Theodul Glacier
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Theodul Glacier is a large Alpine glacier near Zermatt in the Pennine Alps, known for its high-altitude ski area and views of the Matterhorn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Theodul Glacier canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4036890 — 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: Theodul Glacier Context triple: [Zermatt, hasGlacierAccess, Theodul Glacier]
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A.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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B.
Imja Glacier
Imja Glacier is a high-altitude valley glacier in the Everest region of Nepal, known for feeding the rapidly expanding Imja Tsho glacial lake and illustrating the impacts of climate change in the Himalayas.
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C.
Rimo Glacier
Rimo Glacier is a major glacier in the eastern Karakoram range of Ladakh, India, known for its remote, high-altitude location and role in feeding the Shyok River.
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D.
Chhonbardan Glacier
Chhonbardan Glacier is a major Himalayan glacier on the slopes of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri massif, forming part of the mountain’s high-altitude glacial system.
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E.
Biange Glacier
Biange Glacier is a smaller high-altitude glacier in the Karakoram mountain range that feeds into the larger Baltoro Glacier system.
- 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: Theodul Glacier Target entity description: Theodul Glacier is a large Alpine glacier near Zermatt in the Pennine Alps, known for its high-altitude ski area and views of the Matterhorn.
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A.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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B.
Imja Glacier
Imja Glacier is a high-altitude valley glacier in the Everest region of Nepal, known for feeding the rapidly expanding Imja Tsho glacial lake and illustrating the impacts of climate change in the Himalayas.
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C.
Rimo Glacier
Rimo Glacier is a major glacier in the eastern Karakoram range of Ladakh, India, known for its remote, high-altitude location and role in feeding the Shyok River.
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D.
Chhonbardan Glacier
Chhonbardan Glacier is a major Himalayan glacier on the slopes of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri massif, forming part of the mountain’s high-altitude glacial system.
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E.
Biange Glacier
Biange Glacier is a smaller high-altitude glacier in the Karakoram mountain range that feeds into the larger Baltoro Glacier system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacier ⓘ |
| accessPoint |
Klein Matterhorn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trockener Steg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activity |
alpine mountaineering
ⓘ
glacier hiking ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Alpine glacier system ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Theodul Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| crossesBorderWith | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Rhône basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | above 2800 metres ⓘ |
| flowsTowards | Gorner Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalType | valley glacier ⓘ |
| hasFeature | high-altitude ski area ⓘ |
| hasGlacialFeatures |
crevasses
ⓘ
snowfields ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Lower Theodul Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Theodul Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSkiResort |
Cervinia ski area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zermatt ski area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasView | Matterhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hazard | crevasse danger ⓘ |
| isRetreating | true ⓘ |
| languageRegion | German-speaking Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pennine Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Pennine Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Theodul Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Matterhorn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zermatt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearPass | Theodul Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
summer skiing
ⓘ
views of Matterhorn ⓘ |
| partOf | Alps ⓘ |
| region | Canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season |
summer skiing season
ⓘ
winter skiing season ⓘ |
| skiLiftInfrastructure |
chairlifts
ⓘ
surface lifts ⓘ |
| surfaceType | ice ⓘ |
| tourism |
mountain tourism
ⓘ
year-round skiing ⓘ |
| transportAccess | cable car from Zermatt ⓘ |
| usedFor | skiing ⓘ |
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: Theodul Glacier Description of subject: Theodul Glacier is a large Alpine glacier near Zermatt in the Pennine Alps, known for its high-altitude ski area and views of the Matterhorn.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.