Triple

T12626783
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sumas–Abbotsford Border Crossing E301535 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object Whatcom County, Washington NE NERFINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Whatcom County, Washington | Statement: [Sumas–Abbotsford Border Crossing, locatedIn, Whatcom County, Washington]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whatcom County, Washington
Context triple: [Sumas–Abbotsford Border Crossing, locatedIn, Whatcom County, Washington]
  • A. Whatcom County chosen
    Whatcom County is a county in the northwestern corner of Washington State, bordering Canada and the Salish Sea, known for its mix of coastal communities, farmland, and access to the North Cascades.
  • B. Wahkiakum County, Washington
    Wahkiakum County, Washington is a small, rural county in southwestern Washington State along the Columbia River, known for its timberlands, fishing heritage, and historic river communities.
  • C. Skagit County
    Skagit County is a county in northwestern Washington State known for its fertile Skagit Valley farmland, annual tulip festival, and location between the Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains.
  • D. Kitsap County
    Kitsap County is a county in western Washington State known for its naval bases, ferry-linked peninsulas, and waterfront communities across Puget Sound from Seattle.
  • E. Thurston County, Washington
    Thurston County, Washington is a county in the western part of the state that includes the capital city of Olympia and a mix of urban, suburban, and rural communities along southern Puget Sound.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d7bdeaf49c8190b13800111fa77ea3 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d9610b91dc8190a9abefb88447b0ae ner completed
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:14 p.m.