The Narrows
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The Narrows is a famous slot canyon hike in Zion National Park where visitors wade through the Virgin River between towering sandstone walls.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Narrows canonical | 6 |
| The Narrows (Zion National Park) | 3 |
| The Narrows (via Riverside Walk) | 1 |
| The Narrows hike | 1 |
| permit suspensions for The Narrows | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8744283 — 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: The Narrows Context triple: [Zion Canyon, contains, The Narrows]
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A.
The Narrows
The Narrows is the tidal strait separating Staten Island and Brooklyn that serves as the main entrance from the Atlantic Ocean into New York Harbor.
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B.
The Narrows
The Narrows is the narrow strait of water that separates the Caribbean islands of Nevis and Saint Kitts.
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C.
The Narrows
The Narrows is a constricted channel at the entrance to Plymouth Sound in England, known for its strategic maritime significance and strong tidal currents.
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D.
The Narrows
The Narrows is a crime novel by Michael Connelly that continues the story of FBI agent Rachel Walling and retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch as they investigate a serial killer known as the Poet.
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E.
Nestos Gorge
Nestos Gorge is a dramatic river canyon in northeastern Greece, renowned for its steep cliffs, rich biodiversity, and popular hiking and rafting routes along the Nestos River.
- 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: The Narrows Target entity description: The Narrows is a famous slot canyon hike in Zion National Park where visitors wade through the Virgin River between towering sandstone walls.
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A.
The Narrows
The Narrows is the tidal strait separating Staten Island and Brooklyn that serves as the main entrance from the Atlantic Ocean into New York Harbor.
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B.
The Narrows
The Narrows is the narrow strait of water that separates the Caribbean islands of Nevis and Saint Kitts.
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C.
The Narrows
The Narrows is a constricted channel at the entrance to Plymouth Sound in England, known for its strategic maritime significance and strong tidal currents.
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D.
The Narrows
The Narrows is a crime novel by Michael Connelly that continues the story of FBI agent Rachel Walling and retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch as they investigate a serial killer known as the Poet.
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E.
Nestos Gorge
Nestos Gorge is a dramatic river canyon in northeastern Greece, renowned for its steep cliffs, rich biodiversity, and popular hiking and rafting routes along the Nestos River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hiking trail
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slot canyon ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| formedBy | Virgin River ⓘ |
| hasAccessPoint | Temple of Sinawava ⓘ |
| hasAccessRestriction | subject to closure during high water ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
canyoneering
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ wading ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | about 16 miles ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
cold water
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falling rocks ⓘ flash floods ⓘ strong currents ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility |
Temple of Sinawava shuttle stop
ⓘ
restrooms at Temple of Sinawava ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
high canyon walls exceeding 1000 feet
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towering sandstone walls ⓘ very narrow canyon sections ⓘ |
| hasRegulation |
Leave No Trace principles encouraged
ⓘ
no drones allowed ⓘ no pets allowed ⓘ |
| hasRockType | Navajo Sandstone ⓘ |
| hasSeasonality | most popular in late spring to fall ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Bottom-Up Day Hike
ⓘ
Top-Down Through Hike ⓘ |
| hasTrailhead | Temple of Sinawava ⓘ |
| hasTypicalTrailCondition |
river wading
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uneven rocky riverbed ⓘ |
| hasWatercourse | Virgin River ⓘ |
| isAccessedBy | Zion Canyon Scenic Drive shuttle ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
dramatic narrow canyon scenery
ⓘ
hiking in the river itself ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
adventure tourism
ⓘ
family hiking ⓘ photography ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
Utah ⓘ Washington County, Utah ⓘ Zion National Park ⓘ |
| managedBy |
U.S. National Park Service
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linked to:
National Park Service
|
| partOf | Zion Canyon ⓘ |
| partOfProtectedArea | Zion National Park ⓘ |
| requiresEquipment |
walking stick or trekking pole
ⓘ
water shoes or sturdy footwear ⓘ |
| requiresPermitFor | Top-Down Through Hike ⓘ |
| traversesFeature | Virgin River ⓘ |
| usuallyDoesNotRequirePermitFor | Bottom-Up Day Hike ⓘ |
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: The Narrows Description of subject: The Narrows is a famous slot canyon hike in Zion National Park where visitors wade through the Virgin River between towering sandstone walls.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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