Colby Pass
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Colby Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada that provides a rugged backcountry route between major river basins in Sequoia-Kings Canyon wilderness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colby Pass canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1417058 — 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: Colby Pass Context triple: [Great Western Divide, hasPass, Colby Pass]
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A.
Harrison Pass
Harrison Pass is a high mountain pass in Nevada that provides a key crossing through the Ruby Mountains.
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B.
Muir Pass
Muir Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, traversed by the John Muir Trail and Pacific Crest Trail and known for its remote, alpine terrain and stone shelter.
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C.
Forester Pass
Forester Pass is a high mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the loftiest point along the Pacific Crest Trail and a challenging milestone for long-distance hikers.
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D.
Carson Pass
Carson Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s central Sierra Nevada, known for its scenic alpine landscapes, hiking trails, and historic role as a route for emigrant wagon trains.
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E.
Kirkstone Pass
Kirkstone Pass is a high mountain pass in England’s Lake District, known for its steep, scenic road linking Ambleside and Patterdale through dramatic fell landscapes.
- 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: Colby Pass Target entity description: Colby Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada that provides a rugged backcountry route between major river basins in Sequoia-Kings Canyon wilderness.
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A.
Harrison Pass
Harrison Pass is a high mountain pass in Nevada that provides a key crossing through the Ruby Mountains.
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B.
Muir Pass
Muir Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, traversed by the John Muir Trail and Pacific Crest Trail and known for its remote, alpine terrain and stone shelter.
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C.
Forester Pass
Forester Pass is a high mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the loftiest point along the Pacific Crest Trail and a challenging milestone for long-distance hikers.
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D.
Carson Pass
Carson Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s central Sierra Nevada, known for its scenic alpine landscapes, hiking trails, and historic role as a route for emigrant wagon trains.
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E.
Kirkstone Pass
Kirkstone Pass is a high mountain pass in England’s Lake District, known for its steep, scenic road linking Ambleside and Patterdale through dramatic fell landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high mountain pass
ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ |
| accessedFrom |
Kern River
ⓘ
Roaring River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closestMajorParkEntrance |
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
ⓘ
surface form:
Lodgepole area of Sequoia National Park
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| connects |
Kern River Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Kern River basin
Kings River ⓘ
surface form:
Kings River basin
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| crosses | Great Western Divide ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 12000 feet
ⓘ
approximately 3658 meters ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
alpine environment
ⓘ
steep approaches ⓘ |
| hasTerrain | rugged ⓘ |
| inCounty | Tulare County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inMountainRange | Great Western Divide ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Sequoia National Park
ⓘ
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ⓘ
surface form:
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness
|
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| near | Colby Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notAccessibleBy | road ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sierra Nevada wilderness
ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Nevada backcountry
|
| requires | wilderness permit for overnight use ⓘ |
| seasonalAccess | typically summer ⓘ |
| trailDifficulty | strenuous ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Colby Pass Trail ⓘ |
| usedFor |
backcountry hiking
ⓘ
backpacking ⓘ wilderness travel ⓘ |
| withinWildernessArea |
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
ⓘ
surface form:
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness
|
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: Colby Pass Description of subject: Colby Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada that provides a rugged backcountry route between major river basins in Sequoia-Kings Canyon wilderness.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.