El Capitan Meadow

E130271

geographic location meadow tourist attraction

El Capitan Meadow is a scenic, open grassy area in Yosemite National Park offering iconic views of the granite monolith El Capitan and surrounding valley cliffs.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
El Capitan Meadow canonical	4
Yosemite Valley meadows	2
El Capitan West Side	1
Yosemite Falls parking area	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T998120 — 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: El Capitan Meadow
Context triple: [Yosemite Valley, hasMeadow, El Capitan Meadow]

A. Zumwalt Meadow
Zumwalt Meadow is a scenic, river-side alpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its lush grasses, granite cliffs, and popular hiking trail within Kings Canyon National Park.
B. Tuolumne Meadows
Tuolumne Meadows is a high-elevation subalpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for its expansive grasslands, granite domes, and access to popular hiking and climbing routes.
C. Glacier Point
Glacier Point is a famous viewpoint in California’s Sierra Nevada that offers sweeping panoramic views over Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, and the surrounding high country.
D. Walker Pass
Walker Pass is a historic mountain pass in California’s southern Sierra Nevada that serves as a key route between the Central Valley and the Mojave Desert.
E. Giant Forest
Giant Forest is a renowned grove of massive giant sequoia trees in California, home to some of the largest trees on Earth, including the General Sherman Tree.
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: El Capitan Meadow
Target entity description: El Capitan Meadow is a scenic, open grassy area in Yosemite National Park offering iconic views of the granite monolith El Capitan and surrounding valley cliffs.

A. Zumwalt Meadow
Zumwalt Meadow is a scenic, river-side alpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its lush grasses, granite cliffs, and popular hiking trail within Kings Canyon National Park.
B. Tuolumne Meadows
Tuolumne Meadows is a high-elevation subalpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for its expansive grasslands, granite domes, and access to popular hiking and climbing routes.
C. Glacier Point
Glacier Point is a famous viewpoint in California’s Sierra Nevada that offers sweeping panoramic views over Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, and the surrounding high country.
D. Walker Pass
Walker Pass is a historic mountain pass in California’s southern Sierra Nevada that serves as a key route between the Central Valley and the Mojave Desert.
E. Giant Forest
Giant Forest is a renowned grove of massive giant sequoia trees in California, home to some of the largest trees on Earth, including the General Sherman Tree.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic location ⓘ meadow ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo	Merced River ⓘ surface form: Merced River corridor Northside Drive ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
conservationStatus	protected area within national park ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ecosystemType	montane meadow ⓘ
hasAccess	Yosemite Valley roads ⓘ pullouts along Northside Drive ⓘ
hasPhotographicSubject	rock climbers on El Capitan ⓘ
hasSeasonalCharacteristic	dry, golden grass in late summer ⓘ lush green grass in spring ⓘ snow in winter ⓘ
hasVegetation	grasses ⓘ riparian plants near river ⓘ
hasViewOf	Bridalveil Fall ⓘ surface form: Bridalveil Fall area Cathedral Rocks ⓘ El Capitan ⓘ Yosemite Valley ⓘ surface form: Yosemite Valley cliffs
isPopularWith	photographers ⓘ rock climbing spectators ⓘ tourists ⓘ
landCover	grassland ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Mariposa County ⓘ surface form: Mariposa County, California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Yosemite National Park ⓘ Yosemite Valley ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
near	Cathedral Beach Picnic Area ⓘ El Capitan ⓘ Merced River ⓘ Valley Loop Trail ⓘ surface form: Yosemite Valley Loop Trail
notableFor	granite cliff scenery ⓘ iconic views of El Capitan ⓘ open views of Yosemite Valley ⓘ
partOf	Yosemite National Park ⓘ
regulation	subject to Yosemite National Park rules ⓘ
terrainFeature	grassy meadow ⓘ
touristType	sightseeing ⓘ
usedFor	photography ⓘ picnicking ⓘ scenic viewing ⓘ walking ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ
withinProtectedArea	Yosemite National Park ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yosemite Valley → hasMeadow → El Capitan Meadow ⓘ

Cook’s Meadow → isNear → El Capitan Meadow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yosemite Falls parking area

Lurking Fear → inClimbingArea → El Capitan Meadow ⓘ

this entity surface form: El Capitan West Side

The Captain → isAccessibleFrom → El Capitan Meadow ⓘ

Yosemite Valley Lodge → locatedNear → El Capitan Meadow ⓘ

Cook’s Meadow Loop Trail → hasViewOf → El Capitan Meadow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yosemite Valley meadows

Northside Drive in Yosemite Valley → providesAccessTo → El Capitan Meadow ⓘ

subject surface form: Northside Drive (Yosemite Valley)

Southside Drive in Yosemite Valley → givesAccessTo → El Capitan Meadow ⓘ

subject surface form: Southside Drive