Gyong La
E937139
Gyong La is a high-altitude mountain pass in the eastern Karakoram, strategically located near the Siachen Glacier in the disputed India–Pakistan border region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gyong La canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11618256 — 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: Gyong La Context triple: [Saltoro Ridge, hasPass, Gyong La]
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A.
Yakthung
Yakthung is the endonym used by the Limbu people, an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas known for their distinct language, script, and cultural traditions.
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B.
Thorang La
Thorang La is a high mountain pass in the Annapurna region of Nepal, renowned as one of the highest trekking passes in the world and a key point on the Annapurna Circuit.
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C.
Pangboche Monastery
Pangboche Monastery is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal’s Khumbu region, revered as a spiritual and cultural center for the Sherpa people near Mount Everest.
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D.
Cakrasaṃvara
Cakrasaṃvara is a central tantric meditational deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, especially prominent in the highest yoga tantra practices of Tibetan traditions.
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E.
Gyalshing
Gyalshing is a town in the Indian state of Sikkim that serves as an important local commercial and administrative center in the region.
- 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: Gyong La Target entity description: Gyong La is a high-altitude mountain pass in the eastern Karakoram, strategically located near the Siachen Glacier in the disputed India–Pakistan border region.
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A.
Yakthung
Yakthung is the endonym used by the Limbu people, an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas known for their distinct language, script, and cultural traditions.
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B.
Thorang La
Thorang La is a high mountain pass in the Annapurna region of Nepal, renowned as one of the highest trekking passes in the world and a key point on the Annapurna Circuit.
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C.
Pangboche Monastery
Pangboche Monastery is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal’s Khumbu region, revered as a spiritual and cultural center for the Sherpa people near Mount Everest.
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D.
Cakrasaṃvara
Cakrasaṃvara is a central tantric meditational deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, especially prominent in the highest yoga tantra practices of Tibetan traditions.
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E.
Gyalshing
Gyalshing is a town in the Indian state of Sikkim that serves as an important local commercial and administrative center in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-altitude pass
ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ |
| access | difficult and hazardous ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
India–Pakistan border dispute
ⓘ
Line of Control area ⓘ |
| claimedBy |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | polar-like high-altitude climate ⓘ |
| conflict |
India–Pakistan military standoff in Siachen area
ⓘ
Siachen conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryBorderRegion |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationCategory | over 5000 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| environment |
extreme high-altitude conditions
ⓘ
heavy snowfall ⓘ sub-zero temperatures ⓘ |
| featureOf | Siachen–Saltoro military theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geopoliticalStatus | disputed territory between India and Pakistan ⓘ |
| hazard |
altitude sickness
ⓘ
avalanches ⓘ crevasses ⓘ |
| languageVariant | Gyong Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Karakoram mountain range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ladakh region NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Territory of Ladakh NERFINISHED ⓘ disputed India–Pakistan border region ⓘ eastern Karakoram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Siachen Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Karakoram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameElement | La means pass in Tibetan and related languages ⓘ |
| near |
Gyong Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saltoro Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Siachen Glacier conflict zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
proximity to Siachen Glacier
ⓘ
strategic military significance ⓘ |
| partOf |
Actual Ground Position Line sector
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siachen conflict region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Himalayan highlands ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
controls access routes between Indian and Pakistani positions in Siachen sector
ⓘ
overlooks approaches to Siachen Glacier ⓘ |
| terrainType | glaciated high-mountain terrain ⓘ |
| usedFor |
border surveillance
ⓘ
military operations ⓘ |
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: Gyong La Description of subject: Gyong La is a high-altitude mountain pass in the eastern Karakoram, strategically located near the Siachen Glacier in the disputed India–Pakistan border region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Saltoro Ridge