Oberaarsee
E446065
Oberaarsee is a high-altitude reservoir lake in the Swiss Alps, known for its striking turquoise waters and surrounding glacier-fed mountain scenery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oberaarsee canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4427814 — 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: Oberaarsee Context triple: [Grimsel Pass, near, Oberaarsee]
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A.
Oeschinensee
Oeschinensee is a picturesque alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, renowned for its turquoise waters, surrounding high peaks, and popularity for hiking and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Würmsee
Würmsee is the historical name of the Bavarian lake now known as Starnberger See, one of Germany’s largest and most famous lakes near Munich.
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C.
Schluchsee
Schluchsee is a large reservoir and popular recreational lake in Germany’s Black Forest, known for swimming, sailing, and scenic hiking.
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D.
Stölpchensee
Stölpchensee is a small lake in southwestern Berlin, Germany, known for its scenic setting within the Grunewald forest and its connection to the nearby Großer Wannsee.
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E.
Maschsee
Maschsee is an artificial lake and popular recreational area in Hanover, Germany, known for boating, walking paths, and cultural events.
- 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: Oberaarsee Target entity description: Oberaarsee is a high-altitude reservoir lake in the Swiss Alps, known for its striking turquoise waters and surrounding glacier-fed mountain scenery.
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A.
Oeschinensee
Oeschinensee is a picturesque alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, renowned for its turquoise waters, surrounding high peaks, and popularity for hiking and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Würmsee
Würmsee is the historical name of the Bavarian lake now known as Starnberger See, one of Germany’s largest and most famous lakes near Munich.
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C.
Schluchsee
Schluchsee is a large reservoir and popular recreational lake in Germany’s Black Forest, known for swimming, sailing, and scenic hiking.
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D.
Stölpchensee
Stölpchensee is a small lake in southwestern Berlin, Germany, known for its scenic setting within the Grunewald forest and its connection to the nearby Großer Wannsee.
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E.
Maschsee
Maschsee is an artificial lake and popular recreational area in Hanover, Germany, known for boating, walking paths, and cultural events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial lake
ⓘ
reservoir lake ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom | Grimsel Pass road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| color | turquoise ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Grimselsee (via hydropower system) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| damType | gravity dam ⓘ |
| elevation |
2303 m
ⓘ
approximately 2300 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| fedBy |
Oberaar Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
glacier meltwater ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
glacier-fed waters
ⓘ
high-altitude location ⓘ steep surrounding mountain slopes ⓘ |
| hasNameLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasRecreation | alpine hiking trails nearby ⓘ |
| hasShoreCharacteristic | rocky shores ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Oberaar dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Oberaarhorn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
surrounding glacier-fed mountains ⓘ |
| isGlacialLake | true ⓘ |
| isPartOfHydropowerSystem | Grimsel–Oberaar hydropower complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isReservoirFor | Aare river hydropower plants ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canton of Bern
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oberhasli region NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Guttannen ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Bernese Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Bernese Oberland Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Grimsel Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Upper Aar Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Grimsel Pass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oberaar Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outflow |
Aare river basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oberaarbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Aare river system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | hydroelectric power generation ⓘ |
| region | Bernese Oberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
alpine landscape photography
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hiking tourism ⓘ |
| waterSource | glacial runoff ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Oberaarsee Description of subject: Oberaarsee is a high-altitude reservoir lake in the Swiss Alps, known for its striking turquoise waters and surrounding glacier-fed mountain scenery.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.