Lake Whatcom
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Lake Whatcom is a large freshwater lake in northwestern Washington State that serves as a primary drinking water source and recreational area for nearby communities, including the city of Bellingham.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Whatcom canonical | 2 |
| Lake Whatcom watershed | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2826662 — 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: Lake Whatcom Context triple: [Whatcom County, containsBodyOfWater, Lake Whatcom]
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A.
Lake Quinault
Lake Quinault is a glacially carved lake on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, renowned for its surrounding temperate rainforest, hiking trails, and historic lodge.
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B.
Skagit Bay
Skagit Bay is a shallow coastal inlet in northwestern Washington State that forms part of the greater Puget Sound estuarine system and supports rich marine and bird habitats.
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C.
Lake Cushman
Lake Cushman is a scenic reservoir on the north fork of the Skokomish River in Washington State, popular for boating, fishing, and hiking near Olympic National Park.
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D.
Ozette Lake
Ozette Lake is a large, remote freshwater lake in the northwestern corner of Washington State, known for its pristine wilderness setting within Olympic National Park and its rich Native American archaeological sites.
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E.
Lake Sammamish
Lake Sammamish is a freshwater lake in King County, Washington, known for its recreational opportunities, surrounding parks, and role as a natural boundary between several Eastside communities near Seattle.
- 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: Lake Whatcom Target entity description: Lake Whatcom is a large freshwater lake in northwestern Washington State that serves as a primary drinking water source and recreational area for nearby communities, including the city of Bellingham.
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A.
Lake Quinault
Lake Quinault is a glacially carved lake on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, renowned for its surrounding temperate rainforest, hiking trails, and historic lodge.
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B.
Skagit Bay
Skagit Bay is a shallow coastal inlet in northwestern Washington State that forms part of the greater Puget Sound estuarine system and supports rich marine and bird habitats.
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C.
Lake Cushman
Lake Cushman is a scenic reservoir on the north fork of the Skokomish River in Washington State, popular for boating, fishing, and hiking near Olympic National Park.
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D.
Ozette Lake
Ozette Lake is a large, remote freshwater lake in the northwestern corner of Washington State, known for its pristine wilderness setting within Olympic National Park and its rich Native American archaeological sites.
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E.
Lake Sammamish
Lake Sammamish is a freshwater lake in King County, Washington, known for its recreational opportunities, surrounding parks, and role as a natural boundary between several Eastside communities near Seattle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freshwater lake
ⓘ
lake ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasEnvironmentalConcern |
invasive species
ⓘ
phosphorus pollution ⓘ stormwater runoff ⓘ |
| hasInflow |
Anderson Creek
ⓘ
Olson Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Smith Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCommunity | Sudden Valley, Washington ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPark | Lake Whatcom Park ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTrail | Hertz Trail ⓘ |
| hasOutflow | Whatcom Creek ⓘ |
| hasRegulation | Lake Whatcom Reservoir Regulatory Program ⓘ |
| hasUse |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ municipal drinking water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ swimming ⓘ |
| hasWatershed | Lake Whatcom watershed ⓘ |
| isDividedInto | three basins ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
local recreation economy
ⓘ
regional drinking water security ⓘ |
| isManagedBy |
City of Bellingham
ⓘ
Whatcom County ⓘ
surface form:
Whatcom County government
|
| isMonitoredBy |
City of Bellingham
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Bellingham Public Works
Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ |
| isPopularFor | residential lakeside living ⓘ |
| isPrimaryDrinkingWaterSourceFor | Bellingham, Washington ⓘ |
| isReservoirFor |
City of Bellingham
ⓘ
surface form:
Bellingham municipal water system
|
| isSubjectOf |
drinking water protection programs
ⓘ
watershed management plans ⓘ |
| isSubjectTo |
boating restrictions to protect water quality
ⓘ
land use regulations in its watershed ⓘ |
| length | approximately 10 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Bellingham, Washington ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 328 feet ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nooksack Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Nooksack watershed region
|
| suppliesDrinkingWaterTo |
City of Bellingham
ⓘ
surrounding Whatcom County communities ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | approximately 4,900 acres ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Lake Whatcom Description of subject: Lake Whatcom is a large freshwater lake in northwestern Washington State that serves as a primary drinking water source and recreational area for nearby communities, including the city of Bellingham.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lake Whatcom watershed