Glacier de la Pilatte
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Glacier de la Pilatte is a prominent alpine glacier in the Écrins massif of the French Alps, known for its dramatic high-mountain scenery and popularity with hikers and mountaineers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glacier de la Pilatte canonical | 3 |
| Glacier de la Pilatte area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9809713 — 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: Glacier de la Pilatte Context triple: [La Bérarde, hasNearbyGlacier, Glacier de la Pilatte]
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A.
Glacier de Taconnaz
Glacier de Taconnaz is a major Alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and proximity to the Chamonix valley.
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B.
Glacier de la Tournette
Glacier de la Tournette is a mountain glacier within the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, contributing to the region’s extensive high-altitude ice system.
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C.
Glacier de Trient
Glacier de Trient is a notable alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the western Alps, known for its high-altitude ice fields and surrounding mountaineering routes.
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D.
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
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E.
Glacier du Mont Dolent
Glacier du Mont Dolent is a high-altitude Alpine glacier situated on the flanks of Mont Dolent in the Mont Blanc massif, straddling the borders of France, Italy, and Switzerland.
- 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: Glacier de la Pilatte Target entity description: Glacier de la Pilatte is a prominent alpine glacier in the Écrins massif of the French Alps, known for its dramatic high-mountain scenery and popularity with hikers and mountaineers.
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A.
Glacier de Taconnaz
Glacier de Taconnaz is a major Alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and proximity to the Chamonix valley.
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B.
Glacier de la Tournette
Glacier de la Tournette is a mountain glacier within the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, contributing to the region’s extensive high-altitude ice system.
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C.
Glacier de Trient
Glacier de Trient is a notable alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the western Alps, known for its high-altitude ice fields and surrounding mountaineering routes.
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D.
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
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E.
Glacier du Mont Dolent
Glacier du Mont Dolent is a high-altitude Alpine glacier situated on the flanks of Mont Dolent in the Mont Blanc massif, straddling the borders of France, Italy, and Switzerland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacier ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Vénéon valley ⓘ |
| hasAccessPoint | Refuge de la Pilatte ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
seracs ⓘ steep icefall sections ⓘ |
| hasRouteType | F to PD alpine routes ⓘ |
| hazard |
crevasse falls
ⓘ
rockfall from surrounding walls ⓘ serac collapse ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic high-mountain scenery
ⓘ
popularity with hikers ⓘ popularity with mountaineers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Alps
ⓘ
Hautes-Alpes department ⓘ
linked to:
Hautes-Alpes
southeastern France ⓘ Écrins massif ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Alps ⓘ |
| municipality | Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans ⓘ |
| near |
Ailefroide massif
ⓘ
La Bérarde ⓘ Les Bans ⓘ Mont Gioberney ⓘ Pic Coolidge ⓘ Refuge de la Pilatte ⓘ |
| partOf | Écrins National Park ⓘ |
| popularActivity |
glacier travel courses
ⓘ
high-altitude hiking ⓘ |
| popularSeason | summer ⓘ |
| protectedArea |
Parc national des Écrins
ⓘ
linked to:
Écrins National Park
|
| region |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
ⓘ
linked to:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
|
| status | retreating glacier ⓘ |
| subjectOf | glaciological studies ⓘ |
| terrainType | high-mountain terrain ⓘ |
| tourismType | mountain tourism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
alpine climbing
ⓘ
glacier hiking ⓘ mountaineering access ⓘ |
| valley | Vénéon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Glacier de la Pilatte Description of subject: Glacier de la Pilatte is a prominent alpine glacier in the Écrins massif of the French Alps, known for its dramatic high-mountain scenery and popularity with hikers and mountaineers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Glacier de la Pilatte