Topaz Lake (Nevada portion)
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Topaz Lake (Nevada portion) is the Nevada side of a popular interstate reservoir on the California–Nevada border, known for fishing, boating, and scenic high-desert recreation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Topaz Lake (California portion) | 1 |
| Topaz Lake (Nevada portion) canonical | 1 |
| Topaz Lake, Nevada | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2357851 — 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: Topaz Lake (Nevada portion) Context triple: [Douglas County, Nevada, contains, Topaz Lake (Nevada portion)]
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A.
Winnemucca Lake
Winnemucca Lake is a scenic alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada of California, popular for hiking, fishing, and wildflower viewing.
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B.
Walker Lake, Nevada
Walker Lake, Nevada is a small unincorporated community in Mineral County situated along the shores of its namesake desert lake in western Nevada.
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C.
Butte Lake
Butte Lake is a scenic high-elevation lake in northern California known for its volcanic landscape, clear waters, and access to hiking and camping within Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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D.
Harveys Lake Tahoe
Harveys Lake Tahoe is a prominent casino and hotel resort located on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, known for its gaming, entertainment, and scenic mountain setting.
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E.
Manzanita Lake
Manzanita Lake is a scenic alpine lake in Northern California known for its clear waters, views of Lassen Peak, and popular opportunities for fishing, kayaking, and camping.
- 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: Topaz Lake (Nevada portion) Target entity description: Topaz Lake (Nevada portion) is the Nevada side of a popular interstate reservoir on the California–Nevada border, known for fishing, boating, and scenic high-desert recreation.
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A.
Winnemucca Lake
Winnemucca Lake is a scenic alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada of California, popular for hiking, fishing, and wildflower viewing.
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B.
Walker Lake, Nevada
Walker Lake, Nevada is a small unincorporated community in Mineral County situated along the shores of its namesake desert lake in western Nevada.
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C.
Butte Lake
Butte Lake is a scenic high-elevation lake in northern California known for its volcanic landscape, clear waters, and access to hiking and camping within Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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D.
Harveys Lake Tahoe
Harveys Lake Tahoe is a prominent casino and hotel resort located on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, known for its gaming, entertainment, and scenic mountain setting.
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E.
Manzanita Lake
Manzanita Lake is a scenic alpine lake in Northern California known for its clear waters, views of Lassen Peak, and popular opportunities for fishing, kayaking, and camping.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic feature
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lake portion ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | U.S. Route 395 ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| climateType | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| formedBy | Topaz Lake Dam ⓘ |
| governedBy | Douglas County, Nevada ⓘ |
| hasActivity | ice fishing (in some winters) ⓘ |
| hasFishSpecies |
brown trout
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catfish ⓘ cutthroat trout ⓘ largemouth bass ⓘ rainbow trout ⓘ smallmouth bass ⓘ |
| hasRecreationFacility |
Topaz Lake Park
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boat ramps ⓘ campground ⓘ picnic areas ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | eastern Sierra Nevada mountains ⓘ |
| inflow | West Walker River ⓘ |
| isInterstateWaterBodyPortion | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-desert landscape
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scenic views ⓘ trout fishing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Douglas County, Nevada
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Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInDesertRegion | high desert ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Great Basin
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eastern Sierra Nevada region ⓘ western Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderWith |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| managedForFisheriesBy | Nevada Department of Wildlife ⓘ |
| nearestCommunity |
Topaz Lake (Nevada portion)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Topaz Lake, Nevada
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| outflow | West Walker River ⓘ |
| partOf | Topaz Lake ⓘ |
| peakFishingSeason |
fall
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spring ⓘ |
| recreationSeason | year-round ⓘ |
| sharesWaterBodyWith |
Topaz Lake (Nevada portion)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Topaz Lake (California portion)
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| usedFor |
boating
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camping ⓘ day use recreation ⓘ recreation ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ water sports ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | reservoir portion ⓘ |
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: Topaz Lake (Nevada portion) Description of subject: Topaz Lake (Nevada portion) is the Nevada side of a popular interstate reservoir on the California–Nevada border, known for fishing, boating, and scenic high-desert recreation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Topaz Lake (Nevada portion)
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sharesWaterBodyWith
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Topaz Lake (Nevada portion)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Topaz Lake (California portion)
Topaz Lake (Nevada portion)
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nearestCommunity
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Topaz Lake (Nevada portion)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Topaz Lake, Nevada