Goms
E563536
Goms is a high alpine valley and municipality region in the upper Valais of Switzerland, known for its traditional villages, hiking and cross-country skiing, and proximity to major mountain passes like the Furka Pass.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goms canonical | 9 |
| Goms region | 6 |
| Goms (municipality) | 1 |
| Goms valley | 1 |
| district of Goms | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6023040 — 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: Goms Context triple: [Furka Pass, connects, Goms]
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A.
Bürmoos
Bürmoos is a small Austrian municipality located in the state of Salzburg, known for its residential character and proximity to the city of Salzburg.
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B.
Landeck
Landeck is a small town in the Tyrolean Alps of western Austria, known as a regional transport hub and gateway to nearby ski and hiking areas.
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C.
Gimmelwald
Gimmelwald is a small, traditional Swiss alpine village known for its dramatic mountain scenery and tranquil, car-free atmosphere in the Bernese Oberland.
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D.
Zernez
Zernez is a Swiss village in the Lower Engadine region of the canton of Graubünden, known as a gateway to the Swiss National Park and a base for alpine outdoor activities.
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E.
Fiesch
Fiesch is a Swiss alpine village in the canton of Valais, known as a gateway to the Aletsch Glacier region and a base for skiing, hiking, and other mountain activities.
- 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: Goms Target entity description: Goms is a high alpine valley and municipality region in the upper Valais of Switzerland, known for its traditional villages, hiking and cross-country skiing, and proximity to major mountain passes like the Furka Pass.
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A.
Bürmoos
Bürmoos is a small Austrian municipality located in the state of Salzburg, known for its residential character and proximity to the city of Salzburg.
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B.
Landeck
Landeck is a small town in the Tyrolean Alps of western Austria, known as a regional transport hub and gateway to nearby ski and hiking areas.
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C.
Gimmelwald
Gimmelwald is a small, traditional Swiss alpine village known for its dramatic mountain scenery and tranquil, car-free atmosphere in the Bernese Oberland.
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D.
Zernez
Zernez is a Swiss village in the Lower Engadine region of the canton of Graubünden, known as a gateway to the Swiss National Park and a base for alpine outdoor activities.
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E.
Fiesch
Fiesch is a Swiss alpine village in the canton of Valais, known as a gateway to the Aletsch Glacier region and a base for skiing, hiking, and other mountain activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
valley ⓘ |
| canton | Valais ⓘ |
| climate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Münster-Geschinen
ⓘ
Obergesteln ⓘ
linked to:
Obergoms
Oberwald ⓘ Reckingen-Gluringen ⓘ Ulrichen ⓘ traditional alpine villages ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| district |
Goms District
ⓘ
linked to:
Goms Valley
|
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
alpine farming ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | traditional Valais architecture ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
mountain biking
ⓘ
ski touring ⓘ snowshoeing ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
Furka Oberalp railway line
ⓘ
linked to:
Furka–Oberalp line
Furka Pass road ⓘ
linked to:
Furka Pass
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cross-country skiing
ⓘ
high alpine landscapes ⓘ hiking ⓘ historic churches ⓘ summer tourism ⓘ traditional wooden houses ⓘ winter tourism ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
ⓘ
upper Valais ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Valais
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bernese Alps
ⓘ
Lepontine Alps ⓘ |
| near |
Furka Pass
ⓘ
Grimsel Pass ⓘ Nufenen Pass ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rhône valley
ⓘ
tourism region of Valais ⓘ |
| regionType | high alpine valley ⓘ |
| sportsInfrastructure |
cross-country ski trails
ⓘ
hiking trail network ⓘ |
| tourismSeason |
summer
ⓘ
winter ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Rhône River ⓘ |
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: Goms Description of subject: Goms is a high alpine valley and municipality region in the upper Valais of Switzerland, known for its traditional villages, hiking and cross-country skiing, and proximity to major mountain passes like the Furka Pass.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Goms
linked to: Goms
linked to: Goms
linked to: Goms
linked to: Goms
subject linked to:
municipality of Obergoms
subject linked to:
municipality of Obergoms
linked to: Goms
linked to: Goms