Puyallup Glacier
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Puyallup Glacier is a mountain glacier on the western slopes of Mount Rainier in Washington State, contributing meltwater to the Puyallup River system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puyallup Glacier canonical | 2 |
| Cowlitz Glacier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6992080 — 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: Puyallup Glacier Context triple: [Tahoma, hasGlacier, Puyallup Glacier]
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A.
Suiattle Glacier
Suiattle Glacier is a major valley glacier on the flanks of Glacier Peak in the North Cascades of Washington State, known for its significant retreat over the past century.
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B.
Nisqually Glacier
Nisqually Glacier is a major valley glacier on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington State, known for its accessibility, long-term glaciological studies, and visible signs of climate-driven retreat.
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C.
Hayes Glacier
Hayes Glacier is a prominent glacier flowing from the slopes of Mount Hayes in the eastern Alaska Range of Alaska, United States.
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D.
White Salmon Glacier
White Salmon Glacier is a prominent glacier on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its alpine ice and role in feeding local watersheds.
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E.
Gilkey Glacier
Gilkey Glacier is a large valley glacier in the Juneau Icefield of southeastern Alaska, known for its extensive crevasses and contribution to regional glacial and climate studies.
- 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: Puyallup Glacier Target entity description: Puyallup Glacier is a mountain glacier on the western slopes of Mount Rainier in Washington State, contributing meltwater to the Puyallup River system.
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A.
Suiattle Glacier
Suiattle Glacier is a major valley glacier on the flanks of Glacier Peak in the North Cascades of Washington State, known for its significant retreat over the past century.
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B.
Nisqually Glacier
Nisqually Glacier is a major valley glacier on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington State, known for its accessibility, long-term glaciological studies, and visible signs of climate-driven retreat.
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C.
Hayes Glacier
Hayes Glacier is a prominent glacier flowing from the slopes of Mount Hayes in the eastern Alaska Range of Alaska, United States.
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D.
White Salmon Glacier
White Salmon Glacier is a prominent glacier on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its alpine ice and role in feeding local watersheds.
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E.
Gilkey Glacier
Gilkey Glacier is a large valley glacier in the Juneau Icefield of southeastern Alaska, known for its extensive crevasses and contribution to regional glacial and climate studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
mountain glacier ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| contributesMeltwaterTo | Puyallup River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Pierce County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageDirection | west ⓘ |
| feeds | Puyallup River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsFrom | upper slopes of Mount Rainier ⓘ |
| flowsToward | Puyallup River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalType | valley glacier ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | alpine ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfToponym | English ⓘ |
| hydrologicalBasin | Puyallup River basin ⓘ |
| isOnVolcano | Mount Rainier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | glaciological studies on Mount Rainier ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mount Rainier National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| locatedOn | Mount Rainier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnSideOf | western slopes of Mount Rainier ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Cascade Range ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Puyallup River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mount Rainier glacial system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedArea | Mount Rainier National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| surfaceType | ice ⓘ |
| volcanoTypeOfHost | stratovolcano ⓘ |
| watercourse | Puyallup River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Puyallup Glacier Description of subject: Puyallup Glacier is a mountain glacier on the western slopes of Mount Rainier in Washington State, contributing meltwater to the Puyallup River system.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.