Vierwaldstättersee
E641718
Vierwaldstättersee is a picturesque lake in central Switzerland, surrounded by mountains and historic towns, and is a major natural and tourist landmark of the region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urnersee | 1 |
| Vierwaldstättersee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7001743 — 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: Vierwaldstättersee Context triple: [Lake Lucerne, alsoKnownAs, Vierwaldstättersee]
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A.
Lake Thun
Lake Thun is a large alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, renowned for its scenic mountain backdrop, historic lakeside towns, and popular boating and water sports.
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B.
Immensee
Immensee is a picturesque lakeside village in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, known for its scenic setting on the shores of Lake Zug.
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C.
Lake Sarnen
Lake Sarnen is a scenic alpine lake in the canton of Obwalden in central Switzerland, known for its clear waters and surrounding mountain landscapes.
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D.
Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz is a deep, turquoise-colored alpine lake in central Switzerland, renowned for its dramatic mountain scenery and crystal-clear waters.
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E.
Gerzensee
Gerzensee is a small municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, known for its scenic lake and rural alpine surroundings.
- 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: Vierwaldstättersee Target entity description: Vierwaldstättersee is a picturesque lake in central Switzerland, surrounded by mountains and historic towns, and is a major natural and tourist landmark of the region.
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A.
Lake Thun
Lake Thun is a large alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, renowned for its scenic mountain backdrop, historic lakeside towns, and popular boating and water sports.
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B.
Immensee
Immensee is a picturesque lakeside village in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, known for its scenic setting on the shores of Lake Zug.
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C.
Lake Sarnen
Lake Sarnen is a scenic alpine lake in the canton of Obwalden in central Switzerland, known for its clear waters and surrounding mountain landscapes.
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D.
Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz is a deep, turquoise-colored alpine lake in central Switzerland, renowned for its dramatic mountain scenery and crystal-clear waters.
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E.
Gerzensee
Gerzensee is a small municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, known for its scenic lake and rural alpine surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
natural landmark ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentCity | Lucerne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adjacentTown |
Brunnen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flüelen NERFINISHED ⓘ Gersau NERFINISHED ⓘ Küssnacht am Rigi NERFINISHED ⓘ Vitznau NERFINISHED ⓘ Weggis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lake Lucerne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 434 m ⓘ |
| hasBay |
Gersauer Becken
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Küssnachtersee NERFINISHED ⓘ Urnersee NERFINISHED ⓘ Vitznauer Bucht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFerryService |
historic paddle steamers
ⓘ
passenger ferries ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Meggenhorn peninsula (nearby promontory) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Swiss Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | birthplace of the Swiss Confederation (Rütli meadow on its shore) ⓘ |
| inflow | Reuss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRegion | German‑speaking Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canton of Lucerne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canton of Nidwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | about 214 m ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Lake of the Four Forest Cantons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearMountain |
Bürgenstock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fronalpstock NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rigi NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanserhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outflow | Reuss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Reuss river basin ⓘ |
| popularFor |
boat trips
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ tourism ⓘ water sports ⓘ |
| shape | irregular fjord‑like ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | about 114 km² ⓘ |
| surroundedBy |
Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mountains ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Vierwaldstättersee Description of subject: Vierwaldstättersee is a picturesque lake in central Switzerland, surrounded by mountains and historic towns, and is a major natural and tourist landmark of the region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Urnersee