Donner Party encampment
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The Donner Party encampment was the ill-fated winter campsite in the Sierra Nevada where members of the Donner–Reed wagon party were trapped by heavy snows in 1846–1847, leading to extreme hardship and cannibalism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Donner Lake camp | 1 |
| Donner Party encampment canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20293497 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donner Party encampment Context triple: [Breen diary, locationDescribed, Donner Party encampment]
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A.
Richfield mining camp
Richfield mining camp was a historic gold rush settlement that developed along Williams Creek in British Columbia during the Cariboo Gold Rush.
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B.
Fort Bridger State Historic Site
Fort Bridger State Historic Site is a preserved 19th-century frontier outpost and trading post in southwestern Wyoming that interprets the region’s military, emigrant trail, and fur trade history.
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C.
Jedediah Smith Campground
Jedediah Smith Campground is a forested riverside camping area in Northern California’s redwood country, offering access to towering old-growth trees and outdoor recreation within Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
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D.
Payson Canyon
Payson Canyon is a scenic mountain canyon in central Utah known for its outdoor recreation opportunities, including hiking, camping, and access to the Nebo Loop National Scenic Byway.
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E.
Hunt Camp
Hunt Camp is an alternative name for the Minidoka War Relocation Center, a World War II-era internment camp in Idaho where Japanese Americans were forcibly incarcerated.
- 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: Donner Party encampment Target entity description: The Donner Party encampment was the ill-fated winter campsite in the Sierra Nevada where members of the Donner–Reed wagon party were trapped by heavy snows in 1846–1847, leading to extreme hardship and cannibalism.
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A.
Richfield mining camp
Richfield mining camp was a historic gold rush settlement that developed along Williams Creek in British Columbia during the Cariboo Gold Rush.
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B.
Fort Bridger State Historic Site
Fort Bridger State Historic Site is a preserved 19th-century frontier outpost and trading post in southwestern Wyoming that interprets the region’s military, emigrant trail, and fur trade history.
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C.
Jedediah Smith Campground
Jedediah Smith Campground is a forested riverside camping area in Northern California’s redwood country, offering access to towering old-growth trees and outdoor recreation within Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
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D.
Payson Canyon
Payson Canyon is a scenic mountain canyon in central Utah known for its outdoor recreation opportunities, including hiking, camping, and access to the Nebo Loop National Scenic Byway.
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E.
Hunt Camp
Hunt Camp is an alternative name for the Minidoka War Relocation Center, a World War II-era internment camp in Idaho where Japanese Americans were forcibly incarcerated.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Donner Party encampment