Croatan Sound

Target entity: Croatan Sound
Context triple: [Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, borderedBy, Croatan Sound]

• A. Pamlico Sound
  Pamlico Sound is the largest lagoon along the U.S. East Coast, forming a broad, shallow estuarine system behind North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
• B. Dyes Inlet
  Dyes Inlet is a shallow, sheltered arm of Puget Sound in western Washington State, known for its tidal flats, marine wildlife, and surrounding residential communities.
• C. Jones Inlet
  Jones Inlet is a tidal strait on the south shore of Long Island, New York, providing a navigable passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the protected bays behind the barrier islands.
• D. New River Inlet
  New River Inlet is a coastal waterway on the Atlantic shore of North Carolina where the New River meets the ocean, known for its shifting channels, fishing, and nearby military and recreational beaches.
• E. Waccamaw
  The Waccamaw are a Native American people historically associated with the coastal regions of present-day North and South Carolina in the Southeastern United States.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Croatan Sound
Target entity description: Croatan Sound is a shallow, brackish waterway in eastern North Carolina that separates Roanoke Island from the mainland and forms part of the region’s interconnected sounds and estuaries.

• A. Pamlico Sound
  Pamlico Sound is the largest lagoon along the U.S. East Coast, forming a broad, shallow estuarine system behind North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
• B. Dyes Inlet
  Dyes Inlet is a shallow, sheltered arm of Puget Sound in western Washington State, known for its tidal flats, marine wildlife, and surrounding residential communities.
• C. Jones Inlet
  Jones Inlet is a tidal strait on the south shore of Long Island, New York, providing a navigable passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the protected bays behind the barrier islands.
• D. New River Inlet
  New River Inlet is a coastal waterway on the Atlantic shore of North Carolina where the New River meets the ocean, known for its shifting channels, fishing, and nearby military and recreational beaches.
• E. Waccamaw
  The Waccamaw are a Native American people historically associated with the coastal regions of present-day North and South Carolina in the Southeastern United States.
• F. None of above. chosen