Bergen County, New Jersey
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Bergen County, New Jersey is a populous county in the northeastern corner of the state, part of the New York City metropolitan area and known for its suburban communities and proximity to Manhattan.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bergen County, New Jersey canonical | 123 |
| Bergen County | 18 |
| Bergen County South | 1 |
| Bergen County suburbs | 1 |
| Bergen County, New Jersey region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T318204 — 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: Bergen County, New Jersey Context triple: [Hudson County, New Jersey, borders, Bergen County, New Jersey]
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A.
Hudson County, New Jersey
Hudson County, New Jersey is a densely populated urban county in northeastern New Jersey, directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan and part of the New York metropolitan area.
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B.
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Middlesex County, New Jersey is a central New Jersey county known for its diverse suburban communities, major transportation corridors, and institutions like Rutgers University.
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C.
Somerset County, New Jersey
Somerset County, New Jersey is a suburban county in north-central New Jersey known for its affluent communities, historic sites, and role as part of the New York City metropolitan area.
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D.
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey is a central New Jersey city known as a major healthcare, education, and pharmaceutical hub, home to Rutgers University and several large medical and research institutions.
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E.
Cape May County
Cape May County is the southernmost county in New Jersey, known for its historic seaside resorts, beaches, and coastal tourism.
- 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: Bergen County, New Jersey Target entity description: Bergen County, New Jersey is a populous county in the northeastern corner of the state, part of the New York City metropolitan area and known for its suburban communities and proximity to Manhattan.
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A.
Hudson County, New Jersey
Hudson County, New Jersey is a densely populated urban county in northeastern New Jersey, directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan and part of the New York metropolitan area.
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B.
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Middlesex County, New Jersey is a central New Jersey county known for its diverse suburban communities, major transportation corridors, and institutions like Rutgers University.
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C.
Somerset County, New Jersey
Somerset County, New Jersey is a suburban county in north-central New Jersey known for its affluent communities, historic sites, and role as part of the New York City metropolitan area.
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D.
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey is a central New Jersey city known as a major healthcare, education, and pharmaceutical hub, home to Rutgers University and several large medical and research institutions.
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E.
Cape May County
Cape May County is the southernmost county in New Jersey, known for its historic seaside resorts, beaches, and coastal tourism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county
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county of New Jersey ⓘ |
| adjacentToWaterBody |
Hudson River
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Upper New York Bay ⓘ
surface form:
New York Bay
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| areaCode |
201
ⓘ
551 ⓘ |
| borders |
The Bronx
ⓘ
surface form:
Bronx County, New York
Essex County, New Jersey ⓘ Hudson County, New Jersey ⓘ Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Manhattan, New York City
Passaic County, New Jersey ⓘ Rockland County ⓘ
surface form:
Rockland County, New York
|
| contains |
Bergen Community College
ⓘ
Bergen Performing Arts Center ⓘ Garden State Parkway segment ⓘ George Washington Bridge New Jersey approaches ⓘ Hackensack River ⓘ Interstate 287 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 287 segment
Interstate 80 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 80 segment
New Jersey Turnpike ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) segment
Palisades Interstate Park ⓘ Ramapo River ⓘ Saddle River ⓘ Teterboro Airport ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countyExecutive | James J. Tedesco III ⓘ |
| countySeat |
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Hackensack, New Jersey
|
| establishedAsCounty | November 7, 1683 ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 34003 ⓘ |
| founded | 1683 ⓘ |
| GNISID | 0882190 ⓘ |
| governmentType | County executive–board of commissioners ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ethnically diverse population
ⓘ
high median household income ⓘ proximity to Manhattan ⓘ suburban communities ⓘ |
| largestMunicipalityByArea | Mahwah, New Jersey ⓘ |
| largestMunicipalityByPopulation |
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Hackensack, New Jersey
|
| locatedIn |
Gateway Region of New Jersey
ⓘ
surface form:
Northeastern New Jersey
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| namedAfter |
Bergen
ⓘ
surface form:
Bergen, Norway
Dutch town of Bergen (in present-day Jersey City) ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York metropolitan area
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New York metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
New York–Jersey City–White Plains, NY–NJ Metropolitan Division
New York metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area
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| population | over 950,000 ⓘ |
| populationRankInNewJersey | most populous county in New Jersey ⓘ |
| region |
Gateway Region of New Jersey
ⓘ
surface form:
Gateway Region
|
| state |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
|
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: Bergen County, New Jersey Description of subject: Bergen County, New Jersey is a populous county in the northeastern corner of the state, part of the New York City metropolitan area and known for its suburban communities and proximity to Manhattan.
Referenced by (144)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bergen County
subject surface form:
Essex County, New Jersey
this entity surface form:
Bergen County
this entity surface form:
Bergen County
subject surface form:
Palisades Interstate Parkway
this entity surface form:
Bergen County
subject surface form:
Englewood, New Jersey
this entity surface form:
Bergen County
this entity surface form:
Bergen County
subject surface form:
West Milford, New Jersey
Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
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locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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Bergen County, New Jersey
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subject surface form:
Hackensack Cemetery
subject surface form:
Hackensack, New Jersey
subject surface form:
Hackensack, New Jersey
subject surface form:
Hackensack, New Jersey
this entity surface form:
Bergen County
subject surface form:
Allendale, New Jersey
this entity surface form:
Bergen County suburbs