Aiguille du Midi cable car line
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The Aiguille du Midi cable car line is a famous high-altitude aerial tramway in the French Alps that transports passengers from Chamonix up toward the summit of the Aiguille du Midi, offering access to mountaineering routes and panoramic views of the Mont Blanc massif.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aiguille du Midi cable car | 8 |
| Aiguille du Midi cable car line canonical | 2 |
| Aiguille du Midi cable car infrastructure | 1 |
| Téléphérique de l’Aiguille du Midi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2998893 — 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: Aiguille du Midi cable car line Context triple: [Plan de l’Aiguille, partOf, Aiguille du Midi cable car line]
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A.
Skyway Monte Bianco cable car
The Skyway Monte Bianco cable car is a panoramic alpine lift in the Mont Blanc massif that carries visitors from the Italian side up to high-altitude viewing terraces with sweeping views of the surrounding peaks and glaciers.
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B.
Tramway du Mont-Blanc
The Tramway du Mont-Blanc is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from the Saint-Gervais area high onto the slopes of Mont Blanc, serving as a key access route for hikers and climbers.
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C.
Montenvers Railway
Montenvers Railway is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from Chamonix up to the Mer de Glace glacier.
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D.
Vallée Blanche ski route
The Vallée Blanche ski route is a famous high-altitude off-piste descent in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned for its long glacial terrain and dramatic alpine scenery.
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E.
Col de Montgenèvre
Col de Montgenèvre is a high mountain pass on the French–Italian border that serves as an important historic route through the Alps, linking the Dauphiné region with the Susa Valley.
- 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: Aiguille du Midi cable car line Target entity description: The Aiguille du Midi cable car line is a famous high-altitude aerial tramway in the French Alps that transports passengers from Chamonix up toward the summit of the Aiguille du Midi, offering access to mountaineering routes and panoramic views of the Mont Blanc massif.
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A.
Skyway Monte Bianco cable car
The Skyway Monte Bianco cable car is a panoramic alpine lift in the Mont Blanc massif that carries visitors from the Italian side up to high-altitude viewing terraces with sweeping views of the surrounding peaks and glaciers.
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B.
Tramway du Mont-Blanc
The Tramway du Mont-Blanc is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from the Saint-Gervais area high onto the slopes of Mont Blanc, serving as a key access route for hikers and climbers.
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C.
Montenvers Railway
Montenvers Railway is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from Chamonix up to the Mer de Glace glacier.
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D.
Vallée Blanche ski route
The Vallée Blanche ski route is a famous high-altitude off-piste descent in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned for its long glacial terrain and dramatic alpine scenery.
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E.
Col de Montgenèvre
Col de Montgenèvre is a high mountain pass on the French–Italian border that serves as an important historic route through the Alps, linking the Dauphiné region with the Susa Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerial tramway
ⓘ
cable car line ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| attracts |
alpinists
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photographers ⓘ sightseers ⓘ skiers ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Aiguille du Midi
ⓘ
surface form:
Aiguille du Midi summit station
Chamonix ⓘ
surface form:
Chamonix base station
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| enablesAccessTo |
glacier routes
ⓘ
high-altitude mountaineering routes ⓘ off-piste ski routes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large cabins
ⓘ
panoramic windows ⓘ two main sections ⓘ |
| hasNameInFrench |
Aiguille du Midi cable car line
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Téléphérique de l’Aiguille du Midi
|
| hasType |
aerial lift
ⓘ
high-altitude cable car ⓘ |
| isMajorAccessRouteTo |
Aiguille du Midi
ⓘ
Mont Blanc massif ⓘ
surface form:
Mont Blanc massif high mountain area
|
| knownFor |
panoramic alpine views
ⓘ
proximity to Mont Blanc ⓘ steep ascent ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chamonix ⓘ France ⓘ Haute-Savoie ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | French Alps ⓘ |
| offersViewOf |
Mont Blanc
ⓘ
Mont Blanc massif ⓘ |
| operatesInEnvironment | high mountain ⓘ |
| partOf | Mont Blanc tourism infrastructure ⓘ |
| region | Alps ⓘ |
| servesTown |
Chamonix
ⓘ
surface form:
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
|
| startsFrom |
Chamonix
ⓘ
Chamonix ⓘ
surface form:
Chamonix valley
|
| terminusAt | Aiguille du Midi ⓘ |
| transportMode | cable car ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mountaineering access
ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ skiing access ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: Aiguille du Midi cable car line Description of subject: The Aiguille du Midi cable car line is a famous high-altitude aerial tramway in the French Alps that transports passengers from Chamonix up toward the summit of the Aiguille du Midi, offering access to mountaineering routes and panoramic views of the Mont Blanc massif.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aiguille du Midi cable car
this entity surface form:
Aiguille du Midi cable car
this entity surface form:
Aiguille du Midi cable car
Aiguille du Midi cable car line
→
hasNameInFrench
→
Aiguille du Midi cable car line
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Téléphérique de l’Aiguille du Midi
this entity surface form:
Aiguille du Midi cable car
this entity surface form:
Aiguille du Midi cable car
this entity surface form:
Aiguille du Midi cable car
this entity surface form:
Aiguille du Midi cable car infrastructure
this entity surface form:
Aiguille du Midi cable car
this entity surface form:
Aiguille du Midi cable car