partOf |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
|
| popularizationPublication | Argosy magazine ⓘ |
| popularizationWork |
Bermuda Triangle
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Deadly Bermuda Triangle
|
| popularizationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Vincent Gaddis ⓘ |
| scientificConsensus | no evidence of unusual disappearances compared to other heavily traveled regions ⓘ |
| shape | rough triangle ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
fictional films
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numerous books ⓘ numerous documentaries ⓘ television programs ⓘ |
| trafficLevel | one of the world's most heavily traveled shipping lanes ⓘ |
| weatherRisks |
hurricanes
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sudden squalls ⓘ tropical storms ⓘ |
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: Bermuda Triangle Description of subject: The Bermuda Triangle is a loosely defined region of the western North Atlantic Ocean infamous for numerous mysterious ship and aircraft disappearances.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Devil's Triangle
this entity surface form:
The Deadly Bermuda Triangle
subject surface form:
Argosy
subject surface form:
The Deadly Bermuda Triangle
subject surface form:
The Deadly Bermuda Triangle
this entity surface form:
Bermuda Triangle region