Hebgen Lake
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Hebgen Lake is a large reservoir in southwestern Montana known for its scenic recreation opportunities and its association with the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hebgen Lake canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7881337 — 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: Hebgen Lake Context triple: [West Yellowstone, Montana, near, Hebgen Lake]
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A.
Mowich Lake
Mowich Lake is a large, high-elevation glacial lake in Washington State known for its clear waters, scenic mountain views, and access to popular hiking and camping areas.
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B.
Flathead Lake
Flathead Lake is a large natural freshwater lake in northwestern Montana, known for its clear waters, scenic mountain surroundings, and recreational opportunities.
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C.
Lake McDonald
Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Montana’s Glacier National Park, known for its clear waters, colorful rocks, and scenic mountain backdrop.
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D.
Sevier Lake
Sevier Lake is a large, typically dry terminal lake in central Utah’s Great Basin, known for its fluctuating water levels and saline playa environment.
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E.
Bosten Lake
Bosten Lake is one of China's largest inland freshwater lakes, located in the arid region of Xinjiang and known for its ecological and agricultural importance.
- 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: Hebgen Lake Target entity description: Hebgen Lake is a large reservoir in southwestern Montana known for its scenic recreation opportunities and its association with the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake.
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A.
Mowich Lake
Mowich Lake is a large, high-elevation glacial lake in Washington State known for its clear waters, scenic mountain views, and access to popular hiking and camping areas.
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B.
Flathead Lake
Flathead Lake is a large natural freshwater lake in northwestern Montana, known for its clear waters, scenic mountain surroundings, and recreational opportunities.
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C.
Lake McDonald
Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Montana’s Glacier National Park, known for its clear waters, colorful rocks, and scenic mountain backdrop.
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D.
Sevier Lake
Sevier Lake is a large, typically dry terminal lake in central Utah’s Great Basin, known for its fluctuating water levels and saline playa environment.
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E.
Bosten Lake
Bosten Lake is one of China's largest inland freshwater lakes, located in the arid region of Xinjiang and known for its ecological and agricultural importance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hebgen Lake earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| created | early 20th century ⓘ |
| dateOfSignificantEvent | 1959-08-17 ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 1,981 meters
ⓘ
approximately 6,500 feet ⓘ |
| fishSpecies |
brown trout
ⓘ
cutthroat trout ⓘ rainbow trout ⓘ trout ⓘ |
| formedBy | Hebgen Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure | Hebgen Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNaturalDisaster | earthquake-induced seiche ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Earthquake Lake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quake Lake Visitor Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationActivity |
angling
ⓘ
hiking along shoreline ⓘ ice fishing ⓘ sailing ⓘ water skiing ⓘ |
| hasShoreLength | approximately 65 miles ⓘ |
| impounds | Madison River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ proximity to Yellowstone National Park ⓘ scenic recreation opportunities ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gallatin County, Montana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madison County, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Madison River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Montana ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southwestern Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
West Yellowstone, Montana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yellowstone National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Madison River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NorthWestern Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ |
| state | Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterbodyType | artificial lake ⓘ |
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: Hebgen Lake Description of subject: Hebgen Lake is a large reservoir in southwestern Montana known for its scenic recreation opportunities and its association with the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.