Kailua-Kona
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Kailua-Kona is a coastal town on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island known for its sunny beaches, historic sites, coffee farms, and role as a major tourist and commercial center.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kailua-Kona canonical | 27 |
| Keauhou | 3 |
| Kailua-Kona, Hawaii | 2 |
| Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi | 2 |
| Holualoa | 1 |
| Kailua | 1 |
| Kailua, Island of Hawaiʻi | 1 |
| Kailua, Kona, Island of Hawaiʻi | 1 |
| Kailua-Kona village | 1 |
| Kamuela | 1 |
| Keauhou resort area | 1 |
| Kona coast | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T145612 — 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: Kailua-Kona Context triple: [Hawaii, hasMajorCity, Kailua-Kona]
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A.
Mānoa
Mānoa is a verdant residential valley and neighborhood in Honolulu known for its frequent rainbows, historic homes, and the main campus of the University of Hawaiʻi.
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B.
Hawaiʻi Kai
Hawaiʻi Kai is a residential and commercial marina community on the eastern end of Honolulu, known for its waterfront homes, shopping centers, and access to outdoor recreation.
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C.
Aiea
Aiea is a residential community on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, located inland from Honolulu and known for its proximity to Pearl Harbor and historic World War II sites.
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D.
Niʻihau
Niʻihau is a privately owned, largely off-limits Hawaiian island known for its preserved Native Hawaiian culture and limited access to outsiders.
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E.
Oahu South Shore
Oahu South Shore is the popular coastal region of Oahu that includes Honolulu and Waikiki, known for its beaches, surf breaks, and urban resort atmosphere.
- 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: Kailua-Kona Target entity description: Kailua-Kona is a coastal town on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island known for its sunny beaches, historic sites, coffee farms, and role as a major tourist and commercial center.
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A.
Mānoa
Mānoa is a verdant residential valley and neighborhood in Honolulu known for its frequent rainbows, historic homes, and the main campus of the University of Hawaiʻi.
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B.
Hawaiʻi Kai
Hawaiʻi Kai is a residential and commercial marina community on the eastern end of Honolulu, known for its waterfront homes, shopping centers, and access to outdoor recreation.
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C.
Aiea
Aiea is a residential community on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, located inland from Honolulu and known for its proximity to Pearl Harbor and historic World War II sites.
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D.
Niʻihau
Niʻihau is a privately owned, largely off-limits Hawaiian island known for its preserved Native Hawaiian culture and limited access to outsiders.
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E.
Oahu South Shore
Oahu South Shore is the popular coastal region of Oahu that includes Honolulu and Waikiki, known for its beaches, surf breaks, and urban resort atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
coastal town ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| airportServes |
Kona International Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Kailua-Kona
ⓘ
surface form:
Kailua
Kona ⓘ |
| areaCode | 808 ⓘ |
| climate | tropical semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| coffeeRegion | Kona coffee-growing region ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| economicActivity |
coffee production
ⓘ
retail and services ⓘ tourism industry ⓘ |
| hasHarbor | Kailua Bay ⓘ |
| hasMainRoad |
Hawaii Route 11
ⓘ
Hawaii Route 19 ⓘ |
| hasPromenade | Aliʻi Drive ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
former residence of Hawaiian royalty
ⓘ
site associated with King Kamehameha I ⓘ |
| isMajor |
commercial center for West Hawaiʻi
ⓘ
tourist center on Island of Hawaiʻi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ironman World Championship triathlon finish
ⓘ
beaches ⓘ coffee farms ⓘ historic sites ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ sunny weather ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hawaii County
ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaiʻi County
Hawaiʻi (island) ⓘ
surface form:
Island of Hawaiʻi
Hawaii ⓘ
surface form:
state of Hawaiʻi
|
| locatedOn |
North Kona District
ⓘ
surface form:
Kona Coast
|
| locatedOnCoastOf | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedOnSideOfIsland | west side of Hawaiʻi Island ⓘ |
| near |
Kailua-Kona
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Holualoa
Hualālai volcano ⓘ Kailua-Kona self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Keauhou
|
| observesDaylightSavingTime | no ⓘ |
| partOfRegion | North Kona District ⓘ |
| postalCode | 96740 ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| secondaryLanguage | Hawaiian ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time
ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone
|
| touristAttraction |
Aliʻi Drive waterfront
ⓘ
Huliheʻe Palace ⓘ Kailua Pier ⓘ Kamakahonu (Ahuʻena Heiau area) ⓘ Mokuaikaua Church ⓘ |
| transportHub | Kona International Airport ⓘ |
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: Kailua-Kona Description of subject: Kailua-Kona is a coastal town on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island known for its sunny beaches, historic sites, coffee farms, and role as a major tourist and commercial center.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kona coast
this entity surface form:
Kailua
this entity surface form:
Keauhou
this entity surface form:
Holualoa
this entity surface form:
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
subject surface form:
Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii
this entity surface form:
Kamuela
this entity surface form:
Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi
this entity surface form:
Keauhou
this entity surface form:
Keauhou
this entity surface form:
Keauhou resort area
this entity surface form:
Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi
this entity surface form:
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
this entity surface form:
Kailua-Kona village
subject surface form:
Hualālai
this entity surface form:
Kailua, Island of Hawaiʻi
this entity surface form:
Kailua, Kona, Island of Hawaiʻi