Anacortes, Washington, United States
E887339
Anacortes, Washington, United States is a coastal city on Fidalgo Island known as a gateway to the San Juan Islands and a popular destination for boating and outdoor recreation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anacortes, Washington, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10810096 — 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: Anacortes, Washington, United States Context triple: [Burl Ives, placeOfDeath, Anacortes, Washington, United States]
-
A.
Mukilteo, Washington, United States
Mukilteo is a coastal city in Snohomish County, Washington, known for its ferry terminal, historic lighthouse park, and views across Possession Sound.
-
B.
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Sedro-Woolley, Washington is a small city in Skagit County known for its logging heritage and role as a gateway to the North Cascades region.
-
C.
Friday Harbor, Washington
Friday Harbor, Washington is a small coastal town on San Juan Island known as a primary gateway to the San Juan Islands and a hub for whale watching, tourism, and marine research.
-
D.
Everett, Washington, United States
Everett, Washington, United States is a city north of Seattle best known as a major aerospace manufacturing hub and home to one of the world’s largest airplane assembly plants.
-
E.
Camano, Washington
Camano, Washington is a small coastal community on Camano Island in Island County known for its scenic views of Puget Sound and access to outdoor recreation.
- 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: Anacortes, Washington, United States Target entity description: Anacortes, Washington, United States is a coastal city on Fidalgo Island known as a gateway to the San Juan Islands and a popular destination for boating and outdoor recreation.
-
A.
Mukilteo, Washington, United States
Mukilteo is a coastal city in Snohomish County, Washington, known for its ferry terminal, historic lighthouse park, and views across Possession Sound.
-
B.
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Sedro-Woolley, Washington is a small city in Skagit County known for its logging heritage and role as a gateway to the North Cascades region.
-
C.
Friday Harbor, Washington
Friday Harbor, Washington is a small coastal town on San Juan Island known as a primary gateway to the San Juan Islands and a hub for whale watching, tourism, and marine research.
-
D.
Everett, Washington, United States
Everett, Washington, United States is a city north of Seattle best known as a major aerospace manufacturing hub and home to one of the world’s largest airplane assembly plants.
-
E.
Camano, Washington
Camano, Washington is a small coastal community on Camano Island in Island County known for its scenic views of Puget Sound and access to outdoor recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | 360 ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countySeatOf | Skagit County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
approximately 23 meters
ⓘ
approximately 75 feet ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAnnualEvent |
Anacortes Arts Festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anacortes Waterfront Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Shipwreck Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFerryTerminalFor |
San Juan Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sidney, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHarbor | Cap Sante Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool | Anacortes High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
maritime services
ⓘ
oil refining ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasNearbyRefinery |
Marathon Anacortes Refinery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shell Puget Sound Refinery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Deception Pass State Park (nearby on Fidalgo Island)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of Anacortes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTimeZoneDST | Pacific Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Mount Baker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympic Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1891 ⓘ |
| isCoastalCity | true ⓘ |
| isGatewayTo | San Juan Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
boating
ⓘ
ferry services ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
hiking
ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ whale watching ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Skagit County, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Fidalgo Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Anna Curtis Bowman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody |
Guemes Channel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Puget Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosario Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | approximately 17,000 (early 2020s) ⓘ |
| postalCodeRange | 98221 ⓘ |
| servedBySchoolDistrict | Anacortes School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
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: Anacortes, Washington, United States Description of subject: Anacortes, Washington, United States is a coastal city on Fidalgo Island known as a gateway to the San Juan Islands and a popular destination for boating and outdoor recreation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.