Washington State Route 542
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Washington State Route 542 is a scenic highway in northwestern Washington that climbs from the town of Bellingham into the North Cascades, providing access to Mount Baker and popular outdoor recreation areas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washington State Route 542 canonical | 2 |
| Mount Baker Highway (State Route 542) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8745888 — 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 542 Context triple: [Glacier, Washington, locatedOnRoute, Washington State Route 542]
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A.
Washington State Route 543
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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B.
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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C.
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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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 522
Washington State Route 522 is a major highway in Washington state that connects Seattle’s northeastern suburbs with Monroe, serving as an important commuter and regional traffic corridor.
- 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 542 Target entity description: Washington State Route 542 is a scenic highway in northwestern Washington that climbs from the town of Bellingham into the North Cascades, providing access to Mount Baker and popular outdoor recreation areas.
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A.
Washington State Route 543
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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B.
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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C.
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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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 522
Washington State Route 522 is a major highway in Washington state that connects Seattle’s northeastern suburbs with Monroe, serving as an important commuter and regional traffic corridor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
SR 542
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State Route 542 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mount Baker Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bridgeCrosses | North Fork Nooksack River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Scenic highways in Washington (state)
ⓘ
State highways in Washington (state) ⓘ Transportation in Whatcom County, Washington ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Interstate 5
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington State Route 547 NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington State Route 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| easternTerminus | Mount Baker Ski Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| easternTerminusArea | Heather Meadows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsValleyOf | North Fork Nooksack River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJunction |
SR 547 near Kendall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SR 9 near Deming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Washington ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Washington State Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
access to hiking trails
ⓘ
access to skiing and snowboarding ⓘ mountain views ⓘ |
| passesNear | Glacier, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Bellingham, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deming, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Kendall, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
outdoor recreation access
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
Artist Point area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Baker Ski Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ North Cascades NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadType | two-lane highway ⓘ |
| scenic | yes ⓘ |
| seasonalConditions |
subject to winter snow
ⓘ
upper sections may close or have restricted access in winter ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| terminusArea | Mount Baker Ski Area parking lot ⓘ |
| terrain | foothills of the North Cascades ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | Interstate 5 in Bellingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| westernTerminusCity | Bellingham, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 542 Description of subject: Washington State Route 542 is a scenic highway in northwestern Washington that climbs from the town of Bellingham into the North Cascades, providing access to Mount Baker and popular outdoor recreation areas.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mount Baker Highway (State Route 542)