Washington State Ferries Colman Dock
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Washington State Ferries Colman Dock is the main Seattle ferry terminal and a central hub for passenger and vehicle ferry service across Puget Sound.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washington State Ferries Colman Dock canonical | 2 |
| Washington State Ferries terminal at Colman Dock | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1902892 — 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: Washington State Ferries Colman Dock Context triple: [Downtown Seattle, contains, Washington State Ferries Colman Dock]
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A.
Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal
Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal is a major Washington State Ferries terminal connecting Bainbridge Island with downtown Seattle across Puget Sound.
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B.
Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is a major deep-water seaport in Washington State that serves as a key hub for international container shipping and trade in the Pacific Northwest.
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C.
Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle is a major Pacific Northwest seaport and aviation hub that manages cargo and cruise terminals as well as Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
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D.
Port of Olympia
The Port of Olympia is a public port authority and maritime facility in Washington State that supports regional trade, shipping, and economic development.
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E.
Port of Everett
The Port of Everett is a deep-water commercial seaport and maritime hub on Puget Sound that supports cargo shipping, naval operations, and waterfront recreation for the Everett, Washington region.
- 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: Washington State Ferries Colman Dock Target entity description: Washington State Ferries Colman Dock is the main Seattle ferry terminal and a central hub for passenger and vehicle ferry service across Puget Sound.
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A.
Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal
Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal is a major Washington State Ferries terminal connecting Bainbridge Island with downtown Seattle across Puget Sound.
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B.
Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is a major deep-water seaport in Washington State that serves as a key hub for international container shipping and trade in the Pacific Northwest.
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C.
Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle is a major Pacific Northwest seaport and aviation hub that manages cargo and cruise terminals as well as Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
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D.
Port of Olympia
The Port of Olympia is a public port authority and maritime facility in Washington State that supports regional trade, shipping, and economic development.
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E.
Port of Everett
The Port of Everett is a deep-water commercial seaport and maritime hub on Puget Sound that supports cargo shipping, naval operations, and waterfront recreation for the Everett, Washington region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ferry terminal
ⓘ
transportation hub ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Seattle waterfront piers
ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle waterfront
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Pier 52
ⓘ
Seattle Ferry Terminal ⓘ |
| city | Seattle ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
pedestrian walkways
ⓘ
vehicle access ramps ⓘ |
| connectedTo | downtown Seattle ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| faces | Puget Sound ⓘ |
| hasAccess |
bicycles
ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
food and retail concessions
ⓘ
restrooms ⓘ ticketing facilities ⓘ waiting areas ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Ferry terminals in Washington (state)
ⓘ
Puget Sound ferry terminals ⓘ Transportation in Seattle ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
passenger boarding
ⓘ
vehicle loading ⓘ vehicle unloading ⓘ |
| hasGeographicRegion | Puget Sound ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after James Colman ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
ferry slips
ⓘ
passenger terminal building ⓘ vehicle holding areas ⓘ |
| isMajorTerminalFor |
Seattle–Bainbridge Island ferry
ⓘ
surface form:
Bainbridge Island ferry route
Seattle–Bremerton ferry ⓘ
surface form:
Bremerton ferry route
|
| isPartOf | Seattle waterfront transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Elliott Bay ⓘ |
| near |
Seattle Colman Dock ferry terminal bus connections
ⓘ
Seattle light rail and transit services ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Washington State Ferries ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Washington State Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Washington State Ferries
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State Ferries system
|
| serves |
Bainbridge Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Bremerton ⓘ
surface form:
Bremerton, Washington
|
| servesAs |
central hub for passenger ferry service across Puget Sound
ⓘ
central hub for vehicle ferry service across Puget Sound ⓘ main Seattle ferry terminal ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter travel
ⓘ
regional transportation across Puget Sound ⓘ tourist travel ⓘ |
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: Washington State Ferries Colman Dock Description of subject: Washington State Ferries Colman Dock is the main Seattle ferry terminal and a central hub for passenger and vehicle ferry service across Puget Sound.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Downtown Seattle
this entity surface form:
Washington State Ferries terminal at Colman Dock