Hillary Step (historical feature)
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The Hillary Step was a famous near-vertical rock face just below the summit of Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge, long considered one of the final and most technically challenging obstacles for climbers on the standard South Col route.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hillary Step (historical feature) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23342895 — 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: Hillary Step (historical feature) Context triple: [SouthColRoute, summitDayFeatures, Hillary Step (historical feature)]
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A.
Janss Steps
Janss Steps is a historic grand staircase and popular gathering spot at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for its sweeping brick steps and views of the campus.
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B.
Durie Hill steps
Durie Hill steps are a historic pedestrian stairway in Whanganui, New Zealand, leading up Durie Hill to its prominent war memorial and lookout.
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C.
Historic Hill
Historic Hill is a historic-themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo featuring some of its oldest buildings and classic animal exhibits.
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D.
Riceyman Steps
Riceyman Steps is a 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett that portrays the obsessive miserliness and psychological decline of a London bookseller in post–World War I Clerkenwell.
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E.
Canon Hill
Canon Hill was the original settlement or community that later developed into the borough of Canonsburg in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- 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: Hillary Step (historical feature) Target entity description: The Hillary Step was a famous near-vertical rock face just below the summit of Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge, long considered one of the final and most technically challenging obstacles for climbers on the standard South Col route.
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A.
Janss Steps
Janss Steps is a historic grand staircase and popular gathering spot at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for its sweeping brick steps and views of the campus.
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B.
Durie Hill steps
Durie Hill steps are a historic pedestrian stairway in Whanganui, New Zealand, leading up Durie Hill to its prominent war memorial and lookout.
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C.
Historic Hill
Historic Hill is a historic-themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo featuring some of its oldest buildings and classic animal exhibits.
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D.
Riceyman Steps
Riceyman Steps is a 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett that portrays the obsessive miserliness and psychological decline of a London bookseller in post–World War I Clerkenwell.
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E.
Canon Hill
Canon Hill was the original settlement or community that later developed into the borough of Canonsburg in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.