Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse
E539086
Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse is a small historic red lighthouse on the Hudson River in New York City, best known as the inspiration for the children’s book “The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5578502 — 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: Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse Context triple: [Fort Washington Park, hasHistoricSite, Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse]
-
A.
West Chop Lighthouse
West Chop Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon located on the West Chop headland in Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
-
B.
Chatham Lighthouse
Chatham Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, renowned for guiding ships through the treacherous waters off Chatham.
-
C.
Acre Lighthouse
Acre Lighthouse is a coastal beacon in the historic port city of Acre, Israel, guiding maritime traffic along the Mediterranean shoreline.
-
D.
Bell Rock Lighthouse
Bell Rock Lighthouse is a historic offshore lighthouse built on the dangerous Bell Rock reef in the North Sea off the coast of Angus, Scotland, and is renowned as one of the oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouses in the world.
-
E.
Hook Lighthouse
Hook Lighthouse is one of the world’s oldest operational lighthouses, located on the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford, Ireland, and is a prominent maritime landmark and tourist attraction.
- 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: Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse Target entity description: Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse is a small historic red lighthouse on the Hudson River in New York City, best known as the inspiration for the children’s book “The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge.”
-
A.
West Chop Lighthouse
West Chop Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon located on the West Chop headland in Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
-
B.
Chatham Lighthouse
Chatham Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, renowned for guiding ships through the treacherous waters off Chatham.
-
C.
Acre Lighthouse
Acre Lighthouse is a coastal beacon in the historic port city of Acre, Israel, guiding maritime traffic along the Mediterranean shoreline.
-
D.
Bell Rock Lighthouse
Bell Rock Lighthouse is a historic offshore lighthouse built on the dangerous Bell Rock reef in the North Sea off the coast of Angus, Scotland, and is renowned as one of the oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouses in the world.
-
E.
Hook Lighthouse
Hook Lighthouse is one of the world’s oldest operational lighthouses, located on the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford, Ireland, and is a prominent maritime landmark and tourist attraction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ |
| bookAuthorAssociated | Hildegarde H. Swift ⓘ |
| bookIllustratorAssociated | Lynd Ward ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| category |
lighthouse on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
ⓘ
tourist attraction in New York City ⓘ |
| color | red ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1920 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevationAboveWater | approximately 10 feet ⓘ |
| featuredInBook |
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Red Lighthouse
|
| fictionalizedAs |
The Little Red Lighthouse
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Red Lighthouse
|
| hasGallery | yes ⓘ |
| hasLantern | yes ⓘ |
| hasStaircase | internal spiral staircase ⓘ |
| hasTourType | guided tours on special occasions ⓘ |
| height | 40 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places listing
ⓘ
linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark ⓘ |
| inServiceFrom | 1921 ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Red Lighthouse
|
| lightCharacteristic | flashing white light ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fort Washington Park
ⓘ
Hudson River ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedNear | George Washington Bridge ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Jeffrey’s Hook ⓘ |
| managedBy | Fort Washington Park staff ⓘ |
| material |
cast iron
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| nearbyNeighborhood | Washington Heights ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with children’s literature
ⓘ
proximity to George Washington Bridge ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ |
| originalFunction | mark a navigational hazard in the Hudson River ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| powerSource | electric light ⓘ |
| purpose | aid to navigation ⓘ |
| river | Hudson River ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical tower ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| status | preserved ⓘ |
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: Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse Description of subject: Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse is a small historic red lighthouse on the Hudson River in New York City, best known as the inspiration for the children’s book “The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge.”
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.