British Columbia Highway 17
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British Columbia Highway 17 is a major provincial highway in British Columbia that serves as a key connector between the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, the Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island via its mainland and Vancouver Island segments.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Columbia Highway 17 canonical | 1 |
| Highway 17 (British Columbia) | 1 |
| Tsawwassen–Swartz Bay route | 1 |
| Vancouver Island Highway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5239889 — 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 17 Context triple: [British Columbia Highway 99, connectsTo, British Columbia Highway 17]
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A.
British Columbia Highway 5
British Columbia Highway 5, also known as the Coquihalla Highway along much of its route, is a major north–south transportation corridor in British Columbia connecting the Lower Mainland with the province’s Interior.
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B.
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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C.
British Columbia Highway 97
British Columbia Highway 97 is a major north–south provincial highway in British Columbia, Canada, that forms part of the Alaska Highway corridor and connects numerous interior communities.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 17 Target entity description: British Columbia Highway 17 is a major provincial highway in British Columbia that serves as a key connector between the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, the Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island via its mainland and Vancouver Island segments.
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A.
British Columbia Highway 5
British Columbia Highway 5, also known as the Coquihalla Highway along much of its route, is a major north–south transportation corridor in British Columbia connecting the Lower Mainland with the province’s Interior.
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B.
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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C.
British Columbia Highway 97
British Columbia Highway 97 is a major north–south provincial highway in British Columbia, Canada, that forms part of the Alaska Highway corridor and connects numerous interior communities.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway segment
ⓘ
provincial highway ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Highway 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Highway 99 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Mainland NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Bay Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ Swartz Bay ferry terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsawwassen ferry terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| hasAccessTo |
BC Ferries Swartz Bay terminal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BC Ferries Tsawwassen terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Highway 1 (British Columbia)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Highway 10 (British Columbia) NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 17A (British Columbia) NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 91 (British Columbia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasName |
BC 17
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Highway 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 17 (British Columbia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumber | 17 ⓘ |
| hasSegment |
Highway 17 (Vancouver Island segment)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Highway 17 (mainland segment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpur | Highway 17A (British Columbia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Capital Regional District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delta, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Metro Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedForTraffic | 20th century ⓘ |
| partOf | British Columbia provincial highway system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| roadType |
expressway
ⓘ
limited-access highway ⓘ |
| role |
key connector between Tsawwassen ferry terminal and Lower Mainland
ⓘ
key connector between Tsawwassen ferry terminal and Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| serves |
Delta, British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saanich Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsawwassen, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesAs | connector to BC Ferries routes ⓘ |
| terminus |
Highway 99
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swartz Bay ferry terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsawwassen ferry terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria area ⓘ |
| usedFor | vehicular traffic ⓘ |
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 17 Description of subject: British Columbia Highway 17 is a major provincial highway in British Columbia that serves as a key connector between the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, the Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island via its mainland and Vancouver Island segments.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tsawwassen–Swartz Bay route
this entity surface form:
Vancouver Island Highway
this entity surface form:
Highway 17 (British Columbia)