Clinton, Washington
E343335
Clinton, Washington is a small unincorporated community and ferry terminal village located on the southern tip of Whidbey Island in Island County, known as a gateway to the island from the Seattle–Everett metropolitan area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clinton, Washington canonical | 12 |
| Clinton, Whidbey Island | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1817503 — 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: Clinton, Washington Context triple: [Whidbey Island, hasCommunity, Clinton, Washington]
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A.
Pullman, Washington
Pullman, Washington is a small college town in southeastern Washington known primarily as the home of Washington State University and its surrounding agricultural region.
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B.
Langley, Washington
Langley, Washington is a small, scenic waterfront town on Whidbey Island known for its arts community, coastal views, and charming downtown.
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C.
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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D.
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington is a coastal city in the northwestern United States known as a gateway to the San Juan Islands and Alaska, with a busy port, outdoor recreation, and a vibrant college-town atmosphere.
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E.
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.
- 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: Clinton, Washington Target entity description: Clinton, Washington is a small unincorporated community and ferry terminal village located on the southern tip of Whidbey Island in Island County, known as a gateway to the island from the Seattle–Everett metropolitan area.
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A.
Pullman, Washington
Pullman, Washington is a small college town in southeastern Washington known primarily as the home of Washington State University and its surrounding agricultural region.
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B.
Langley, Washington
Langley, Washington is a small, scenic waterfront town on Whidbey Island known for its arts community, coastal views, and charming downtown.
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C.
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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D.
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington is a coastal city in the northwestern United States known as a gateway to the San Juan Islands and Alaska, with a busy port, outdoor recreation, and a vibrant college-town atmosphere.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
ferry terminal village ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode |
360
ⓘ
564 ⓘ |
| category |
Census-designated places in Washington (state)
ⓘ
Populated coastal places in Washington (state) ⓘ Unincorporated communities in Island County, Washington ⓘ |
| connectedByHighway | Washington State Route 525 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Island County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
commuter services
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| elevationFeet | 157 ⓘ |
| elevationMeters | 48 ⓘ |
| feature |
access to Whidbey Island
ⓘ
views of Puget Sound ⓘ |
| ferryRouteTo |
Mukilteo
ⓘ
surface form:
Mukilteo, Washington
|
| FIPSCode | 53-13210 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1510884 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Island County Board of Commissioners
ⓘ
surface form:
Island County government
|
| hasFacility |
Clinton ferry terminal
ⓘ
surface form:
Clinton ferry dock
|
| hasFerryTerminal | Clinton ferry terminal ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Island County, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Puget Sound region ⓘ Whidbey Island communities ⓘ |
| landAreaSquareMiles | 1.0 ⓘ |
| latitude | 47.973 ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Whidbey Island ⓘ |
| location | southern tip of Whidbey Island ⓘ |
| longitude | -122.353 ⓘ |
| metropolitanConnection | Seattle–Everett metropolitan area ⓘ |
| nearestCityAcrossWater |
Mukilteo
ⓘ
surface form:
Mukilteo, Washington
|
| populationCensus2010 | 928 ⓘ |
| populationCensus2020 | 955 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 98236 ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| role | gateway to Whidbey Island ⓘ |
| servedBy | Washington State Ferries ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Pacific Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Daylight Time
|
| transportationMode |
ferry
ⓘ
road ⓘ |
| waterAreaSquareMiles | 0.0 ⓘ |
| waterBody |
Possession Sound
ⓘ
Puget Sound ⓘ |
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: Clinton, Washington Description of subject: Clinton, Washington is a small unincorporated community and ferry terminal village located on the southern tip of Whidbey Island in Island County, known as a gateway to the island from the Seattle–Everett metropolitan area.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Washington State Ferries
subject surface form:
MV Elwha
subject surface form:
Langley, Washington
subject surface form:
Freeland, Washington
this entity surface form:
Clinton, Whidbey Island