Washington State Route 543
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Washington State Route 543 is a short north–south state highway in Blaine, Washington, that serves as a major truck and freight connector between Interstate 5 and the Canadian border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washington State Route 543 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5239857 — 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 Route 543 Context triple: [British Columbia Highway 99, connectsTo, Washington State Route 543]
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A.
Washington State Route 532
Washington State Route 532 is a state highway in Washington that connects Interstate 5 near Smokey Point to Camano Island, serving as a key east–west route in the region.
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B.
Washington State Route 539
Washington State Route 539 is a north–south state highway in northwestern Washington that connects the city of Bellingham to the Canadian border near Lynden.
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C.
Washington State Route 305
Washington State Route 305 is a highway in Washington State that connects Bainbridge Island to the Kitsap Peninsula and the city of Poulsbo, including a major ferry link to Seattle.
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D.
Washington State Route 525
Washington State Route 525 is a state highway in Washington that connects the Mukilteo ferry terminal to Whidbey Island and the city of Lynnwood, serving as a key link between the mainland and island communities.
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E.
Washington State Route 14
Washington State Route 14 is an east–west highway running along the Columbia River in southern Washington, serving as a major regional corridor parallel to Interstate 84 in Oregon.
- 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 Route 543 Target entity description: Washington State Route 543 is a short north–south state highway in Blaine, Washington, that serves as a major truck and freight connector between Interstate 5 and the Canadian border.
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A.
Washington State Route 532
Washington State Route 532 is a state highway in Washington that connects Interstate 5 near Smokey Point to Camano Island, serving as a key east–west route in the region.
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B.
Washington State Route 539
Washington State Route 539 is a north–south state highway in northwestern Washington that connects the city of Bellingham to the Canadian border near Lynden.
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C.
Washington State Route 305
Washington State Route 305 is a highway in Washington State that connects Bainbridge Island to the Kitsap Peninsula and the city of Poulsbo, including a major ferry link to Seattle.
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D.
Washington State Route 525
Washington State Route 525 is a state highway in Washington that connects the Mukilteo ferry terminal to Whidbey Island and the city of Lynnwood, serving as a key link between the mainland and island communities.
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E.
Washington State Route 14
Washington State Route 14 is an east–west highway running along the Columbia River in southern Washington, serving as a major regional corridor parallel to Interstate 84 in Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SR 543 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderCrossingType | land border crossing ⓘ |
| category |
Canada–United States border crossings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State highways in Washington (state) ⓘ Transportation in Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
British Columbia Highway 15
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesBorderAt | Pacific Highway Border Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| function |
freight corridor
ⓘ
major truck connector ⓘ |
| hasJunction |
Boblett Street in Blaine, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
D Street in Blaine, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ H Street in Blaine, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | Washington State Routes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laneConfiguration | multiple lanes with dedicated truck lanes ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 1.75 miles
ⓘ
approximately 2.8 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Blaine, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Washington State Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedAsStateRoute | 20th century ⓘ |
| partOf | Canada–United States border crossing network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough | industrial area of Blaine, Washington ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 543 ⓘ |
| serves |
freight traffic between Interstate 5 and Canada
ⓘ
truck traffic between Interstate 5 and Canada ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| surface | paved ⓘ |
| terminusA | Interstate 5 in Blaine, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminusB | Canadian border at Blaine, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| truckRoute | yes ⓘ |
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 Route 543 Description of subject: Washington State Route 543 is a short north–south state highway in Blaine, Washington, that serves as a major truck and freight connector between Interstate 5 and the Canadian border.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.