Mattertal
E409610
Mattertal is a high alpine valley in the Swiss canton of Valais, known for its dramatic peaks including the Matterhorn and its popular mountaineering and ski resorts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mattertal canonical | 37 |
| Matter Vispa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4036895 — 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: Mattertal Context triple: [Zermatt, partOf, Mattertal]
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A.
Mook
Mook is a surname most notably associated with Robby Mook, an American political strategist and campaign manager.
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B.
Seltsame Materie
Seltsame Materie is a short story collection by Hungarian-German author Terézia Mora that explores themes of identity, alienation, and post-socialist Eastern Europe in a distinctive, experimental prose style.
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C.
Tektitek
Tektitek is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Tektiteko people in parts of Guatemala and Mexico.
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D.
Magnetes
Magnetes were an ancient Greek tribe from the region of Magnesia in Thessaly, known from myth and history as participants in wider Hellenic religious and political affairs.
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E.
Maifeld
Maifeld is a large open-air field and stadium area in Berlin, Germany, historically used for major sporting and ceremonial events, including competitions during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
- 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: Mattertal Target entity description: Mattertal is a high alpine valley in the Swiss canton of Valais, known for its dramatic peaks including the Matterhorn and its popular mountaineering and ski resorts.
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A.
Mook
Mook is a surname most notably associated with Robby Mook, an American political strategist and campaign manager.
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B.
Seltsame Materie
Seltsame Materie is a short story collection by Hungarian-German author Terézia Mora that explores themes of identity, alienation, and post-socialist Eastern Europe in a distinctive, experimental prose style.
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C.
Tektitek
Tektitek is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Tektiteko people in parts of Guatemala and Mexico.
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D.
Magnetes
Magnetes were an ancient Greek tribe from the region of Magnesia in Thessaly, known from myth and history as participants in wider Hellenic religious and political affairs.
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E.
Maifeld
Maifeld is a large open-air field and stadium area in Berlin, Germany, historically used for major sporting and ceremonial events, including competitions during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alpine valley
ⓘ
valley ⓘ |
| accessRoute |
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
ⓘ
Visp ⓘ road from Visp to Zermatt ⓘ |
| cantonCapital |
Sion (Valais)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sion, Valais
|
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Rhône basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhône river basin
|
| feature |
glacially formed valley
ⓘ
numerous 4000-metre peaks ⓘ permanent glaciers in surrounding mountains ⓘ steep valley sides ⓘ |
| hasMountain |
Dent Blanche vicinity
ⓘ
Matterhorn ⓘ Ober Gabelhorn vicinity ⓘ Zinalrothorn vicinity ⓘ |
| hasResort |
Grächen ski resort
ⓘ
Saas-Fee region proximity ⓘ Zermatt ski resort ⓘ
linked to:
Zermatt ski area
|
| highestPeakVisible |
Dom
ⓘ
Dufourspitze ⓘ Matterhorn ⓘ Weisshorn ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high alpine scenery
ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ skiing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pennine Alps
ⓘ
Swiss Alps ⓘ canton of Valais ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Valais
|
| mainTown |
Grächen
ⓘ
Randa ⓘ St. Niklaus ⓘ Täsch ⓘ Zermatt ⓘ |
| nearbyValley |
Nikolaital (alternative name context)
ⓘ
Saastal ⓘ Turtmanntal ⓘ |
| partOf | district of Visp ⓘ |
| river |
Matter Vispa
ⓘ
linked to:
Vispa
|
| tourismActivity |
alpine climbing
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ winter sports ⓘ |
| tourismCenter | Zermatt ⓘ |
| tributaryOf |
Rhône
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhône River
Vispa ⓘ |
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: Mattertal Description of subject: Mattertal is a high alpine valley in the Swiss canton of Valais, known for its dramatic peaks including the Matterhorn and its popular mountaineering and ski resorts.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dom (mountain)
subject linked to:
Valais, Switzerland
subject linked to:
Mischabel (local toponym)
linked to: Mattertal