Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
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The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is a large suspension bridge in New York City that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn across the Narrows.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge canonical | 53 |
| Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T91393 — 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: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Context triple: [Upper New York Bay, crossedBy, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]
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A.
George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge is a major double-decked suspension bridge connecting Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey and serving as a key transportation link in the northeastern United States.
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B.
Queensboro Bridge
The Queensboro Bridge is a major cantilever bridge in New York City that connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens and is a key artery for vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic.
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C.
Triborough Bridge
The Triborough Bridge, now officially known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, is a major New York City bridge complex connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx and serving as a key transportation hub in the city’s highway system.
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D.
Throgs Neck Bridge
The Throgs Neck Bridge is a major suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Bronx and Queens, serving as a key route between the Bronx–Whitestone and Cross Bronx expressways.
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E.
Williamsburg Bridge
The Williamsburg Bridge is a large suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn.
- 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: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Target entity description: The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is a large suspension bridge in New York City that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn across the Narrows.
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A.
George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge is a major double-decked suspension bridge connecting Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey and serving as a key transportation link in the northeastern United States.
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B.
Queensboro Bridge
The Queensboro Bridge is a major cantilever bridge in New York City that connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens and is a key artery for vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic.
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C.
Triborough Bridge
The Triborough Bridge, now officially known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, is a major New York City bridge complex connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx and serving as a key transportation hub in the city’s highway system.
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D.
Throgs Neck Bridge
The Throgs Neck Bridge is a major suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Bronx and Queens, serving as a key route between the Bronx–Whitestone and Cross Bronx expressways.
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E.
Williamsburg Bridge
The Williamsburg Bridge is a large suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
How these facts were elicited
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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: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Description of subject: The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is a large suspension bridge in New York City that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn across the Narrows.
Referenced by (54)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
New York's 11th congressional district
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containsTransportationInfrastructure
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Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
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this entity surface form:
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
subject surface form:
Brooklyn
subject surface form:
Southern Brooklyn
subject surface form:
Othmar Ammann
subject surface form:
Staten Island
subject surface form:
Staten Island
subject surface form:
Long Island