Burnt Island Light
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Burnt Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Burnt Island near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, serving as a navigational aid and maritime landmark on the state's midcoast.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Burnt Island Light canonical | 3 |
| Burnt Island Lighthouse | 1 |
| Indian Island Light | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8721366 — 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: Burnt Island Light Context triple: [Midcoast Maine, hasPart, Burnt Island Light]
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A.
Sand Island Light
Sand Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Sand Island in Lake Superior, known for guiding ships through the Apostle Islands region of Wisconsin.
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B.
Raspberry Island Light
Raspberry Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Raspberry Island in Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands, guiding navigation on Lake Superior.
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C.
Pilot Island Light
Pilot Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Pilot Island off the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, long used to guide ships through the treacherous waters of Lake Michigan near Death’s Door passage.
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D.
Devils Island Light
Devils Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Devils Island in Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands, guiding ships through the waters of Lake Superior.
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E.
Blackwell Island Light
Blackwell Island Light is a historic 19th-century stone lighthouse located at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island in New York City, built to aid navigation on the East 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: Burnt Island Light Target entity description: Burnt Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Burnt Island near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, serving as a navigational aid and maritime landmark on the state's midcoast.
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A.
Sand Island Light
Sand Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Sand Island in Lake Superior, known for guiding ships through the Apostle Islands region of Wisconsin.
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B.
Raspberry Island Light
Raspberry Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Raspberry Island in Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands, guiding navigation on Lake Superior.
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C.
Pilot Island Light
Pilot Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Pilot Island off the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, long used to guide ships through the treacherous waters of Lake Michigan near Death’s Door passage.
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D.
Devils Island Light
Devils Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Devils Island in Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands, guiding ships through the waters of Lake Superior.
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E.
Blackwell Island Light
Blackwell Island Light is a historic 19th-century stone lighthouse located at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island in New York City, built to aid navigation on the East River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic place
ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ navigational aid ⓘ |
| access | reachable only by boat ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Burnt Island Lighthouse
ⓘ
linked to:
Burnt Island Light
|
| bodyOfWater |
Boothbay Harbor
ⓘ
linked to:
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Gulf of Maine ⓘ |
| category |
Lighthouses completed in the 19th century
ⓘ
Lighthouses in Lincoln County, Maine ⓘ Tourist attractions in Lincoln County, Maine ⓘ |
| coast |
Maine midcoast
ⓘ
linked to:
Midcoast Maine
|
| constructionMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Lincoln County ⓘ |
| function | guides vessels into Boothbay Harbor ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
attached keeper’s house
ⓘ
fog bell building ⓘ lantern room ⓘ |
| hasName | Burnt Island Light ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic lighthouse ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest lighthouses in Maine ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | flashing white light ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boothbay Harbor
ⓘ
linked to:
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Lincoln County, Maine ⓘ Maine ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedNear |
Southport Island, Maine
ⓘ
mouth of Boothbay Harbor ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Burnt Island ⓘ |
| managedBy | Maine Department of Marine Resources ⓘ |
| marking | white tower with black lantern ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Boothbay Harbor, Maine ⓘ |
| operator | United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| originalLensType | Fresnel lens ⓘ |
| partOf | United States aids to navigation system ⓘ |
| purpose |
aid to navigation
ⓘ
maritime landmark ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| tourism | popular visitor destination ⓘ |
| towerShape | conical tower ⓘ |
| yearEstablished | 1821 ⓘ |
| yearLit | 1821 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Burnt Island Light Description of subject: Burnt Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Burnt Island near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, serving as a navigational aid and maritime landmark on the state's midcoast.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Burnt Island Light
linked to: Burnt Island Light