Nichols Passage
E429570
Nichols Passage is a marine waterway in southeastern Alaska that forms part of the intricate coastal channel system used by ships navigating the Alexander Archipelago.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nichols Passage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4296329 — 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: Nichols Passage Context triple: [Tongass Narrows, connectsTo, Nichols Passage]
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A.
Stephens Passage
Stephens Passage is a major marine waterway in southeastern Alaska, known for its scenic fjord-like landscapes and frequent use by cruise ships and wildlife tours.
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B.
Harbour Passage
Harbour Passage is a scenic waterfront walking and cycling trail in Saint John, New Brunswick, featuring views of the harbor and access to key historic and cultural sites.
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C.
Garrison Channel
Garrison Channel is a waterway in downtown Tampa, Florida, that separates the city’s central business district from Harbour Island and serves as a key part of the Tampa waterfront.
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D.
Manitou Passage
Manitou Passage is a key Lake Michigan shipping channel located between the Sleeping Bear Dunes mainland and the Manitou Islands, known for its navigational hazards and historic maritime significance.
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E.
Douglas Entrance
Douglas Entrance is a historic Mediterranean Revival-style gateway complex in Coral Gables, Florida, serving as one of the city's iconic architectural landmarks.
- 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: Nichols Passage Target entity description: Nichols Passage is a marine waterway in southeastern Alaska that forms part of the intricate coastal channel system used by ships navigating the Alexander Archipelago.
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A.
Stephens Passage
Stephens Passage is a major marine waterway in southeastern Alaska, known for its scenic fjord-like landscapes and frequent use by cruise ships and wildlife tours.
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B.
Harbour Passage
Harbour Passage is a scenic waterfront walking and cycling trail in Saint John, New Brunswick, featuring views of the harbor and access to key historic and cultural sites.
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C.
Garrison Channel
Garrison Channel is a waterway in downtown Tampa, Florida, that separates the city’s central business district from Harbour Island and serves as a key part of the Tampa waterfront.
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D.
Manitou Passage
Manitou Passage is a key Lake Michigan shipping channel located between the Sleeping Bear Dunes mainland and the Manitou Islands, known for its navigational hazards and historic maritime significance.
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E.
Douglas Entrance
Douglas Entrance is a historic Mediterranean Revival-style gateway complex in Coral Gables, Florida, serving as one of the city's iconic architectural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine waterway
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| bodyOfWater |
Clarence Strait
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| chartedIn | NOAA nautical charts ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| environment | marine ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAids |
buoys
ⓘ
lights ⓘ nautical charts ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alexander Archipelago coastal waters
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
southeastern Alaska ⓘ |
| near |
Ketchikan, Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Ketchikan
|
| partOf |
Alexander Archipelago
ⓘ
Inside Passage ⓘ coastal channel system of southeastern Alaska ⓘ |
| region | Alexander Archipelago maritime routes ⓘ |
| state | Alaska ⓘ |
| usedBy |
commercial vessels
ⓘ
fishing vessels ⓘ tourist cruise ships ⓘ |
| usedFor | marine navigation ⓘ |
| waterwayType | coastal channel ⓘ |
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: Nichols Passage Description of subject: Nichols Passage is a marine waterway in southeastern Alaska that forms part of the intricate coastal channel system used by ships navigating the Alexander Archipelago.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.