Emerald Pool
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Emerald Pool is a tranquil, emerald-colored natural pool along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, popular as a scenic stop between Nevada Fall and Vernal Fall.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emerald Pool canonical | 3 |
| Emerald Pool (downstream, via Merced River) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138900 — 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: Emerald Pool Context triple: [Vernal Fall, downstreamFrom, Emerald Pool]
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A.
Halcyon Lake
Halcyon Lake is a tranquil ornamental pond within Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its scenic, reflective waters and surrounding historic landscape.
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B.
Poucha Pond
Poucha Pond is a small tidal pond on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts, best known as the site of the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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C.
Jamaica Pond
Jamaica Pond is a large freshwater kettle pond and popular recreational area in Boston, known for boating, walking paths, and scenic views within the city’s park system.
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D.
Clay Pit Pond
Clay Pit Pond is a small, man-made body of water in Belmont, Massachusetts, known as a local recreational and scenic spot surrounded by walking paths and parkland.
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E.
Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a trendy, historically bohemian neighborhood in central Los Angeles known for its reservoir, hillside homes, and vibrant arts, dining, and nightlife scenes.
- 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: Emerald Pool Target entity description: Emerald Pool is a tranquil, emerald-colored natural pool along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, popular as a scenic stop between Nevada Fall and Vernal Fall.
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A.
Halcyon Lake
Halcyon Lake is a tranquil ornamental pond within Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its scenic, reflective waters and surrounding historic landscape.
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B.
Poucha Pond
Poucha Pond is a small tidal pond on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts, best known as the site of the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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C.
Jamaica Pond
Jamaica Pond is a large freshwater kettle pond and popular recreational area in Boston, known for boating, walking paths, and scenic views within the city’s park system.
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D.
Clay Pit Pond
Clay Pit Pond is a small, man-made body of water in Belmont, Massachusetts, known as a local recreational and scenic spot surrounded by walking paths and parkland.
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E.
Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a trendy, historically bohemian neighborhood in central Los Angeles known for its reservoir, hillside homes, and vibrant arts, dining, and nightlife scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
natural pool ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| accessedBy |
John Muir Trail
ⓘ
Mist Trail ⓘ |
| between |
Nevada Fall
ⓘ
Vernal Fall ⓘ |
| color | emerald green ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ecosystem | montane riverine environment ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1,500 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| featureType | river pool ⓘ |
| formedBy | Merced River erosion ⓘ |
| geology | granite bedrock ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Merced River cascades
ⓘ
Nevada Fall ⓘ Silver Apron ⓘ Vernal Fall ⓘ |
| hazard |
cold water temperatures
ⓘ
slippery granite surfaces ⓘ swift water ⓘ |
| inParkRegion | Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emerald-colored water
ⓘ
scenic views ⓘ tranquil setting ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Mariposa County ⓘ
surface form:
Mariposa County, California
Merced River ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| nearTrailJunction | junction of Mist Trail and John Muir Trail near Vernal Fall ⓘ |
| partOf |
Merced River
ⓘ
surface form:
Merced River watershed
Yosemite Falls Trail ⓘ
surface form:
Yosemite Valley trail system
|
| popularFor |
hiking stop
ⓘ
photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| recreationRegulation | subject to Yosemite National Park rules and regulations ⓘ |
| safetyAdvisory |
diving prohibited
ⓘ
swimming discouraged due to strong currents and slippery rocks ⓘ |
| seasonalVariation |
higher flows in spring and early summer
ⓘ
lower, calmer water in late summer and fall ⓘ |
| vegetationNearby |
coniferous forest
ⓘ
riparian shrubs ⓘ |
| viewpointFor |
surrounding granite cliffs
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upstream cascades of the Merced River ⓘ |
| watercourse | Merced River ⓘ |
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: Emerald Pool Description of subject: Emerald Pool is a tranquil, emerald-colored natural pool along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, popular as a scenic stop between Nevada Fall and Vernal Fall.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Emerald Pool (downstream, via Merced River)