Richland, Washington
E22855
Richland, Washington is a city in southeastern Washington State known for its central role in the U.S. nuclear industry and its proximity to the Hanford nuclear reservation.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richland, Washington canonical | 49 |
| Richland | 8 |
| City of Richland | 1 |
| Kennewick, Washington | 1 |
| Richland, WA | 1 |
| Richland, Washington area | 1 |
| Richland, Washington, United States | 1 |
| West Richland, Washington | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T63431 — 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: Richland, Washington Context triple: [Hanford Site, nearestCity, Richland, 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.
Lynden, Washington
Lynden, Washington is a small city in Whatcom County known for its strong Dutch-American heritage, dairy farming, and traditional festivals.
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C.
Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington is a major city in eastern Washington State known for its historic downtown, Riverfront Park, and role as a regional economic and cultural hub of the Inland Northwest.
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D.
Pacific County, Washington
Pacific County, Washington is a coastal county in the southwestern part of the state known for its Pacific Ocean shoreline, fishing and timber industries, and small rural communities.
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E.
Skamania County, Washington
Skamania County, Washington is a largely rural county in southwestern Washington known for encompassing much of the Columbia River Gorge and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
- 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: Richland, Washington Target entity description: Richland, Washington is a city in southeastern Washington State known for its central role in the U.S. nuclear industry and its proximity to the Hanford nuclear reservation.
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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.
Lynden, Washington
Lynden, Washington is a small city in Whatcom County known for its strong Dutch-American heritage, dairy farming, and traditional festivals.
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C.
Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington is a major city in eastern Washington State known for its historic downtown, Riverfront Park, and role as a regional economic and cultural hub of the Inland Northwest.
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D.
Pacific County, Washington
Pacific County, Washington is a coastal county in the southwestern part of the state known for its Pacific Ocean shoreline, fishing and timber industries, and small rural communities.
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E.
Skamania County, Washington
Skamania County, Washington is a largely rural county in southwestern Washington known for encompassing much of the Columbia River Gorge and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Richland, Washington
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Richland, WA
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| areaCode | 509 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kennewick, Washington
ⓘ
West Richland, Washington ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 46.2857° N ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 119.2845° W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county | Benton County, Washington ⓘ |
| daylightSavingTimeZone |
Pacific Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Daylight Time
|
| distanceTo |
approximately 140 miles southwest of Spokane
ⓘ
approximately 200 miles southeast of Seattle ⓘ |
| economicBase |
energy sector
ⓘ
nuclear industry ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| elevation | ~381 feet ⓘ |
| governmentType | council–manager ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Columbia Point Marina Park
ⓘ
Kadlec Regional Medical Center ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Atomic City ⓘ |
| hasRecreation | riverfront parks on the Columbia River ⓘ |
| historicalRole | support city for Hanford Engineer Works during World War II ⓘ |
| hostTo |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ⓘ
Washington State University ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State University Tri-Cities
|
| incorporatedAsCity | 1910 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
proximity to Hanford nuclear reservation
ⓘ
role in U.S. nuclear industry ⓘ science and engineering workforce ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
southeastern Washington ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea |
Tri-Cities, Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Kennewick–Richland metropolitan area
|
| locatedOnRiver | Columbia River ⓘ |
| near |
Hanford Site, Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanford Site
|
| partOf | Tri-Cities, Washington ⓘ |
| populationRankInCounty | one of the largest cities in Benton County ⓘ |
| postalCode |
99352
ⓘ
99353 ⓘ |
| primaryIndustry |
environmental cleanup
ⓘ
federal government contracting ⓘ technology and engineering services ⓘ |
| region |
Columbia Plateau
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia Basin
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| riverFeature |
Columbia River hydropower system
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia River hydroelectric system
|
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportation |
Interstate 182
ⓘ
State Route 240 ⓘ |
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: Richland, Washington Description of subject: Richland, Washington is a city in southeastern Washington State known for its central role in the U.S. nuclear industry and its proximity to the Hanford nuclear reservation.
Referenced by (63)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hanford Site
subject surface form:
Hanford Site
this entity surface form:
Kennewick, Washington
this entity surface form:
Richland, Washington area
this entity surface form:
West Richland, Washington
this entity surface form:
Richland, WA
U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection
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headquartersLocation
→
Richland, Washington
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Central Washington
this entity surface form:
Richland
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
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hasSeat
→
Richland, Washington
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Richland
subject surface form:
Burbank, Washington
this entity surface form:
Richland
this entity surface form:
Richland
subject surface form:
Tri-Cities Airport
this entity surface form:
Richland
this entity surface form:
City of Richland
this entity surface form:
Richland, Washington, United States
subject surface form:
Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant