West Thumb
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West Thumb is a hydrothermal area and bay along Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, known for its geysers, hot springs, and scenic lakeside setting.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West Thumb canonical | 2 |
| West Thumb, Wyoming | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7881576 — 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: West Thumb Context triple: [Grand Loop Road, passesThrough, West Thumb]
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A.
Poe Springs
Poe Springs is a popular freshwater spring and recreation area in north-central Florida known for its clear, cool waters and natural surroundings.
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B.
Hotlum Glacier
Hotlum Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier on the northeastern flank of Mount Shasta in California, known as one of the mountain’s largest and most active ice masses.
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C.
Mesa Falls
Mesa Falls is a pair of impressive, scenic waterfalls on the Henrys Fork of the Snake River in eastern Idaho, popular for sightseeing, photography, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Gros Ventre
Gros Ventre refers to a Native American tribe of the Northern Plains, traditionally associated with areas of present-day Montana and Alberta and known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture.
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E.
Walapai
Walapai is an alternate name for the Hualapai, a Native American tribe traditionally inhabiting northwestern Arizona.
- 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: West Thumb Target entity description: West Thumb is a hydrothermal area and bay along Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, known for its geysers, hot springs, and scenic lakeside setting.
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A.
Poe Springs
Poe Springs is a popular freshwater spring and recreation area in north-central Florida known for its clear, cool waters and natural surroundings.
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B.
Hotlum Glacier
Hotlum Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier on the northeastern flank of Mount Shasta in California, known as one of the mountain’s largest and most active ice masses.
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C.
Mesa Falls
Mesa Falls is a pair of impressive, scenic waterfalls on the Henrys Fork of the Snake River in eastern Idaho, popular for sightseeing, photography, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Gros Ventre
Gros Ventre refers to a Native American tribe of the Northern Plains, traditionally associated with areas of present-day Montana and Alberta and known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture.
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E.
Walapai
Walapai is an alternate name for the Hualapai, a Native American tribe traditionally inhabiting northwestern Arizona.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bay
ⓘ
hydrothermal area ⓘ |
| accessibleBy | Grand Loop Road ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Yellowstone Lake shoreline ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting |
Yellowstone Caldera region
ⓘ
linked to:
Yellowstone Caldera
|
| geothermalType | hot spring system ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
boardwalk trail
ⓘ
fumaroles ⓘ geyser basin ⓘ geysers ⓘ hot springs ⓘ hydrothermal vents ⓘ interpretive signs ⓘ lakeshore hot springs ⓘ mud pots ⓘ parking area ⓘ scenic overlook ⓘ submerged hydrothermal features ⓘ visitor facilities ⓘ |
| hasPart | West Thumb Geyser Basin ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Absaroka Range (distant)
ⓘ
linked to:
Absaroka Range
|
| knownFor |
colorful hot springs
ⓘ
lakeside geysers ⓘ photography opportunities ⓘ scenic views of Yellowstone Lake ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Grant Village and Old Faithful area
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Faithful Visitor Education Center
|
| locatedIn |
Teton County, Wyoming
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Wyoming ⓘ Yellowstone National Park ⓘ |
| overlooks | Yellowstone Lake ⓘ |
| partOf | Yellowstone Lake ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| withinProtectedArea | Yellowstone National Park ⓘ |
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: West Thumb Description of subject: West Thumb is a hydrothermal area and bay along Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, known for its geysers, hot springs, and scenic lakeside setting.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: West Thumb