Thea Foss Waterway
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The Thea Foss Waterway is a revitalized urban inlet and maritime corridor in Tacoma, Washington, lined with parks, marinas, and mixed-use development along the city's industrial waterfront.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thea Foss Waterway canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2115508 — 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: Thea Foss Waterway Context triple: [Commencement Bay, receivesInflowsFrom, Thea Foss Waterway]
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A.
Lake Washington Ship Canal
The Lake Washington Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Seattle that connects Lake Washington to Puget Sound, enabling navigation between the inland freshwater lakes and the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Multnomah Channel
Multnomah Channel is a distributary of the Willamette River in northwestern Oregon, known for separating Sauvie Island from the mainland and serving as a popular route for boating and fishing near Portland.
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C.
Hood Canal
Hood Canal is a long, narrow fjord-like arm of Puget Sound in western Washington known for its scenic shorelines, shellfish beds, and recreational boating and fishing.
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D.
Catherine Canal
Catherine Canal was the former name of the Griboyedov Canal, a historic waterway running through central Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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E.
Tongass Narrows
Tongass Narrows is a coastal waterway in southeastern Alaska known for its busy marine traffic, seaplane operations, and role as the main channel adjacent to the city of Ketchikan.
- 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: Thea Foss Waterway Target entity description: The Thea Foss Waterway is a revitalized urban inlet and maritime corridor in Tacoma, Washington, lined with parks, marinas, and mixed-use development along the city's industrial waterfront.
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A.
Lake Washington Ship Canal
The Lake Washington Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Seattle that connects Lake Washington to Puget Sound, enabling navigation between the inland freshwater lakes and the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Multnomah Channel
Multnomah Channel is a distributary of the Willamette River in northwestern Oregon, known for separating Sauvie Island from the mainland and serving as a popular route for boating and fishing near Portland.
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C.
Hood Canal
Hood Canal is a long, narrow fjord-like arm of Puget Sound in western Washington known for its scenic shorelines, shellfish beds, and recreational boating and fishing.
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D.
Catherine Canal
Catherine Canal was the former name of the Griboyedov Canal, a historic waterway running through central Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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E.
Tongass Narrows
Tongass Narrows is a coastal waterway in southeastern Alaska known for its busy marine traffic, seaplane operations, and role as the main channel adjacent to the city of Ketchikan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime corridor
ⓘ
urban inlet ⓘ waterway ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
downtown Tacoma
ⓘ
surface form:
Downtown Tacoma
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| connectedTo |
Puyallup River
ⓘ
surface form:
Puyallup River (via Commencement Bay)
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossedBy | State Route 509 bridge ⓘ |
| developmentEra |
early 21st century redevelopment
ⓘ
late 20th century revitalization ⓘ |
| environmentalStatus | Superfund cleanup site ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Tacoma, Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Tacoma
|
| hasAccessType | public waterfront access ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
boat moorage
ⓘ
commercial buildings ⓘ environmental remediation sites ⓘ marinas ⓘ mixed-use development ⓘ parks ⓘ pedestrian paths ⓘ public art ⓘ public esplanade ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Dock Street Marina
ⓘ
Foss Waterway Seaport museum ⓘ Thea’s Park ⓘ |
| hasPlanningDistrict | Thea Foss Waterway Design and Development Plan area ⓘ |
| hasRecreationActivity |
cycling
ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ sailing ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| hasRedevelopmentType |
brownfield redevelopment
ⓘ
waterfront revitalization ⓘ |
| hasShorelineType | urban shoreline ⓘ |
| hasUse |
boating
ⓘ
maritime commerce ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
industrial waterfront
ⓘ
log storage ⓘ shipping ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pierce County
ⓘ
surface form:
Pierce County, Washington
Tacoma, Washington ⓘ Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
| namedAfter | Thea Foss ⓘ |
| overlookedBy |
Museum of Glass
ⓘ
Tacoma Dome vicinity ⓘ |
| partOf |
Commencement Bay
ⓘ
Puget Sound ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | tidal inlet ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Thea Foss Waterway Description of subject: The Thea Foss Waterway is a revitalized urban inlet and maritime corridor in Tacoma, Washington, lined with parks, marinas, and mixed-use development along the city's industrial waterfront.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Downtown Tacoma