Medina, Washington
E91894
Medina, Washington is an affluent suburban city on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, best known as the home of Bill Gates and other prominent tech figures.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Medina, Washington canonical | 22 |
| Medina, Washington, United States | 4 |
| City of Medina, Washington | 2 |
| municipal government of Medina, Washington | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T592143 — 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: Medina, Washington Context triple: [Gates family, associatedCity, Medina, Washington]
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A.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington is a mid-sized port city in the Pacific Northwest known for its waterfront, industrial history, and vibrant arts and museum scene.
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B.
Lacey, Washington
Lacey, Washington is a suburban city in Thurston County near Olympia, known for its proximity to state government centers and its role as a regional administrative and commercial hub.
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C.
Tukwila
Tukwila is a suburban city just south of Seattle, Washington, known as a regional transportation and retail hub.
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D.
Vancouver, Washington
Vancouver, Washington is a mid-sized city in southwest Washington State, located on the north bank of the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon.
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E.
Tumwater, Washington
Tumwater, Washington is a small city in Thurston County near Washington’s capital, Olympia, known for its historic brewery, waterfalls on the Deschutes River, and role as a regional transportation hub.
- 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: Medina, Washington Target entity description: Medina, Washington is an affluent suburban city on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, best known as the home of Bill Gates and other prominent tech figures.
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A.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington is a mid-sized port city in the Pacific Northwest known for its waterfront, industrial history, and vibrant arts and museum scene.
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B.
Lacey, Washington
Lacey, Washington is a suburban city in Thurston County near Olympia, known for its proximity to state government centers and its role as a regional administrative and commercial hub.
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C.
Tukwila
Tukwila is a suburban city just south of Seattle, Washington, known as a regional transportation and retail hub.
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D.
Vancouver, Washington
Vancouver, Washington is a mid-sized city in southwest Washington State, located on the north bank of the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon.
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E.
Tumwater, Washington
Tumwater, Washington is a small city in Thurston County near Washington’s capital, Olympia, known for its historic brewery, waterfalls on the Deschutes River, and role as a regional transportation hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Bellevue, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Bellevue, Washington
Clyde Hill, Washington ⓘ Hunts Point, Washington, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
Hunts Point, Washington
Lake Washington ⓘ |
| areaCode | 425 ⓘ |
| category |
Cities in King County, Washington
ⓘ
Cities in Washington (state) ⓘ Populated places on Lake Washington ⓘ Suburbs of Seattle ⓘ |
| characteristic |
high property values
ⓘ
low-density development ⓘ primarily residential ⓘ |
| climate | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
King County
ⓘ
surface form:
King County, Washington
|
| daylightSavingTimeZone |
Pacific Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Daylight Time
|
| economicProfile | high-income community ⓘ |
| governmentType | council–manager government ⓘ |
| hasNotableResident |
Bill Gates
ⓘ
Jeff Bezos ⓘ other technology executives ⓘ |
| hasShoreline | Lake Washington shoreline ⓘ |
| hasWaterBody | Lake Washington ⓘ |
| incorporated | 1955 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
affluent residential community
ⓘ
home of Bill Gates ⓘ home to prominent technology executives ⓘ |
| landUse | single-family residential ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastside of King County
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastside, King County, Washington
|
| locatedInDSTTimeZone | UTC−07:00 ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC−08:00 ⓘ |
| locatedOn | eastern shore of Lake Washington ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity |
Bellevue, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Bellevue, Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle, Washington
|
| partOf |
King County suburban belt
ⓘ
Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ |
| populationEstimate | small city ⓘ |
| postalCode | 98039 ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | city in King County, Washington ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportationAccess | State Route 520 ⓘ |
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: Medina, Washington Description of subject: Medina, Washington is an affluent suburban city on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, best known as the home of Bill Gates and other prominent tech figures.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Medina, Washington, United States
this entity surface form:
Medina, Washington, United States
this entity surface form:
Medina, Washington, United States
this entity surface form:
Medina, Washington, United States
subject surface form:
Clyde Hill, Washington
subject surface form:
State Route 520 floating bridge
subject surface form:
State Route 520 floating bridge
this entity surface form:
City of Medina, Washington
this entity surface form:
City of Medina, Washington
this entity surface form:
municipal government of Medina, Washington
subject surface form:
Evergreen Point neighborhood