Lake Annecy
E55108
Lake Annecy is a picturesque alpine lake in southeastern France, renowned for its clear turquoise waters, surrounding mountains, and popular recreational activities.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Annecy canonical | 42 |
| Lake Annecy basin | 5 |
| Lake Annecy area | 2 |
| Lac d’Annecy | 1 |
| Lake Annecy waterfront | 1 |
| Mont Cenis Lake | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T415206 — 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: Lake Annecy Context triple: [Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, containsLake, Lake Annecy]
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A.
Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland, located in the French-speaking western part of the country and known for its scenic shores and surrounding vineyards.
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B.
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is a large crescent-shaped lake on the north side of the Alps, shared by Switzerland and France and renowned for its scenic beauty and surrounding cities like Geneva and Lausanne.
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C.
Lake of Biel
Lake of Biel is a scenic lake in western Switzerland’s Seeland region, known for its vineyards, islands, and role in the Jura water correction system.
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D.
Mer de Glace
Mer de Glace is the largest glacier in France, flowing down the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps and serving as a major tourist attraction near Chamonix.
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E.
Jet d'Eau
Jet d'Eau is a famous large water fountain on Lake Geneva and one of the most iconic symbols of the city of Geneva, Switzerland.
- 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: Lake Annecy Target entity description: Lake Annecy is a picturesque alpine lake in southeastern France, renowned for its clear turquoise waters, surrounding mountains, and popular recreational activities.
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A.
Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland, located in the French-speaking western part of the country and known for its scenic shores and surrounding vineyards.
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B.
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is a large crescent-shaped lake on the north side of the Alps, shared by Switzerland and France and renowned for its scenic beauty and surrounding cities like Geneva and Lausanne.
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C.
Lake of Biel
Lake of Biel is a scenic lake in western Switzerland’s Seeland region, known for its vineyards, islands, and role in the Jura water correction system.
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D.
Mer de Glace
Mer de Glace is the largest glacier in France, flowing down the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps and serving as a major tourist attraction near Chamonix.
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E.
Jet d'Eau
Jet d'Eau is a famous large water fountain on Lake Geneva and one of the most iconic symbols of the city of Geneva, Switzerland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
natural freshwater lake ⓘ |
| averageDepth | about 41 metres ⓘ |
| basinCountry | France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 447 metres ⓘ |
| formedBy | glacial activity ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
beaches
ⓘ
cycle path around much of the shoreline ⓘ nature reserves on its shores ⓘ |
| inflow |
Biolon
ⓘ
Bornette ⓘ Eau Morte ⓘ Ire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boat cruises
ⓘ
clear turquoise waters ⓘ cycling routes ⓘ paragliding nearby ⓘ picturesque alpine scenery ⓘ recreational activities ⓘ surrounding mountains ⓘ tourism ⓘ walking trails ⓘ water sports ⓘ |
| length | about 14.6 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French Alps ⓘ Haute-Savoie ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Annecy, France
ⓘ
surface form:
Annecy
Annecy, France ⓘ
surface form:
Annecy-le-Vieux
Doussard ⓘ Menthon-Saint-Bernard ⓘ Saint-Jorioz ⓘ Sévrier ⓘ Talloires ⓘ Veyrier-du-Lac ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | about 82 metres ⓘ |
| nearMountain |
La Tournette
ⓘ
Mont Veyrier ⓘ Semnoz ⓘ |
| outflow |
Fier
ⓘ
Thiou ⓘ |
| region | southeastern France ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | about 27.5 square kilometres ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| waterQuality | high ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
| width | up to about 3.2 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: Lake Annecy Description of subject: Lake Annecy is a picturesque alpine lake in southeastern France, renowned for its clear turquoise waters, surrounding mountains, and popular recreational activities.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
this entity surface form:
Mont Cenis Lake
subject surface form:
Annecy
this entity surface form:
Lake Annecy waterfront
this entity surface form:
Lake Annecy basin
this entity surface form:
Lake Annecy area
this entity surface form:
Lac d’Annecy
this entity surface form:
Lake Annecy area