Yellowhead Pass
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Yellowhead Pass is a major mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies that serves as a key transportation corridor between Alberta and British Columbia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yellowhead Pass canonical | 4 |
| Yellowhead Pass area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3967784 — 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: Yellowhead Pass Context triple: [Jasper National Park, contains, Yellowhead Pass]
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A.
Anaktuvuk Pass
Anaktuvuk Pass is a remote Iñupiat village in northern Alaska, situated in a mountain pass of the Brooks Range and known as a gateway to Arctic wilderness.
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B.
Kirkstone Pass
Kirkstone Pass is a high mountain pass in England’s Lake District, known for its steep, scenic road linking Ambleside and Patterdale through dramatic fell landscapes.
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C.
McKenzie Pass
McKenzie Pass is a scenic mountain pass in Oregon’s Cascade Range known for its volcanic landscapes, panoramic views of nearby peaks, and access to hiking and cycling routes.
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D.
South Pass
South Pass is a broad, gently sloping mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming that served as a crucial gateway for westward migration in 19th-century America.
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E.
Milner Pass
Milner Pass is a high mountain pass in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, known for carrying a major transcontinental divide crossing and offering scenic alpine views.
- 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: Yellowhead Pass Target entity description: Yellowhead Pass is a major mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies that serves as a key transportation corridor between Alberta and British Columbia.
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A.
Anaktuvuk Pass
Anaktuvuk Pass is a remote Iñupiat village in northern Alaska, situated in a mountain pass of the Brooks Range and known as a gateway to Arctic wilderness.
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B.
Kirkstone Pass
Kirkstone Pass is a high mountain pass in England’s Lake District, known for its steep, scenic road linking Ambleside and Patterdale through dramatic fell landscapes.
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C.
McKenzie Pass
McKenzie Pass is a scenic mountain pass in Oregon’s Cascade Range known for its volcanic landscapes, panoramic views of nearby peaks, and access to hiking and cycling routes.
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D.
South Pass
South Pass is a broad, gently sloping mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming that served as a crucial gateway for westward migration in 19th-century America.
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E.
Milner Pass
Milner Pass is a high mountain pass in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, known for carrying a major transcontinental divide crossing and offering scenic alpine views.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain pass
ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ |
| connects |
Alberta
ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crosses |
Continental Divide
ⓘ
surface form:
Continental Divide of the Americas
|
| elevation |
approximately 1131 metres
ⓘ
approximately 3711 feet ⓘ |
| geologicalRange |
Front Ranges
ⓘ
surface form:
Front Ranges of the Canadian Rockies
|
| hasFeature | relatively gentle grades ⓘ |
| hasRailwayRoute |
Canadian National Railway main line
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian National main line
Rocky Mountaineer ⓘ
surface form:
Rocky Mountaineer route
Via Rail ⓘ
surface form:
Via Rail Canadian route
|
| hasScenicViewOf |
Mount Robson Provincial Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Robson region
|
| historicalUse |
Indigenous travel route
ⓘ
fur trade route ⓘ |
| isLowerThan |
Kicking Horse Pass
ⓘ
Rogers Pass ⓘ |
| isMajorRouteBetween |
Edmonton
ⓘ
Prince George ⓘ |
| isOneOf | lowest passes through the Canadian Rockies used by railways ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alberta
ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Rockies
|
| namedAfter |
Tête Jaune Cache
ⓘ
surface form:
Pierre Bostonais (nicknamed Tête Jaune or Yellowhead)
|
| nearestTown | Jasper, Alberta ⓘ |
| onTransCanadaTrail | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| provinceBorderBetween |
Alberta
ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ |
| roadDesignation |
Alberta Highway 16
ⓘ
surface form:
Yellowhead Highway (Trans-Canada Highway 16)
|
| timeZoneBoundary |
Mountain Time Zone
ⓘ
Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Canadian National Railway
ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ Alberta Highway 16 ⓘ
surface form:
Highway 16 (Alberta)
British Columbia Highway 16 ⓘ
surface form:
Highway 16 (British Columbia)
Yellowhead Highway ⓘ |
| usedFor |
rail transport
ⓘ
road transport ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| waterDrainageEastTo | Athabasca River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterDrainageWestTo | Fraser River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| within |
Jasper National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Robson Provincial Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Yellowhead Pass Description of subject: Yellowhead Pass is a major mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies that serves as a key transportation corridor between Alberta and British Columbia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yellowhead Pass area