Blaine border crossing
E650439
The Blaine border crossing is a major land port of entry between the United States and Canada in Washington State, serving as one of the busiest gateways for passenger and commercial traffic along the Pacific Northwest corridor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blaine border crossing canonical | 1 |
| Canadian border at Blaine, Washington | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7231927 — 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: Blaine border crossing Context triple: [U.S. ports of entry, include, Blaine border crossing]
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A.
Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing
The Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing is an international port of entry connecting Warroad, Minnesota, in the United States with Sprague, Manitoba, in Canada, serving as a key roadway link between the two countries in that region.
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B.
Van Buren–Saint-Léonard Border Crossing
The Van Buren–Saint-Léonard Border Crossing is an international crossing over the Saint John River connecting Van Buren, Maine, in the United States with Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, in Canada.
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C.
Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing
The Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing is an international crossing over the Saint John River connecting Fort Kent, Maine, in the United States with Clair, New Brunswick, in Canada.
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D.
Milltown border crossing
The Milltown border crossing is an international port of entry connecting the town of Calais, Maine, in the United States with St. Stephen, New Brunswick, in Canada.
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E.
Jackman–Armstrong border crossing
The Jackman–Armstrong border crossing is an international port of entry connecting Jackman, Maine, in the United States with Armstrong, Quebec, in Canada, serving as a key roadway link between the two countries in that 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: Blaine border crossing Target entity description: The Blaine border crossing is a major land port of entry between the United States and Canada in Washington State, serving as one of the busiest gateways for passenger and commercial traffic along the Pacific Northwest corridor.
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A.
Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing
The Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing is an international port of entry connecting Warroad, Minnesota, in the United States with Sprague, Manitoba, in Canada, serving as a key roadway link between the two countries in that region.
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B.
Van Buren–Saint-Léonard Border Crossing
The Van Buren–Saint-Léonard Border Crossing is an international crossing over the Saint John River connecting Van Buren, Maine, in the United States with Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, in Canada.
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C.
Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing
The Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing is an international crossing over the Saint John River connecting Fort Kent, Maine, in the United States with Clair, New Brunswick, in Canada.
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D.
Milltown border crossing
The Milltown border crossing is an international port of entry connecting the town of Calais, Maine, in the United States with St. Stephen, New Brunswick, in Canada.
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E.
Jackman–Armstrong border crossing
The Jackman–Armstrong border crossing is an international port of entry connecting Jackman, Maine, in the United States with Armstrong, Quebec, in Canada, serving as a key roadway link between the two countries in that region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | land port of entry ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Canada Border Services Agency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Customs and Border Protection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderBetween |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderType | land border ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Columbia Highway 99 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Interstate Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| facilitates |
cross-border commuting
ⓘ
cross-border trade ⓘ tourism between Canada and the United States ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Pacific Highway Border Crossing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peace Arch Border Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
NEXUS lanes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
commercial truck lanes ⓘ customs inspection facilities ⓘ passenger vehicle lanes ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity |
Bellingham, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Surrey, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Vancouver, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark | Peace Arch Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOnCorridor |
Pacific Northwest transportation corridor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Coast trade corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Blaine, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Canada–United States border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Cascadia megaregion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| significance | one of the busiest Canada–US land crossings on the West Coast ⓘ |
| trafficType | road traffic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial traffic
ⓘ
freight transport ⓘ passenger traffic ⓘ 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: Blaine border crossing Description of subject: The Blaine border crossing is a major land port of entry between the United States and Canada in Washington State, serving as one of the busiest gateways for passenger and commercial traffic along the Pacific Northwest corridor.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
U.S. Route 99
this entity surface form:
Canadian border at Blaine, Washington