Alabama State Port Authority
E373465
The Alabama State Port Authority is the state agency responsible for developing, operating, and managing Alabama’s public seaport facilities, including the Port of Mobile.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alabama State Port Authority canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3596136 — 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: Alabama State Port Authority Context triple: [Port of Mobile, governingBody, Alabama State Port Authority]
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A.
Port of Mobile
The Port of Mobile is a major deep-water seaport in Alabama that serves as a key hub for international trade, shipping, and transportation infrastructure in the southeastern United States.
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B.
Port of Savannah
The Port of Savannah is one of the busiest and fastest-growing container seaports in the United States, serving as a major logistics and trade hub on the U.S. East Coast.
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C.
Maryland Port Administration
The Maryland Port Administration is the state agency responsible for managing and promoting Maryland’s public port facilities, including the Port of Baltimore, to support maritime commerce and economic development.
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D.
Port of Woodland
The Port of Woodland is a public port district and industrial hub in Cowlitz County, Washington, providing marine, rail, and industrial facilities along the Columbia River to support regional commerce and economic development.
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E.
JAXPORT
JAXPORT is the public seaport authority for Jacksonville, Florida, serving as a major U.S. hub for container, automobile, and bulk cargo shipping.
- 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: Alabama State Port Authority Target entity description: The Alabama State Port Authority is the state agency responsible for developing, operating, and managing Alabama’s public seaport facilities, including the Port of Mobile.
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A.
Port of Mobile
The Port of Mobile is a major deep-water seaport in Alabama that serves as a key hub for international trade, shipping, and transportation infrastructure in the southeastern United States.
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B.
Port of Savannah
The Port of Savannah is one of the busiest and fastest-growing container seaports in the United States, serving as a major logistics and trade hub on the U.S. East Coast.
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C.
Maryland Port Administration
The Maryland Port Administration is the state agency responsible for managing and promoting Maryland’s public port facilities, including the Port of Baltimore, to support maritime commerce and economic development.
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D.
Port of Woodland
The Port of Woodland is a public port district and industrial hub in Cowlitz County, Washington, providing marine, rail, and industrial facilities along the Columbia River to support regional commerce and economic development.
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E.
JAXPORT
JAXPORT is the public seaport authority for Jacksonville, Florida, serving as a major U.S. hub for container, automobile, and bulk cargo shipping.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
state port authority ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Port of Mobile
ⓘ
surface form:
Alabama State Docks
|
| connectsTo | Gulf of Mexico via Port of Mobile ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employs |
administrative staff
ⓘ
operations personnel ⓘ port workers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
domestic shipping
ⓘ
international trade ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Alabama Legislature
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Alabama legislature
|
| governs | port operations at Port of Mobile ⓘ |
| hasBoard | board of directors ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.asdd.com/ ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to develop and maintain port infrastructure
ⓘ
to promote commerce through Alabama’s seaports ⓘ to support industrial and trade growth in Alabama ⓘ |
| hasRole |
economic development
ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ trade facilitation ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Mobile, Alabama ⓘ |
| industry |
logistics
ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ port management ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Alabama
|
| legalForm | state agency ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Port of Mobile ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody |
Mobile Bay
ⓘ
Mobile River ⓘ |
| manages |
Port of Mobile
ⓘ
surface form:
Port of Mobile terminals
public seaport facilities in Alabama ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
rail transport
ⓘ
road transport ⓘ sea transport ⓘ |
| operates |
Port of Mobile
ⓘ
breakbulk terminals at Port of Mobile ⓘ bulk cargo terminals at Port of Mobile ⓘ container terminal at Port of Mobile ⓘ intermodal rail facilities at Port of Mobile ⓘ |
| owner |
Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Alabama
|
| partOf | Alabama’s transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| regulates | use of state-owned port facilities in Alabama ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
developing Alabama’s public seaport facilities
ⓘ
managing Alabama’s public seaport facilities ⓘ operating Alabama’s public seaport facilities ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | ASPA ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
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: Alabama State Port Authority Description of subject: The Alabama State Port Authority is the state agency responsible for developing, operating, and managing Alabama’s public seaport facilities, including the Port of Mobile.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.