Crosscut
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Crosscut is a nonprofit, Seattle-based online news outlet known for its in-depth coverage of politics, public policy, and regional issues in the Pacific Northwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crosscut canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2453154 — 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: Crosscut Context triple: [KCTS-TV, sisterService, Crosscut]
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A.
The Cutting Edge
The Cutting Edge is a 1992 romantic comedy film about a figure skater and a former hockey player who become unlikely pairs partners on the ice.
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B.
Whitecross
Whitecross is a small locality in Northern Ireland known for its proximity to the site of the Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
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C.
The Jungle Line
"The Jungle Line" is an experimental, rhythm-driven song by Joni Mitchell that blends folk, jazz, and world music influences, notable for its use of African drumming and vivid urban imagery.
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D.
The Faultline
The Faultline is an organized supporters' group known for passionately backing Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes with coordinated chants, displays, and matchday atmosphere.
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E.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
- 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: Crosscut Target entity description: Crosscut is a nonprofit, Seattle-based online news outlet known for its in-depth coverage of politics, public policy, and regional issues in the Pacific Northwest.
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A.
The Cutting Edge
The Cutting Edge is a 1992 romantic comedy film about a figure skater and a former hockey player who become unlikely pairs partners on the ice.
-
B.
Whitecross
Whitecross is a small locality in Northern Ireland known for its proximity to the site of the Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
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C.
The Jungle Line
"The Jungle Line" is an experimental, rhythm-driven song by Joni Mitchell that blends folk, jazz, and world music influences, notable for its use of African drumming and vivid urban imagery.
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D.
The Faultline
The Faultline is an organized supporters' group known for passionately backing Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes with coordinated chants, displays, and matchday atmosphere.
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E.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
media organization
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news website ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ online newspaper ⓘ |
| businessModel | nonprofit ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverageArea |
Pacific Northwest
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surface form:
Pacific Northwest region
Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ Washington State, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Washington state
|
| focusesOn |
Pacific Northwest communities
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regional public policy debates ⓘ state and local politics ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
donations
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grants ⓘ sponsorships ⓘ |
| hasDistributionChannel |
email newsletters
ⓘ
social media ⓘ website ⓘ |
| hasEditorialFocus |
accountability journalism
ⓘ
civic issues ⓘ public affairs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
in-depth coverage of politics
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in-depth coverage of public policy ⓘ in-depth coverage of regional issues in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
Seattle, Washington, United States
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surface form:
Seattle, Washington
|
| medium | online ⓘ |
| name | Crosscut self-link ⓘ |
| operatesInRegion | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| organizationType | independent newsroom ⓘ |
| publishesFormat |
newsletters
ⓘ
online articles ⓘ video content ⓘ |
| sector |
journalism
ⓘ
news media ⓘ |
| topic |
culture
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education ⓘ environment ⓘ local government ⓘ politics ⓘ public policy ⓘ regional issues ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
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: Crosscut Description of subject: Crosscut is a nonprofit, Seattle-based online news outlet known for its in-depth coverage of politics, public policy, and regional issues in the Pacific Northwest.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.