Eastham

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municipality town

Eastham is a coastal town on outer Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, salt marshes, and access to the Cape Cod National Seashore.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Eastham, Massachusetts	28
Eastham canonical	7
Eastham, Plymouth Colony	3
Town of Eastham	2
Town of Eastham, Massachusetts	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7448 — 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: Eastham
Context triple: [Cape Cod, hasMajorTown, Eastham]

A. Yarmouth
Yarmouth is a coastal town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, historic villages, and tourism.
B. Falmouth
Falmouth is a prominent coastal town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, ferry access to Martha’s Vineyard, and historic New England charm.
C. Provincetown
Provincetown is a historic coastal resort town at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for its vibrant arts scene, LGBTQ+ community, and scenic beaches.
D. Edgartown, Massachusetts
Edgartown, Massachusetts is a historic coastal town on Martha’s Vineyard known for its whaling-era architecture, tourism, and proximity to the site of the Chappaquiddick incident.
E. Chatham
Chatham is a coastal town on the southeastern tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for its beaches, historic lighthouse, and maritime character.
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: Eastham
Target entity description: Eastham is a coastal town on outer Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, salt marshes, and access to the Cape Cod National Seashore.

A. Yarmouth
Yarmouth is a coastal town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, historic villages, and tourism.
B. Falmouth
Falmouth is a prominent coastal town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, ferry access to Martha’s Vineyard, and historic New England charm.
C. Provincetown
Provincetown is a historic coastal resort town at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for its vibrant arts scene, LGBTQ+ community, and scenic beaches.
D. Edgartown, Massachusetts
Edgartown, Massachusetts is a historic coastal town on Martha’s Vineyard known for its whaling-era architecture, tourism, and proximity to the site of the Chappaquiddick incident.
E. Chatham
Chatham is a coastal town on the southeastern tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for its beaches, historic lighthouse, and maritime character.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ town ⓘ
borderedBy	Orleans ⓘ Wellfleet ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate with strong maritime influence ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Barnstable County, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Barnstable County
governmentType	open town meeting ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Cape Cod Bay ⓘ
hasFeature	dunes ⓘ kettle ponds ⓘ salt marsh ecosystems ⓘ
hasLandmark	Coast Guard Beach ⓘ First Encounter Beach ⓘ Fort Hill area ⓘ Nauset Light ⓘ Salt Pond Visitor Center ⓘ Three Sisters of Nauset lighthouses ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix	026 ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Cape Cod National Seashore ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity	birdwatching ⓘ boating ⓘ hiking ⓘ surfing ⓘ swimming ⓘ
knownFor	Cape Cod National Seashore access ⓘ beaches ⓘ salt marshes ⓘ
locatedIn	New England ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Outer Cape Cod ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Cape Cod ⓘ
partOf	Cape Cod National Seashore ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	seasonal hospitality industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
regionType	coastal town ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
traversedBy	U.S. Route 6 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Cod → hasMajorTown → Eastham ⓘ

Wellfleet → adjacentTo → Eastham ⓘ

Cape Cod National Seashore → spansTowns → Eastham ⓘ

Cape Cod Bay shoreline → adjacentTo → Eastham ⓘ

Lower Cape → hasPart → Eastham ⓘ

Outer Cape Cod → includes → Eastham ⓘ

Barnstable County, Massachusetts → containsTown → Eastham ⓘ