Hog Island
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Hog Island, now known as Appledore Island, is the largest of the Isles of Shoals off the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, noted for its marine research station and historic artists’ colony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hog Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5257993 — 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: Hog Island Context triple: [Appledore Island, historicallyKnownAs, Hog Island]
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A.
Hog Island
Hog Island is a small, uninhabited island in northern Lake Michigan known for its natural habitats and proximity to Beaver Island in Michigan’s Beaver Island archipelago.
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Hog Island
Hog Island is a small, sparsely developed island located within Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, known for its natural shoreline and limited residential use.
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C.
Boat Island
Boat Island is a small island located within the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, known for its marine biodiversity and scenic coastal environment.
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Hoke Island
Hoke Island is one of the smaller, lesser-known islands within Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands archipelago on Lake Superior.
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Muggs Island
Muggs Island is a small, wooded island within Toronto’s offshore island chain, known for its natural setting and limited development.
- 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: Hog Island Target entity description: Hog Island, now known as Appledore Island, is the largest of the Isles of Shoals off the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, noted for its marine research station and historic artists’ colony.
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A.
Hog Island
Hog Island is a small, uninhabited island in northern Lake Michigan known for its natural habitats and proximity to Beaver Island in Michigan’s Beaver Island archipelago.
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B.
Hog Island
Hog Island is a small, sparsely developed island located within Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, known for its natural shoreline and limited residential use.
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C.
Boat Island
Boat Island is a small island located within the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, known for its marine biodiversity and scenic coastal environment.
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D.
Hoke Island
Hoke Island is one of the smaller, lesser-known islands within Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands archipelago on Lake Superior.
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E.
Muggs Island
Muggs Island is a small, wooded island within Toronto’s offshore island chain, known for its natural setting and limited development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hotel
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island ⓘ marine research station ⓘ painter ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Celia Thaxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
marine research
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marine science education ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Appledore Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
marine biology field courses
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seabird research ⓘ |
| hasArea |
approximately 0.15 square miles
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approximately 0.38 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 42.987 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | -70.613 ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | rocky island ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Shoals Marine Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHighestElevation |
approximately 18 meters
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approximately 59 feet ⓘ |
| hasHistoricBuilding | Appledore House hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricUse |
artists’ colony
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fishing community ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic artists’ colony
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hosting artists and writers on Appledore Island ⓘ marine research station ⓘ |
| largestOf | Isles of Shoals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
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Gulf of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Isles of Shoals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInOrNear | York County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Appledore Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith | New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offCoastOf |
Maine
NERFINISHED
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New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Cornell University
NERFINISHED
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University of New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | state of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Childe Hassam
NERFINISHED
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William Morris Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hog Island Description of subject: Hog Island, now known as Appledore Island, is the largest of the Isles of Shoals off the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, noted for its marine research station and historic artists’ colony.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, United States
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historicallyKnownAs
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Hog Island
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subject surface form:
Appledore Island