Tuolumne Meadows
E22021
Tuolumne Meadows is a high-elevation subalpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for its expansive grasslands, granite domes, and access to popular hiking and climbing routes.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tuolumne Meadows canonical | 25 |
| Tuolumne Meadows area | 5 |
| Tuolumne Meadows region | 2 |
| Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park | 1 |
| Tuolumne Meadows, California | 1 |
| Tuolumne River headwaters areas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12284 — 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: Tuolumne Meadows Context triple: [Yosemite National Park, contains, Tuolumne Meadows]
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A.
Stanislaus National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest is a large, federally managed forest in California known for its rugged Sierra Nevada landscapes, extensive recreation opportunities, and diverse wildlife habitats.
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B.
Inyo National Forest
Inyo National Forest is a vast protected area in eastern California known for its dramatic Sierra Nevada landscapes, including high peaks, ancient bristlecone pine forests, and popular outdoor recreation opportunities.
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C.
Pinnacles National Park
Pinnacles National Park is a rugged U.S. national park known for its dramatic volcanic rock formations, talus caves, and California condor habitat in central California.
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D.
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a U.S. national park in northern California known for its active geothermal features, including fumaroles, hot springs, and the prominent Lassen Peak volcano.
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E.
Owens Valley
Owens Valley is a long, arid valley in eastern California, lying between the Sierra Nevada and the White/Inyo Mountains and known for its dramatic scenery and historic water diversions to Los Angeles.
- 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: Tuolumne Meadows Target entity description: Tuolumne Meadows is a high-elevation subalpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for its expansive grasslands, granite domes, and access to popular hiking and climbing routes.
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A.
Stanislaus National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest is a large, federally managed forest in California known for its rugged Sierra Nevada landscapes, extensive recreation opportunities, and diverse wildlife habitats.
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B.
Inyo National Forest
Inyo National Forest is a vast protected area in eastern California known for its dramatic Sierra Nevada landscapes, including high peaks, ancient bristlecone pine forests, and popular outdoor recreation opportunities.
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C.
Pinnacles National Park
Pinnacles National Park is a rugged U.S. national park known for its dramatic volcanic rock formations, talus caves, and California condor habitat in central California.
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D.
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a U.S. national park in northern California known for its active geothermal features, including fumaroles, hot springs, and the prominent Lassen Peak volcano.
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E.
Owens Valley
Owens Valley is a long, arid valley in eastern California, lying between the Sierra Nevada and the White/Inyo Mountains and known for its dramatic scenery and historic water diversions to Los Angeles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subalpine meadow
ⓘ
valley ⓘ |
| accessibleVia |
California State Route 120
ⓘ
Tioga Road corridor ⓘ
surface form:
Tioga Road
|
| climateZone | subalpine ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 2600 meters
ⓘ
approximately 8600 feet ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Tuolumne Meadows Campground
ⓘ
Tuolumne Meadows Grill ⓘ Tuolumne Meadows Store ⓘ Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center ⓘ |
| hydrology | drained by the Tuolumne River ⓘ |
| knownFor |
access to Sierra Nevada backcountry
ⓘ
alpine wildflowers in summer ⓘ high-elevation scenery ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada ⓘ Tuolumne County ⓘ
surface form:
Tuolumne County, California
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| managedBy |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| namedAfter | Tuolumne River ⓘ |
| near |
Cathedral Peak
ⓘ
Fairview Dome ⓘ Cathedral Rocks ⓘ
surface form:
Lembert Dome
Mount Dana ⓘ Mount Lyell ⓘ |
| partOf | upper Tuolumne River watershed ⓘ |
| popularFor |
backpacking
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ mountain photography ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ |
| seasonalAccess | typically open late spring through fall ⓘ |
| terrainFeature |
expansive grasslands
ⓘ
glacially carved valley floor ⓘ granite domes ⓘ |
| trailheadFor |
Cathedral Lakes Trail
ⓘ
Glen Aulin Trail ⓘ John Muir Trail ⓘ Lyell Canyon ⓘ Pacific Crest Trail ⓘ |
| vegetationType |
lodgepole pine forest patches
ⓘ
subalpine meadow vegetation ⓘ |
| waterFeature |
Tuolumne River meanders
ⓘ
seasonal streams ⓘ |
| withinProtectedArea | Yosemite Wilderness vicinity ⓘ |
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: Tuolumne Meadows Description of subject: Tuolumne Meadows is a high-elevation subalpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for its expansive grasslands, granite domes, and access to popular hiking and climbing routes.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne River headwaters areas
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne Meadows region
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne Meadows area
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne Meadows area
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne Meadows region
subject surface form:
Tioga Pass corridor
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne Meadows area
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne Meadows area
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne Meadows, California
subject surface form:
California State Route 120
this entity surface form:
Tuolumne Meadows area