Hallwilersee
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Hallwilersee is a scenic lake in the Swiss cantons of Aargau and Lucerne, popular for recreation, boating, and nature conservation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Hallwil | 15 |
| Hallwilersee canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4734906 — 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: Hallwilersee Context triple: [Lake Hallwil, hasNameInGerman, Hallwilersee]
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A.
Alpsee
Alpsee is a picturesque alpine lake in Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its clear waters and scenic setting near the royal castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.
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B.
Schlosssee
Schlosssee is a scenic lake in the spa town of Bad Waldsee in southern Germany, known for recreation and its picturesque natural setting.
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C.
Wolfgangsee
Wolfgangsee is a picturesque alpine lake in Austria renowned for its clear waters, surrounding mountains, and popular lakeside resort towns such as St. Wolfgang and St. Gilgen.
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D.
Oberaarsee
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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E.
Eibsee
Eibsee is a picturesque alpine lake in Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its clear turquoise waters and dramatic setting at the foot of the Zugspitze.
- 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: Hallwilersee Target entity description: Hallwilersee is a scenic lake in the Swiss cantons of Aargau and Lucerne, popular for recreation, boating, and nature conservation.
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A.
Alpsee
Alpsee is a picturesque alpine lake in Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its clear waters and scenic setting near the royal castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.
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B.
Schlosssee
Schlosssee is a scenic lake in the spa town of Bad Waldsee in southern Germany, known for recreation and its picturesque natural setting.
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C.
Wolfgangsee
Wolfgangsee is a picturesque alpine lake in Austria renowned for its clear waters, surrounding mountains, and popular lakeside resort towns such as St. Wolfgang and St. Gilgen.
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D.
Oberaarsee
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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E.
Eibsee
Eibsee is a picturesque alpine lake in Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its clear turquoise waters and dramatic setting at the foot of the Zugspitze.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | lake ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Aesch (Aargau)
ⓘ
Beinwil am See ⓘ Birrwil ⓘ Gelfingen ⓘ Hitzkirch ⓘ Meisterschwanden ⓘ Seengen ⓘ |
| averageElevation | about 449 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| climateZone | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Aare basin ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historic lakeside castles
ⓘ
nature reserves along the lakeshore ⓘ protected reed beds ⓘ scheduled passenger boat services ⓘ walking and cycling paths ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Brestenberg Island (small artificial or shore-related structures, if counted) ⓘ |
| hasRegulation |
motorboat restrictions in some zones
ⓘ
nature conservation rules ⓘ |
| inflow | Aabach ⓘ |
| knownFor |
birdlife
ⓘ
scenic landscape ⓘ water sports ⓘ |
| languageRegion | German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ |
| length | about 8.4 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seetal valley
ⓘ
Swiss Plateau ⓘ canton of Aargau ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Aargau
canton of Lucerne ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Lucerne
|
| maximumDepth | about 48 metres ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction | Hallwyl Castle ⓘ |
| outflow | Aabach ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rhine river basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhine River Basin
|
| recreationActivity |
hiking along lakeshore
ⓘ
rowing ⓘ sailing ⓘ stand-up paddling ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | about 10.3 square kilometres ⓘ |
| tourismRegion |
Seetal (Lake Valley)
ⓘ
linked to:
Seetal valley
|
| transport | lake shipping services ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ swimming ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
| width | about 1.5 kilometres ⓘ |
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: Hallwilersee Description of subject: Hallwilersee is a scenic lake in the Swiss cantons of Aargau and Lucerne, popular for recreation, boating, and nature conservation.
Referenced by (18)
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