Whatcom Community College
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Whatcom Community College is a public two-year college in Bellingham, Washington, offering associate degrees, professional-technical programs, and transfer pathways to four-year universities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whatcom Community College canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2511516 — 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: Whatcom Community College Context triple: [Bellingham metropolitan area, higherEducationInstitution, Whatcom Community College]
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A.
Skagit Valley College
Skagit Valley College is a public community college serving students in northwestern Washington State with academic transfer, professional-technical, and workforce education programs.
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B.
South Puget Sound Community College
South Puget Sound Community College is a public two-year college in Olympia, Washington, offering associate degrees, professional-technical programs, and transfer pathways to four-year universities.
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C.
Everett Community College
Everett Community College is a public community college serving the higher education and workforce training needs of students in and around Everett, Washington.
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D.
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma Community College is a public two-year institution in Tacoma, Washington, offering associate degrees, professional-technical programs, and transfer pathways to four-year universities.
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E.
Bellevue College
Bellevue College is a public community college and state-supported higher education institution located in Bellevue, Washington, offering a range of associate and bachelor’s degree programs.
- 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: Whatcom Community College Target entity description: Whatcom Community College is a public two-year college in Bellingham, Washington, offering associate degrees, professional-technical programs, and transfer pathways to four-year universities.
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A.
Skagit Valley College
Skagit Valley College is a public community college serving students in northwestern Washington State with academic transfer, professional-technical, and workforce education programs.
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B.
South Puget Sound Community College
South Puget Sound Community College is a public two-year college in Olympia, Washington, offering associate degrees, professional-technical programs, and transfer pathways to four-year universities.
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C.
Everett Community College
Everett Community College is a public community college serving the higher education and workforce training needs of students in and around Everett, Washington.
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D.
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma Community College is a public two-year institution in Tacoma, Washington, offering associate degrees, professional-technical programs, and transfer pathways to four-year universities.
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E.
Bellevue College
Bellevue College is a public community college and state-supported higher education institution located in Bellevue, Washington, offering a range of associate and bachelor’s degree programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
community college
ⓘ
public college ⓘ two-year college ⓘ |
| academicTermType | quarter system ⓘ |
| city |
Bellingham
ⓘ
linked to:
Bellingham, Washington
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Whatcom County ⓘ |
| degreeTypeOffered |
Associate in Applied Science
ⓘ
Associate in Arts ⓘ Associate in Science ⓘ |
| educationLevel |
postsecondary
ⓘ
undergraduate ⓘ |
| fundingType | publicly funded ⓘ |
| hasAcademicFocus |
career and technical education
ⓘ
university transfer preparation ⓘ workforce development ⓘ |
| hasCampusType | commuter campus ⓘ |
| hasEducationalOffering |
general education courses
ⓘ
hybrid courses ⓘ online courses ⓘ remedial and developmental education ⓘ |
| hasServiceArea |
Whatcom County region
ⓘ
linked to:
Whatcom County
|
| hasStudentType |
full-time students
ⓘ
non-traditional students ⓘ part-time students ⓘ traditional students ⓘ |
| hasSupportService |
academic advising
ⓘ
career services ⓘ disability support services ⓘ financial aid advising ⓘ tutoring services ⓘ |
| hasTransferPathwaysTo |
bachelor's degree programs
ⓘ
four-year universities ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| offersProgramType |
associate degree programs
ⓘ
continuing education ⓘ professional-technical programs ⓘ transfer programs ⓘ |
| organizationType | public educational institution ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
prepare students for transfer to four-year institutions
ⓘ
provide accessible higher education ⓘ provide workforce training ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| 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: Whatcom Community College Description of subject: Whatcom Community College is a public two-year college in Bellingham, Washington, offering associate degrees, professional-technical programs, and transfer pathways to four-year universities.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.