Pier 50
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Pier 50 is a passenger-only ferry terminal on Seattle’s central waterfront, serving as a key hub for King County Water Taxi and other regional ferry services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pier 50 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8927173 — 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: Pier 50 Context triple: [Seattle waterfront piers, hasPart, Pier 50]
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A.
Pier 50
Pier 50 is one of the historic waterfront piers along San Francisco’s Embarcadero, used primarily for maritime and industrial purposes.
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B.
Pier 59
Pier 59 is a prominent Chelsea Piers facility in Manhattan best known as a major photography and fashion production studio complex and event space.
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C.
Pier 59
Pier 59 is a central waterfront pier in Seattle, Washington, best known as the longtime home of the Seattle Aquarium and a popular spot for visitors along Elliott Bay.
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D.
Pier 57
Pier 57 is a historic waterfront pier and entertainment complex on Seattle’s Elliott Bay, featuring restaurants, shops, and attractions along the city’s central waterfront.
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E.
Pier 57
Pier 57 is a historic, repurposed pier on Manhattan’s west side that now serves as a mixed-use cultural, retail, and public space overlooking the Hudson River.
- 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: Pier 50 Target entity description: Pier 50 is a passenger-only ferry terminal on Seattle’s central waterfront, serving as a key hub for King County Water Taxi and other regional ferry services.
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A.
Pier 50
Pier 50 is one of the historic waterfront piers along San Francisco’s Embarcadero, used primarily for maritime and industrial purposes.
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B.
Pier 59
Pier 59 is a prominent Chelsea Piers facility in Manhattan best known as a major photography and fashion production studio complex and event space.
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C.
Pier 59
Pier 59 is a central waterfront pier in Seattle, Washington, best known as the longtime home of the Seattle Aquarium and a popular spot for visitors along Elliott Bay.
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D.
Pier 57
Pier 57 is a historic, repurposed pier on Manhattan’s west side that now serves as a mixed-use cultural, retail, and public space overlooking the Hudson River.
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E.
Pier 57
Pier 57 is a historic waterfront pier and entertainment complex on Seattle’s Elliott Bay, featuring restaurants, shops, and attractions along the city’s central waterfront.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ferry terminal
ⓘ
passenger-only ferry terminal ⓘ transportation facility ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Colman Dock
ⓘ
Washington State Ferries terminal at Colman Dock ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State Ferries Colman Dock
|
| city | Seattle ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
King County Metro bus network
ⓘ
linked to:
King County Metro services
Seattle street network ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle downtown street network
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasFacility |
covered boarding area
ⓘ
passenger waiting area ⓘ ticketing facilities ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
accessible boarding ramps
ⓘ
passenger-only boarding floats ⓘ |
| hasService |
Vashon Island–Downtown Seattle water taxi route
ⓘ
linked to:
Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth ferry route
West Seattle–Downtown Seattle water taxi route ⓘ |
| inMetropolitanArea | Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ |
| isKeyHubFor | King County Water Taxi system ⓘ |
| isOnWaterbody | Elliott Bay ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Washington ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Elliott Bay
ⓘ
Seattle central waterfront ⓘ
linked to:
Central Waterfront (Seattle)
|
| operatedBy | King County Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| ownedBy | King County ⓘ |
| partOf |
Seattle waterfront
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle Waterfront
|
| serves |
King County Water Taxi
ⓘ
commuter traffic ⓘ passenger ferries ⓘ tourist traffic ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter ferry operations
ⓘ
public transportation ⓘ regional passenger ferry services ⓘ |
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: Pier 50 Description of subject: Pier 50 is a passenger-only ferry terminal on Seattle’s central waterfront, serving as a key hub for King County Water Taxi and other regional ferry services.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.