Sarnersee
E940876
Sarnersee is a picturesque lake in the Swiss canton of Obwalden, known for its alpine scenery and recreational activities such as boating and fishing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarnersee canonical | 2 |
| Sarnersee shoreline | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11491657 — 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: Sarnersee Context triple: [Unterwalden, contains, Sarnersee]
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A.
Ossiacher See
Ossiacher See is a picturesque alpine lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia, known for its scenic surroundings, water sports, and lakeside resorts.
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B.
Reschensee
Reschensee is a man-made alpine lake in South Tyrol, Italy, famous for the submerged bell tower of a 14th-century church rising from its waters.
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C.
Hallwilersee
Hallwilersee is a scenic lake in the Swiss cantons of Aargau and Lucerne, popular for recreation, boating, and nature conservation.
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D.
Küssnachtersee
Küssnachtersee is a narrow northern arm of Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland, bordered by picturesque lakeside villages and surrounded by gentle pre-Alpine hills.
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E.
Zierker See
Zierker See is a lake in the Mecklenburg Lake District of northeastern Germany, known for its scenic surroundings and proximity to the town of Neustrelitz.
- 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: Sarnersee Target entity description: Sarnersee is a picturesque lake in the Swiss canton of Obwalden, known for its alpine scenery and recreational activities such as boating and fishing.
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A.
Ossiacher See
Ossiacher See is a picturesque alpine lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia, known for its scenic surroundings, water sports, and lakeside resorts.
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B.
Reschensee
Reschensee is a man-made alpine lake in South Tyrol, Italy, famous for the submerged bell tower of a 14th-century church rising from its waters.
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C.
Hallwilersee
Hallwilersee is a scenic lake in the Swiss cantons of Aargau and Lucerne, popular for recreation, boating, and nature conservation.
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D.
Küssnachtersee
Küssnachtersee is a narrow northern arm of Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland, bordered by picturesque lakeside villages and surrounded by gentle pre-Alpine hills.
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E.
Zierker See
Zierker See is a lake in the Mecklenburg Lake District of northeastern Germany, known for its scenic surroundings and proximity to the town of Neustrelitz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | lake ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| climateZone | temperate continental ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Aare basin ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Lake Lucerne via Sarner Aa ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 469 m ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
lakeside walking paths
ⓘ
mountain backdrop ⓘ public bathing areas ⓘ |
| hasIsland | no significant natural islands ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
angling
ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ rowing ⓘ sailing ⓘ stand-up paddleboarding ⓘ |
| hasShoreSettlement |
Giswil
ⓘ
Sachseln ⓘ Sarnen ⓘ |
| inflow | Sarner Aa ⓘ |
| knownFor |
alpine scenery
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hiking opportunities nearby ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ swimming ⓘ |
| languageRegion | German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ |
| length | about 7.5 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
ⓘ
Central Switzerland ⓘ canton of Obwalden ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Giswil
ⓘ
Sachseln ⓘ Sarnen ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | about 56 m ⓘ |
| nearbyTransport |
A8 motorway
ⓘ
Brünig railway line ⓘ |
| outflow | Sarner Aa ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sarner Aa river system
ⓘ
linked to:
Sarner Aa
|
| region |
Obwalden lake district
ⓘ
linked to:
Obwalden lake region
|
| surfaceArea | about 7.5 km² ⓘ |
| tourismCategory | Swiss alpine lake ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
| width | about 0.9 km ⓘ |
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: Sarnersee Description of subject: Sarnersee is a picturesque lake in the Swiss canton of Obwalden, known for its alpine scenery and recreational activities such as boating and fishing.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sarnersee