Malham Tarn
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Malham Tarn is a glacial lake in the Yorkshire Dales, England, renowned for its limestone scenery, rich wildlife, and status as a National Nature Reserve.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malham Tarn canonical | 6 |
| Malham Tarn National Nature Reserve | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3958435 — 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: Malham Tarn Context triple: [Craven, contains, Malham Tarn]
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A.
Thirlmere
Thirlmere is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its historic railway heritage and proximity to the Thirlmere Lakes.
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B.
Coniston Water
Coniston Water is a scenic lake in England’s Lake District, known for its dramatic surrounding fells, boating, and literary and historical associations.
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C.
Keswick Reservoir
Keswick Reservoir is a man-made lake on the Sacramento River in Northern California, primarily serving as a regulating reservoir for Shasta Dam’s hydroelectric operations and regional water management.
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D.
Gunnislake
Gunnislake is a village in east Cornwall, England, known as a former mining community situated near the Cornwall–Devon border.
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E.
Lake Windermere
Lake Windermere is a freshwater lake within Booderee National Park in New South Wales, Australia, known for its tranquil bushland setting and native wildlife.
- 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: Malham Tarn Target entity description: Malham Tarn is a glacial lake in the Yorkshire Dales, England, renowned for its limestone scenery, rich wildlife, and status as a National Nature Reserve.
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A.
Thirlmere
Thirlmere is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its historic railway heritage and proximity to the Thirlmere Lakes.
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B.
Coniston Water
Coniston Water is a scenic lake in England’s Lake District, known for its dramatic surrounding fells, boating, and literary and historical associations.
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C.
Keswick Reservoir
Keswick Reservoir is a man-made lake on the Sacramento River in Northern California, primarily serving as a regulating reservoir for Shasta Dam’s hydroelectric operations and regional water management.
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D.
Gunnislake
Gunnislake is a village in east Cornwall, England, known as a former mining community situated near the Cornwall–Devon border.
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E.
Lake Windermere
Lake Windermere is a freshwater lake within Booderee National Park in New South Wales, Australia, known for its tranquil bushland setting and native wildlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacial lake
ⓘ
natural lake ⓘ tarn ⓘ |
| basinCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| category |
Glacial lakes of England
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Lakes of North Yorkshire ⓘ National nature reserves in North Yorkshire ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designatedAs |
National Nature Reserve
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Ramsar site ⓘ Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ |
| ecoregion |
Pennines
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surface form:
Pennine uplands
|
| elevation | approximately 377 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| formedBy | glacial processes ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | Carboniferous limestone ⓘ |
| habitatType |
fen and wetland margins
ⓘ
limestone grassland surroundings ⓘ upland lake ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
calcareous fen communities
ⓘ
peat bogs nearby ⓘ surrounding limestone pavements ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Yorkshire Dales ⓘ |
| managedBy | Natural England ⓘ |
| near |
Gordale Scar
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Malham Cove ⓘ village of Malham ⓘ |
| notableFor |
botanical interest
ⓘ
karst landscape ⓘ limestone scenery ⓘ ornithological interest ⓘ rich wildlife ⓘ |
| outflow | Malham Beck ⓘ |
| partOf |
Yorkshire Dales
ⓘ
surface form:
Yorkshire Dales National Park
|
| popularFor |
birdwatching
ⓘ
nature study ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| protectedStatus |
National Nature Reserve
ⓘ
Ramsar site ⓘ Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ |
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ |
| usedFor |
field studies
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
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: Malham Tarn Description of subject: Malham Tarn is a glacial lake in the Yorkshire Dales, England, renowned for its limestone scenery, rich wildlife, and status as a National Nature Reserve.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Malham Cove
this entity surface form:
Malham Tarn National Nature Reserve