Kalawao
E693772
Kalawao is a small, historic former leprosy settlement on the remote Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokaʻi, Hawaii.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kalawao canonical | 2 |
| Kalawao County | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7784999 — 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: Kalawao Context triple: [Kalaupapa Peninsula, hasSettlement, Kalawao]
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A.
Lakona
Lakona is an Oceanic language of northern Vanuatu, spoken on the island of Gaua in the Banks Islands.
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B.
Kaliua
Kaliua is a town in western Tanzania that serves as the administrative and commercial center of Kaliua District in Tabora Region.
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C.
Kekaha
Kekaha is a small coastal town on the western side of Kauai, Hawaii, known as a gateway to Waimea Canyon and the remote beaches of Polihale State Park.
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D.
Kapaʻa
Kapaʻa is a coastal town on the east side of the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi known for its beaches, shops, and laid-back atmosphere.
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E.
Lēʻahi
Lēʻahi is the Hawaiian name for Diamond Head, the iconic volcanic tuff cone and landmark overlooking Waikīkī on the island of Oʻahu.
- 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: Kalawao Target entity description: Kalawao is a small, historic former leprosy settlement on the remote Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokaʻi, Hawaii.
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A.
Lakona
Lakona is an Oceanic language of northern Vanuatu, spoken on the island of Gaua in the Banks Islands.
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B.
Kaliua
Kaliua is a town in western Tanzania that serves as the administrative and commercial center of Kaliua District in Tabora Region.
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C.
Kekaha
Kekaha is a small coastal town on the western side of Kauai, Hawaii, known as a gateway to Waimea Canyon and the remote beaches of Polihale State Park.
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D.
Kapaʻa
Kapaʻa is a coastal town on the east side of the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi known for its beaches, shops, and laid-back atmosphere.
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E.
Lēʻahi
Lēʻahi is the Hawaiian name for Diamond Head, the iconic volcanic tuff cone and landmark overlooking Waikīkī on the island of Oʻahu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former leprosy settlement
ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ populated place ⓘ |
| accessibility | remote ⓘ |
| accessibleBy |
boat in suitable conditions
ⓘ
small aircraft to Kalaupapa Airport ⓘ trail down sea cliffs ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hawaiian Kingdom era health policies ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
Hansen’s disease
ⓘ
linked to:
Mycobacterium leprae
|
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| establishedAsLeprosySettlement | 1860s ⓘ |
| founded | 1866 ⓘ |
| governedAsPartOf |
Kalawao County
ⓘ
linked to:
Kalawao County, Hawaii
|
| hasConservationStatus | protected historic area ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cemeteries
ⓘ
historic church buildings ⓘ remains of former patient housing ⓘ rocky shoreline ⓘ steep sea cliffs ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUse |
Hansen’s disease colony
ⓘ
leprosy isolation settlement ⓘ |
| hasLandform | peninsula settlement ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | restricted access area ⓘ |
| hasNearbyBodyOfWater | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century Hawaii
ⓘ
20th century public health history ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Kalaupapa National Historical Park ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hawaii
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaiʻi (island)
Maui County ⓘ Molokaʻi ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedOn |
Kalaupapa Peninsula
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ north shore of Molokaʻi ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hawaiian word "kalawao" ⓘ |
| near |
Kalaupapa
ⓘ
linked to:
Kalaupapa Peninsula
|
| partOf |
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
ⓘ
Kalawao County, Hawaii ⓘ |
| populationTrend | very small permanent population ⓘ |
| significantFor |
history of Hansen’s disease treatment
ⓘ
history of public health in Hawaii ⓘ |
| state | Hawaii ⓘ |
| timeZone | Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time ⓘ |
| tourism | limited, controlled visitation ⓘ |
| usedAsPrimarySettlementUntil | late 19th century ⓘ |
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: Kalawao Description of subject: Kalawao is a small, historic former leprosy settlement on the remote Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokaʻi, Hawaii.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kalawao