Kalama, Washington
E326204
Kalama, Washington is a small city along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington known for its historic railroad roots and scenic waterfront.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kalama, Washington canonical | 7 |
| downtown Kalama, Washington | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2235047 — 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: Kalama, Washington Context triple: [Cowlitz County, Washington, containsTown, Kalama, Washington]
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A.
Tokeland, Washington
Tokeland, Washington is a small coastal community on Willapa Bay known for its historic resort, fishing heritage, and scenic Pacific County shoreline.
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B.
Yelm, Washington
Yelm, Washington is a small city in western Washington State known as a growing bedroom community near Joint Base Lewis-McChord and the Nisqually River.
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C.
Kelso, Washington
Kelso, Washington is a small city in southwestern Washington State located along the Cowlitz River and forming part of the Longview–Kelso metropolitan area.
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D.
Elma, Washington
Elma, Washington is a small city in western Washington State known as a gateway community between the Olympia area and the Pacific Coast.
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E.
Kenmore, Washington
Kenmore, Washington is a small suburban city in King County located at the northern tip of Lake Washington, known for its residential neighborhoods, parks, and waterfront access.
- 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: Kalama, Washington Target entity description: Kalama, Washington is a small city along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington known for its historic railroad roots and scenic waterfront.
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A.
Tokeland, Washington
Tokeland, Washington is a small coastal community on Willapa Bay known for its historic resort, fishing heritage, and scenic Pacific County shoreline.
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B.
Yelm, Washington
Yelm, Washington is a small city in western Washington State known as a growing bedroom community near Joint Base Lewis-McChord and the Nisqually River.
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C.
Kelso, Washington
Kelso, Washington is a small city in southwestern Washington State located along the Cowlitz River and forming part of the Longview–Kelso metropolitan area.
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D.
Elma, Washington
Elma, Washington is a small city in western Washington State known as a gateway community between the Olympia area and the Pacific Coast.
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E.
Kenmore, Washington
Kenmore, Washington is a small suburban city in King County located at the northern tip of Lake Washington, known for its residential neighborhoods, parks, and waterfront access.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode |
360
ⓘ
564 ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Columbia River to the west ⓘ |
| climate | warm-summer Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countySeatOf | Cowlitz County, Washington ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 10 miles south of Longview, Washington
ⓘ
approximately 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 16 feet ⓘ |
| foundedAs | railroad town ⓘ |
| governmentType | Mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Kalama Marina
ⓘ
Kalama River ⓘ replica totem poles ⓘ waterfront park ⓘ |
| hasHistoricRole | railroad hub on the Columbia River ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
boating on the Columbia River
ⓘ
fishing on the Columbia River ⓘ waterfront walking trails ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | late 19th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic railroad roots
ⓘ
scenic waterfront ⓘ |
| locatedAlong | Interstate 5 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cowlitz County, Washington
ⓘ
Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Longview–Kelso metropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Southwestern Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern Washington
|
| locatedOnRiver | Columbia River ⓘ |
| locatedOnTransportationRoute |
BNSF Railway mainline
ⓘ
linked to:
BNSF Railway line
Union Pacific Railroad mainline ⓘ
linked to:
Union Pacific Railroad line
|
| namedAfter | John Kalama ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity |
Portland, Oregon
ⓘ
linked to:
Portland
|
| nearestRegionalCenter | Longview, Washington ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| postalCode | 98625 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivities |
lumber industry
ⓘ
shipping ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| regionType | riverfront community ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| timezone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| timezoneDST |
Pacific Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Time Zone
|
| transportationAccess | served by Interstate 5 exits ⓘ |
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: Kalama, Washington Description of subject: Kalama, Washington is a small city along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington known for its historic railroad roots and scenic waterfront.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kalama, Washington