Alaska–British Columbia border
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The Alaska–British Columbia border is the international boundary separating the U.S. state of Alaska from the Canadian province of British Columbia along the Pacific Northwest coast and adjacent inland regions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alaska–British Columbia border canonical | 2 |
| Alaska–British Columbia maritime boundary | 1 |
| British Columbia–Alaska border | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6044782 — 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: Alaska–British Columbia border Context triple: [Mount Fairweather, locatedOn, Alaska–British Columbia border]
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A.
Northwest Territories–Alberta border
The Northwest Territories–Alberta border is the interprovincial and territorial boundary in western Canada that separates the province of Alberta from the Northwest Territories, running through remote boreal and parkland regions including the area around Wood Buffalo National Park.
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B.
Canada–United States border
The Canada–United States border is the world’s longest international land boundary, separating Canada and the United States across diverse terrains from the Atlantic to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans.
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C.
Oregon–California border
The Oregon–California border is the state line separating Oregon and California in the western United States, running from the Pacific coast inland across diverse terrain including mountains, forests, and river valleys.
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D.
Panhandle of Alaska
The Panhandle of Alaska is the long, narrow southeastern coastal region of the state, characterized by rugged mountains, temperate rainforests, and numerous islands and fjords.
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E.
Newfoundland and Labrador–Nunavut border
The Newfoundland and Labrador–Nunavut border is a largely maritime interprovincial boundary in northern Canada that separates the province of Newfoundland and Labrador from the territory of Nunavut across Arctic waters.
- 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: Alaska–British Columbia border Target entity description: The Alaska–British Columbia border is the international boundary separating the U.S. state of Alaska from the Canadian province of British Columbia along the Pacific Northwest coast and adjacent inland regions.
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A.
Northwest Territories–Alberta border
The Northwest Territories–Alberta border is the interprovincial and territorial boundary in western Canada that separates the province of Alberta from the Northwest Territories, running through remote boreal and parkland regions including the area around Wood Buffalo National Park.
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B.
Canada–United States border
The Canada–United States border is the world’s longest international land boundary, separating Canada and the United States across diverse terrains from the Atlantic to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans.
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C.
Oregon–California border
The Oregon–California border is the state line separating Oregon and California in the western United States, running from the Pacific coast inland across diverse terrain including mountains, forests, and river valleys.
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D.
Panhandle of Alaska
The Panhandle of Alaska is the long, narrow southeastern coastal region of the state, characterized by rugged mountains, temperate rainforests, and numerous islands and fjords.
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E.
Newfoundland and Labrador–Nunavut border
The Newfoundland and Labrador–Nunavut border is a largely maritime interprovincial boundary in northern Canada that separates the province of Newfoundland and Labrador from the territory of Nunavut across Arctic waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international border
ⓘ
land border ⓘ |
| adjacentToBodyOfWater |
Clarence Strait
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dixon Entrance NERFINISHED ⓘ Hecate Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Portland Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderLengthApproxKm | 1540 ⓘ |
| borderLengthApproxMiles | 957 ⓘ |
| colonialPowerInvolved |
Russian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country1 | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country2 | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfKeyTreaty | 1825 ⓘ |
| dateOfKeyTribunalDecision | 1903 ⓘ |
| definedByTreaty |
Alaska Boundary Settlement (1903)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alaska Boundary Tribunal decision (1903) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1825) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disputeParties |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsFeature |
Pacific coast of North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mountain ranges of the Coast Mountains ⓘ |
| governedByAgencyCanada | Canada Border Services Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedByAgencyUS | U.S. Customs and Border Protection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossing |
Fraser–Skagway border crossing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Little Gold Creek–Poker Creek border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleasant Camp–Dalton Cache border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Stewart–Hyder border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalDispute | Alaska boundary dispute ⓘ |
| languageOfTreatyNegotiation |
English
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| nearProtectedArea |
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Misty Fjords National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Stikine River Provincial Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Tongass National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Canada–United States border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfMountainSystem | Coast Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNearCity |
Hyder, Alaska
NERFINISHED
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Prince Rupert, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Stewart, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatesCanadianProvince | British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatesUSState | Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terrainType |
coastal fjords
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glaciated regions ⓘ mountainous ⓘ |
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: Alaska–British Columbia border Description of subject: The Alaska–British Columbia border is the international boundary separating the U.S. state of Alaska from the Canadian province of British Columbia along the Pacific Northwest coast and adjacent inland regions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alaska–British Columbia maritime boundary
this entity surface form:
British Columbia–Alaska border