British Columbia Highway 22
E318722
British Columbia Highway 22 is a provincial highway in southeastern British Columbia that runs through the West Kootenay region, connecting communities such as Castlegar to the Canada–U.S. border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Columbia Highway 22 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2935350 — 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: British Columbia Highway 22 Context triple: [Castlegar, British Columbia, highwayServedBy, British Columbia Highway 22]
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A.
British Columbia Highway 3
British Columbia Highway 3 is a major east–west route in southern British Columbia, Canada, forming part of the Crowsnest Highway and connecting numerous Interior and Kootenay communities.
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B.
British Columbia Highway 4
British Columbia Highway 4 is a major Vancouver Island route that connects inland communities to the Pacific coast, serving as the primary road access to destinations such as Tofino and Ucluelet.
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C.
British Columbia Highway 13
British Columbia Highway 13 is a short north–south provincial highway in the Fraser Valley region that connects the Canada–US border near Aldergrove to major routes in Langley, British Columbia.
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D.
British Columbia Highway 99
British Columbia Highway 99 is a major north–south route in British Columbia, Canada, running from the U.S. border through Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky corridor to Whistler and beyond.
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E.
Alberta Highway 2
Alberta Highway 2 is a major north–south provincial highway in Alberta, Canada, connecting several key cities and regions and serving as one of the province’s primary transportation corridors.
- 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: British Columbia Highway 22 Target entity description: British Columbia Highway 22 is a provincial highway in southeastern British Columbia that runs through the West Kootenay region, connecting communities such as Castlegar to the Canada–U.S. border.
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A.
British Columbia Highway 3
British Columbia Highway 3 is a major east–west route in southern British Columbia, Canada, forming part of the Crowsnest Highway and connecting numerous Interior and Kootenay communities.
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B.
British Columbia Highway 4
British Columbia Highway 4 is a major Vancouver Island route that connects inland communities to the Pacific coast, serving as the primary road access to destinations such as Tofino and Ucluelet.
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C.
British Columbia Highway 13
British Columbia Highway 13 is a short north–south provincial highway in the Fraser Valley region that connects the Canada–US border near Aldergrove to major routes in Langley, British Columbia.
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D.
British Columbia Highway 99
British Columbia Highway 99 is a major north–south route in British Columbia, Canada, running from the U.S. border through Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky corridor to Whistler and beyond.
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E.
Alberta Highway 2
Alberta Highway 2 is a major north–south provincial highway in Alberta, Canada, connecting several key cities and regions and serving as one of the province’s primary transportation corridors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway in British Columbia
ⓘ
provincial highway ⓘ |
| borderCrossingRelation | connects to a highway network in the United States at the border ⓘ |
| category |
Provincial highways in British Columbia
ⓘ
Transport in West Kootenay ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Canada–United States border
ⓘ
Castlegar, British Columbia ⓘ
surface form:
Castlegar
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| hasDirection | north–south ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith | other regional roads in West Kootenay ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | British Columbia provincial highway system ⓘ |
| locatedIn | British Columbia ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | West Kootenay ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure ⓘ |
| partOf | transportation network of southeastern British Columbia ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
West Kootenay
ⓘ
surface form:
West Kootenay region
|
| region | southeastern British Columbia ⓘ |
| roadType | paved highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 22 ⓘ |
| serves | communities in the West Kootenay region ⓘ |
| terminus |
Washington–British Columbia border
ⓘ
surface form:
Canada–United States border in southeastern British Columbia
Castlegar, British Columbia ⓘ
surface form:
Castlegar
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| usedFor |
access to Canada–U.S. border crossings
ⓘ
regional transportation ⓘ |
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: British Columbia Highway 22 Description of subject: British Columbia Highway 22 is a provincial highway in southeastern British Columbia that runs through the West Kootenay region, connecting communities such as Castlegar to the Canada–U.S. border.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.