Mendenhall Lake
E222838
Mendenhall Lake is a glacial lake in Alaska formed by meltwater from the Mendenhall Glacier, known for its striking blue waters and surrounding mountainous scenery.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mendenhall Lake canonical | 10 |
| Mendenhall Lake shoreline | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1442236 — 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: Mendenhall Lake Context triple: [Mendenhall Glacier, flowsInto, Mendenhall Lake]
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A.
Loon Lake
Loon Lake is a scenic high-elevation reservoir in California’s Sierra Nevada, popular for camping, fishing, and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Siskiwit Lake
Siskiwit Lake is a large inland lake on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, known for its clear waters, remote wilderness setting, and recreational fishing opportunities.
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C.
Bosten Lake
Bosten Lake is one of China's largest inland freshwater lakes, located in the arid region of Xinjiang and known for its ecological and agricultural importance.
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D.
Whiskeytown Lake
Whiskeytown Lake is a large reservoir in Northern California known for its clear waters, outdoor recreation, and role in the Central Valley Project.
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E.
Newcomb Lake
Newcomb Lake is a remote Adirondack lake in New York’s High Peaks region, known for its wilderness setting and historic great camp architecture.
- 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: Mendenhall Lake Target entity description: Mendenhall Lake is a glacial lake in Alaska formed by meltwater from the Mendenhall Glacier, known for its striking blue waters and surrounding mountainous scenery.
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A.
Loon Lake
Loon Lake is a scenic high-elevation reservoir in California’s Sierra Nevada, popular for camping, fishing, and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Siskiwit Lake
Siskiwit Lake is a large inland lake on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, known for its clear waters, remote wilderness setting, and recreational fishing opportunities.
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C.
Bosten Lake
Bosten Lake is one of China's largest inland freshwater lakes, located in the arid region of Xinjiang and known for its ecological and agricultural importance.
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D.
Whiskeytown Lake
Whiskeytown Lake is a large reservoir in Northern California known for its clear waters, outdoor recreation, and role in the Central Valley Project.
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E.
Newcomb Lake
Newcomb Lake is a remote Adirondack lake in New York’s High Peaks region, known for its wilderness setting and historic great camp architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacial lake
ⓘ
natural lake ⓘ |
| accessibleBy | Glacier Spur Road ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| climateZone | maritime climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formedBy | Mendenhall Glacier ⓘ |
| formedByProcess | glacial retreat ⓘ |
| governedBy |
U.S. Forest Service
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Forest Service
|
| hasColor |
blue
ⓘ
turquoise ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
glacial lake ecosystem
ⓘ
subarctic ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
cold water temperatures
ⓘ
floating ice ⓘ rapidly changing weather ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility |
Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center
|
| hasNearbyFeature |
Mendenhall Glacier
ⓘ
Nugget Falls ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTrail |
East Glacier Trail
ⓘ
Nugget Falls Trail ⓘ Trail of Time ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ |
| hasOutflow | Mendenhall River ⓘ |
| hasRecreationRegulation | managed as part of Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area ⓘ |
| hasScenicFeature |
glacial icebergs
ⓘ
surrounding mountains ⓘ view of Mendenhall Glacier terminus ⓘ |
| hasWaterType | freshwater ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
bald eagles
ⓘ
black bears ⓘ salmon ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Juneau ⓘ
surface form:
Juneau, Alaska
|
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area
ⓘ
Tongass National Forest ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| nearCity | Juneau ⓘ |
| partOf | Mendenhall Valley ⓘ |
| popularFor |
canoeing
ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| waterSource | meltwater from Mendenhall Glacier ⓘ |
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: Mendenhall Lake Description of subject: Mendenhall Lake is a glacial lake in Alaska formed by meltwater from the Mendenhall Glacier, known for its striking blue waters and surrounding mountainous scenery.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mendenhall Lake shoreline