Washington State Route 8
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Washington State Route 8 is a short east–west highway in western Washington that connects U.S. Route 101 near Elma to U.S. Route 12 near Olympia, serving as a key link between the Pacific coast and the state capital region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State Route 8 (Washington) | 1 |
| Washington State Route 8 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2430954 — 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: Washington State Route 8 Context triple: [Washington State Routes, hasComponent, Washington State Route 8]
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A.
Washington State Route 7
Washington State Route 7 is a state highway in Washington that runs generally north–south between Morton and Tacoma, serving communities in Pierce and Lewis counties.
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B.
Washington State Route 18
Washington State Route 18 is a major east–west highway in western Washington that connects the Seattle–Tacoma metropolitan area to Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie.
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C.
Washington State Route 6
Washington State Route 6 is a state highway in southwestern Washington that connects the Chehalis area to the Pacific Coast near Raymond, running primarily through rural and forested terrain.
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D.
Washington State Route 2
Washington State Route 2 is a major east–west highway in Washington State that connects the Seattle area with central and eastern Washington, including Stevens Pass and Spokane.
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E.
Washington State Route 3
Washington State Route 3 is a north–south state highway on the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington, connecting the Bremerton area with U.S. Route 101 near Shelton and serving as a key link between local communities and naval installations.
- 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: Washington State Route 8 Target entity description: Washington State Route 8 is a short east–west highway in western Washington that connects U.S. Route 101 near Elma to U.S. Route 12 near Olympia, serving as a key link between the Pacific coast and the state capital region.
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A.
Washington State Route 7
Washington State Route 7 is a state highway in Washington that runs generally north–south between Morton and Tacoma, serving communities in Pierce and Lewis counties.
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B.
Washington State Route 18
Washington State Route 18 is a major east–west highway in western Washington that connects the Seattle–Tacoma metropolitan area to Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie.
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C.
Washington State Route 6
Washington State Route 6 is a state highway in southwestern Washington that connects the Chehalis area to the Pacific Coast near Raymond, running primarily through rural and forested terrain.
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D.
Washington State Route 2
Washington State Route 2 is a major east–west highway in Washington State that connects the Seattle area with central and eastern Washington, including Stevens Pass and Spokane.
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E.
Washington State Route 3
Washington State Route 3 is a north–south state highway on the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington, connecting the Bremerton area with U.S. Route 101 near Shelton and serving as a key link between local communities and naval installations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Washington State Route
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SR 8 ⓘ |
| accessControl | partially controlled-access ⓘ |
| category |
State highways in Washington
ⓘ
Transportation in Grays Harbor County, Washington ⓘ Transportation in Thurston County, Washington ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
U.S. Route 101
ⓘ
U.S. Route 12 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| easternTerminus | U.S. Route 12 near Olympia ⓘ |
| function | key link between Pacific coast and state capital region ⓘ |
| hasJunction |
interchange with U.S. Route 101
ⓘ
interchange with U.S. Route 12 ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | Washington State Routes ⓘ |
| lanes | four-lane highway ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Washington State Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Elma, Washington
ⓘ
Olympia, Washington ⓘ |
| partOfCorridor | transportation corridor between Aberdeen and Olympia ⓘ |
| passesThroughCounty |
Grays Harbor County, Washington
ⓘ
Thurston County, Washington ⓘ |
| region | western Washington ⓘ |
| roadType | limited-access highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 8 ⓘ |
| serves |
Olympia metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Olympia, Washington metropolitan area
Pacific coast region of Washington ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| surface | paved ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
regional freight traffic ⓘ tourist travel to Pacific coast ⓘ |
| westernTerminus |
U.S. Route 101 near Elma
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Route 101 (nearby)
|
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: Washington State Route 8 Description of subject: Washington State Route 8 is a short east–west highway in western Washington that connects U.S. Route 101 near Elma to U.S. Route 12 near Olympia, serving as a key link between the Pacific coast and the state capital region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
State Route 101
linked to: Washington State Route 8