Columbia Basin College
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Columbia Basin College is a public community college serving the Tri-Cities region of Washington State with a range of academic, technical, and workforce training programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Columbia Basin College canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2946339 — 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: Columbia Basin College Context triple: [Tri-Cities, Washington, hasHigherEducationInstitution, Columbia Basin College]
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A.
Wenatchee Valley College
Wenatchee Valley College is a public community college in Washington State that offers two-year degrees, certificates, and transfer programs serving students in the Wenatchee Valley region.
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B.
Yakima Valley College
Yakima Valley College is a public community college in Washington State that offers two-year degrees, certificates, and transfer programs serving students in the Yakima Valley region.
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C.
Lower Columbia College
Lower Columbia College is a public community college serving students in the Longview–Kelso area of southwest Washington State with two-year degrees, workforce training, and transfer programs.
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D.
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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E.
Whatcom Community College
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.
- 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: Columbia Basin College Target entity description: Columbia Basin College is a public community college serving the Tri-Cities region of Washington State with a range of academic, technical, and workforce training programs.
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A.
Wenatchee Valley College
Wenatchee Valley College is a public community college in Washington State that offers two-year degrees, certificates, and transfer programs serving students in the Wenatchee Valley region.
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B.
Yakima Valley College
Yakima Valley College is a public community college in Washington State that offers two-year degrees, certificates, and transfer programs serving students in the Yakima Valley region.
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C.
Lower Columbia College
Lower Columbia College is a public community college serving students in the Longview–Kelso area of southwest Washington State with two-year degrees, workforce training, and transfer programs.
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D.
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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E.
Whatcom Community College
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
community college
ⓘ
public college ⓘ |
| accreditation | regional accreditation (Northwest U.S.) ⓘ |
| category |
Community colleges in Washington (state)
ⓘ
Education in Washington (state) ⓘ Public universities and colleges in Washington (state) ⓘ |
| city | Pasco, Washington ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationLevel | undergraduate ⓘ |
| fundingModel | public ⓘ |
| governance | publicly governed ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Pasco campus
ⓘ
Richland campus ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
STEM programs
ⓘ
business programs ⓘ health sciences programs ⓘ liberal arts programs ⓘ technical and trade programs ⓘ |
| hasService |
academic advising
ⓘ
career services ⓘ financial aid services ⓘ student support services ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tri-Cities metropolitan area ⓘ |
| mission |
to provide accessible educational opportunities
ⓘ
to support workforce and economic development in the Tri-Cities region ⓘ |
| offers |
academic programs
ⓘ
adult education ⓘ certificate programs ⓘ community education ⓘ distance education ⓘ online courses ⓘ professional-technical degrees ⓘ technical programs ⓘ transfer degrees ⓘ workforce development ⓘ workforce training programs ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Benton County, Washington
ⓘ
Franklin County, Washington ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| serves |
Tri-Cities region of Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Tri-Cities, Washington
|
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| type | two-year college ⓘ |
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: Columbia Basin College Description of subject: Columbia Basin College is a public community college serving the Tri-Cities region of Washington State with a range of academic, technical, and workforce training programs.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.