Ellis Island
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Ellis Island is a historic immigration station in New York Harbor that served as the primary entry point for millions of immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1954.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23761 — 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: Ellis Island Context triple: [Statue of Liberty, near, Ellis Island]
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A.
Angel Island
Angel Island is a historic island in San Francisco Bay known for its former U.S. immigration station, often called the "Ellis Island of the West."
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B.
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island is a small rocky island in San Francisco Bay best known for its former maximum-security federal prison, which once held some of America’s most notorious criminals and is now a popular historic site and tourist attraction.
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C.
Boston Fish Pier
Boston Fish Pier is a historic waterfront complex in Boston known as a longtime hub for the city’s commercial fishing and seafood industry.
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D.
Port of Boston
The Port of Boston is a major New England seaport and transportation hub handling cargo, cruise ships, and maritime commerce for the Boston metropolitan area.
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E.
Staten Island
Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, known for its suburban character, extensive parkland, and the Staten Island Ferry connecting it to Manhattan.
- 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: Ellis Island Target entity description: Ellis Island is a historic immigration station in New York Harbor that served as the primary entry point for millions of immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1954.
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A.
Angel Island
Angel Island is a historic island in San Francisco Bay known for its former U.S. immigration station, often called the "Ellis Island of the West."
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B.
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island is a small rocky island in San Francisco Bay best known for its former maximum-security federal prison, which once held some of America’s most notorious criminals and is now a popular historic site and tourist attraction.
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C.
Boston Fish Pier
Boston Fish Pier is a historic waterfront complex in Boston known as a longtime hub for the city’s commercial fishing and seafood industry.
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D.
Port of Boston
The Port of Boston is a major New England seaport and transportation hub handling cargo, cruise ships, and maritime commerce for the Boston metropolitan area.
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E.
Staten Island
Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, known for its suburban character, extensive parkland, and the Staten Island Ferry connecting it to Manhattan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former immigration station
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ island ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom |
Battery Park, Manhattan
ⓘ
Liberty State Park, New Jersey ⓘ |
| addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces | 1966 ⓘ |
| area | approximately 27.5 acres ⓘ |
| closedAsImmigrationStation | 1954 ⓘ |
| connectedBy | ferry ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designatedAs | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| expandedBy | land reclamation ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
American literature about immigrants
ⓘ
numerous films about immigration ⓘ |
| function |
immigration inspection station
ⓘ
processing center for immigrants ⓘ |
| governedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| governingBody |
United States Department of the Interior
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of the Interior
|
| hasBuilding | Main Immigration Building ⓘ |
| hasCemetery |
Ellis Island
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital burial grounds
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| hasFacility |
Ellis Island
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
|
| hasRegistry | American Immigrant Wall of Honor ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Great Hall ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Landmark District
|
| jurisdictionSharedBy |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
New York ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York Harbor estuarine system
ⓘ
surface form:
New York Harbor
Upper New York Bay ⓘ |
| locatedInOrNear |
Jersey City
ⓘ
surface form:
Jersey City, New Jersey
New York City ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| museumOpened | 1990 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Samuel Ellis ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark | Statue of Liberty ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in U.S. immigration history
ⓘ
symbol of the American immigrant experience ⓘ |
| numberOfImmigrantsProcessed | over 12 million ⓘ |
| openedAsImmigrationStation | 1892 ⓘ |
| originalArea | about 3.3 acres ⓘ |
| partOf |
Statue of Liberty
ⓘ
surface form:
Statue of Liberty National Monument
|
| peakYearsOfOperation | 1900–1914 ⓘ |
| previousName |
Gibbet Island
ⓘ
Little Oyster Island ⓘ |
| servedAsPrimaryEntryPointFor | immigrants to the United States ⓘ |
| usedFor |
detention of some immigrants
ⓘ
legal inspection of arriving immigrants ⓘ medical inspection of arriving immigrants ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ellis Island Description of subject: Ellis Island is a historic immigration station in New York Harbor that served as the primary entry point for millions of immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1954.
Referenced by (71)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital burial grounds
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island Immigration Station
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island Main Building
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island ferry docks
subject surface form:
Liberty State Park
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island immigration station
subject surface form:
Great Hall (Ellis Island)
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island Immigration Station
subject surface form:
Great Hall (Ellis Island)
subject surface form:
Great Hall (Ellis Island)
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
subject surface form:
Great Hall (Ellis Island)
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island Main Building
subject surface form:
Great Hall (Ellis Island)
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island Historic District
subject surface form:
Battery Park
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
subject surface form:
Ellis Island
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island (historical name)
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island named after Samuel Ellis
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island immigration station bearing his surname
subject surface form:
New York County
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island (New York portion)
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island Immigration Station
this entity surface form:
Ellis Island Immigration Station