Shoals Marine Laboratory
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Shoals Marine Laboratory is a seasonal field station and education center focused on marine science and coastal ecology, jointly operated by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire on Appledore Island in the Gulf of Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shoals Marine Laboratory canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5257987 — 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: Shoals Marine Laboratory Context triple: [Appledore Island, hasFacility, Shoals Marine Laboratory]
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A.
Grice Marine Laboratory
Grice Marine Laboratory is a marine science research and teaching facility affiliated with the College of Charleston, supporting coastal and oceanographic studies.
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B.
Galeta marine laboratory
Galeta Marine Laboratory is a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute field station on Panama’s Caribbean coast dedicated to research on tropical marine and coastal ecosystems.
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C.
Duke University Marine Lab
Duke University Marine Lab is a coastal research and teaching campus of Duke University dedicated to marine science, conservation, and policy.
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D.
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Hatfield Marine Science Center is a leading marine research and education facility on the Oregon coast that supports oceanographic, coastal ecology, and fisheries science programs.
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E.
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is a marine research institution in Georgia focused on advancing the understanding of coastal and oceanic environments through scientific study and education.
- 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: Shoals Marine Laboratory Target entity description: Shoals Marine Laboratory is a seasonal field station and education center focused on marine science and coastal ecology, jointly operated by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire on Appledore Island in the Gulf of Maine.
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A.
Grice Marine Laboratory
Grice Marine Laboratory is a marine science research and teaching facility affiliated with the College of Charleston, supporting coastal and oceanographic studies.
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B.
Galeta marine laboratory
Galeta Marine Laboratory is a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute field station on Panama’s Caribbean coast dedicated to research on tropical marine and coastal ecosystems.
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C.
Duke University Marine Lab
Duke University Marine Lab is a coastal research and teaching campus of Duke University dedicated to marine science, conservation, and policy.
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D.
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Hatfield Marine Science Center is a leading marine research and education facility on the Oregon coast that supports oceanographic, coastal ecology, and fisheries science programs.
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E.
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is a marine research institution in Georgia focused on advancing the understanding of coastal and oceanic environments through scientific study and education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
education center
ⓘ
marine field station ⓘ research station ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SML ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Cornell University
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University of New Hampshire ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| environmentType | island environment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
coastal ecology
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field-based education ⓘ marine biology ⓘ marine science ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Cornell University
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University of New Hampshire ⓘ |
| hasEducationalProgramType |
high school programs
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public education programs ⓘ research internships ⓘ undergraduate courses ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
dormitories
ⓘ
laboratories ⓘ research vessels ⓘ residential field station ⓘ seawater system ⓘ |
| hasMission |
education in marine science
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public outreach in marine and environmental issues ⓘ support of field-based research ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess | boat only ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.shoalsmarinelaboratory.org/ ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Appledore Island ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Gulf of Maine ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Isles of Shoals ⓘ |
| name | Shoals Marine Laboratory ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Kittery, Maine
ⓘ
Portsmouth, New Hampshire ⓘ |
| offersCourseIn |
coastal oceanography
ⓘ
field methods in marine science ⓘ marine invertebrate zoology ⓘ marine vertebrates ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Cornell University
ⓘ
University of New Hampshire ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | seasonal ⓘ |
| researchArea |
conservation biology
ⓘ
island ecology ⓘ marine ecology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ |
| seasonOfOperation | summer ⓘ |
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: Shoals Marine Laboratory Description of subject: Shoals Marine Laboratory is a seasonal field station and education center focused on marine science and coastal ecology, jointly operated by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire on Appledore Island in the Gulf of Maine.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, United States
subject linked to:
Hog Island