Waginger See
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Waginger See is a warm, scenic lake in southeastern Bavaria, Germany, popular for swimming, water sports, and tourism in the Chiemgau region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waginger See canonical | 4 |
| Waginger See–Tachinger See lake system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8730293 — 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: Waginger See Context triple: [Chiemgau region, hasMajorLake, Waginger See]
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A.
Zwenkauer See
Zwenkauer See is a large artificial lake in Saxony, Germany, created by flooding a former open-cast lignite mine and now used as a recreational and nature area near the town of Zwenkau.
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B.
Plauer See
Plauer See is a large lake in northeastern Germany known for its scenic natural surroundings, recreational activities, and role as part of the extensive Mecklenburg lake system.
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C.
Kettwiger See
Kettwiger See is a reservoir on the Ruhr River in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, used for water management, recreation, and local energy production.
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D.
Obertrumer See
Obertrumer See is a scenic lake in the Salzburg region of Austria, popular for swimming, boating, and other recreational activities.
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E.
Würmsee
Würmsee is the historical name of the Bavarian lake now known as Starnberger See, one of Germany’s largest and most famous lakes near Munich.
- 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: Waginger See Target entity description: Waginger See is a warm, scenic lake in southeastern Bavaria, Germany, popular for swimming, water sports, and tourism in the Chiemgau region.
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A.
Zwenkauer See
Zwenkauer See is a large artificial lake in Saxony, Germany, created by flooding a former open-cast lignite mine and now used as a recreational and nature area near the town of Zwenkau.
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B.
Plauer See
Plauer See is a large lake in northeastern Germany known for its scenic natural surroundings, recreational activities, and role as part of the extensive Mecklenburg lake system.
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C.
Kettwiger See
Kettwiger See is a reservoir on the Ruhr River in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, used for water management, recreation, and local energy production.
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D.
Obertrumer See
Obertrumer See is a scenic lake in the Salzburg region of Austria, popular for swimming, boating, and other recreational activities.
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E.
Würmsee
Würmsee is the historical name of the Bavarian lake now known as Starnberger See, one of Germany’s largest and most famous lakes near Munich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
natural freshwater lake ⓘ |
| climateInfluence | relatively mild local climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
Free State of Bavaria
ⓘ
linked to:
Bavaria
|
| hasActivity |
bird watching
ⓘ
cycling around the lake ⓘ rowing ⓘ stand-up paddling ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
boat rental facilities
ⓘ
campgrounds ⓘ lakeside promenades ⓘ public bathing beaches ⓘ |
| hasOutflow | Götzinger Achen ⓘ |
| hasShore |
municipality of Kirchanschöring
ⓘ
municipality of Petting ⓘ municipality of Taching am See ⓘ municipality of Waging am See ⓘ |
| hasUse |
bathing lake
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ hiking tourism ⓘ recreation ⓘ sailing ⓘ windsurfing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
scenic landscape
ⓘ
swimming ⓘ tourism ⓘ warm water temperatures ⓘ water sports ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Chiemgau ⓘ
linked to:
Chiemgau region
southeastern Bavaria ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Traunstein (district)
ⓘ
linked to:
Traunstein district
|
| locatedInProtectedArea | local landscape protection areas ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Chiemsee
ⓘ
Taching am See ⓘ Waging am See ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chiemgau region
ⓘ
Waginger See–Tachinger See lake system ⓘ
linked to:
Waginger See
|
| region | Alpine foothills ⓘ |
| tourismRegion | Rupertiwinkel ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Waginger See Description of subject: Waginger See is a warm, scenic lake in southeastern Bavaria, Germany, popular for swimming, water sports, and tourism in the Chiemgau region.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Waginger See