Cobb Island, Maryland
E534844
Cobb Island, Maryland is a small unincorporated island community in Charles County known for its waterfront setting at the confluence of the Potomac and Wicomico Rivers and its recreational boating and fishing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cobb Island, Maryland canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5621650 — 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: Cobb Island, Maryland Context triple: [Rock Point, Maryland, locatedNear, Cobb Island, Maryland]
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A.
Tilghman Island, Maryland
Tilghman Island, Maryland is a small historic fishing and crabbing community on the Chesapeake Bay known for its working watermen, maritime heritage, and scenic waterfront.
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B.
Kent Island
Kent Island is a large, historic island in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay known as one of the earliest English settlements in North America and a key gateway between the Eastern Shore and the Baltimore–Washington region.
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C.
Deal Island
Deal Island is a remote, rugged island in southeastern Australia known for its historic lighthouse and wildlife-rich nature reserve within the Kent Group in Bass Strait.
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D.
Wye Island, Maryland
Wye Island, Maryland is a largely undeveloped island and state-owned natural area in the Chesapeake Bay known for its wildlife habitat, wetlands, and public recreation trails.
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E.
Broomes Island, Maryland
Broomes Island, Maryland is a small unincorporated waterfront community on the Patuxent River known for its crabbing, boating, and scenic Chesapeake Bay setting.
- 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: Cobb Island, Maryland Target entity description: Cobb Island, Maryland is a small unincorporated island community in Charles County known for its waterfront setting at the confluence of the Potomac and Wicomico Rivers and its recreational boating and fishing.
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A.
Tilghman Island, Maryland
Tilghman Island, Maryland is a small historic fishing and crabbing community on the Chesapeake Bay known for its working watermen, maritime heritage, and scenic waterfront.
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B.
Kent Island
Kent Island is a large, historic island in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay known as one of the earliest English settlements in North America and a key gateway between the Eastern Shore and the Baltimore–Washington region.
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C.
Deal Island
Deal Island is a remote, rugged island in southeastern Australia known for its historic lighthouse and wildlife-rich nature reserve within the Kent Group in Bass Strait.
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D.
Wye Island, Maryland
Wye Island, Maryland is a largely undeveloped island and state-owned natural area in the Chesapeake Bay known for its wildlife habitat, wetlands, and public recreation trails.
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E.
Broomes Island, Maryland
Broomes Island, Maryland is a small unincorporated waterfront community on the Patuxent River known for its crabbing, boating, and scenic Chesapeake Bay setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
island community ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode |
240
ⓘ
301 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Potomac River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wicomico River (Potomac River tributary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| connectedBy | Cobb Island Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Charles County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedAs | unincorporated area of Charles County ⓘ |
| hasBodyOfWater | Neale Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommunityOrganization | Cobb Island Citizens Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalService | served by Charles County Public Schools ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bridge connection to mainland
ⓘ
marinas ⓘ piers ⓘ small-town atmosphere ⓘ waterfront homes ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
birdwatching
ⓘ
boating ⓘ kayaking ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ |
| hasReligiousInstitution |
Cobb Island Baptist Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holy Ghost Catholic Church (nearby on mainland) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
crabbing
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ seafood restaurants ⓘ waterfront setting ⓘ |
| locatedAtConfluenceOf |
Potomac River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wicomico River (Potomac River tributary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Charles County, Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Washington metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Colonial Beach, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wicomico, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
| postalCode | 20625 ⓘ |
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportAccess | Maryland Route 254 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterwayUse |
charter fishing
ⓘ
pleasure boating ⓘ |
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: Cobb Island, Maryland Description of subject: Cobb Island, Maryland is a small unincorporated island community in Charles County known for its waterfront setting at the confluence of the Potomac and Wicomico Rivers and its recreational boating and fishing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rock Point, Maryland