East Face of Monte Rosa
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The East Face of Monte Rosa is a towering, glaciated mountain wall in the Pennine Alps, renowned for its dramatic vertical relief and challenging alpine climbing routes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Face of Monte Rosa canonical | 1 |
| Monte Rosa East Wall | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3455820 — 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: East Face of Monte Rosa Context triple: [Macugnaga, hasGlacierView, East Face of Monte Rosa]
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A.
Mont Blanc summit
The Mont Blanc summit is the highest peak in the Alps and Western Europe, renowned as a classic mountaineering objective.
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B.
Grandes Jorasses north face
The Grandes Jorasses north face is a legendary, extremely steep alpine wall in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned as one of the most challenging and iconic north faces in the Alps.
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C.
Grandes Jorasses
Grandes Jorasses is a prominent and notoriously challenging peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, famed among alpinists for its steep north face and classic climbing routes.
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D.
Aiguille de Bionnassay north face
The Aiguille de Bionnassay north face is a steep, glaciated alpine wall in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned among mountaineers for its challenging ice and mixed climbing routes.
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E.
Piz Bernina
Piz Bernina is the highest peak in the Eastern Alps and the only four-thousander in the Bernina Range, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy.
- 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: East Face of Monte Rosa Target entity description: The East Face of Monte Rosa is a towering, glaciated mountain wall in the Pennine Alps, renowned for its dramatic vertical relief and challenging alpine climbing routes.
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A.
Mont Blanc summit
The Mont Blanc summit is the highest peak in the Alps and Western Europe, renowned as a classic mountaineering objective.
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B.
Grandes Jorasses north face
The Grandes Jorasses north face is a legendary, extremely steep alpine wall in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned as one of the most challenging and iconic north faces in the Alps.
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C.
Grandes Jorasses
Grandes Jorasses is a prominent and notoriously challenging peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, famed among alpinists for its steep north face and classic climbing routes.
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D.
Aiguille de Bionnassay north face
The Aiguille de Bionnassay north face is a steep, glaciated alpine wall in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned among mountaineers for its challenging ice and mixed climbing routes.
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E.
Piz Bernina
Piz Bernina is the highest peak in the Eastern Alps and the only four-thousander in the Bernina Range, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alpine climbing area
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mountain face ⓘ |
| accessFrom | Macugnaga, Italy ⓘ |
| activity |
high-altitude mountaineering
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ice and mixed route climbing ⓘ |
| climbingType |
alpine climbing
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ice climbing ⓘ mixed climbing ⓘ |
| country |
Italy
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| geology | crystalline rock with glacier cover ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large hanging glaciers
ⓘ
long snow and ice slopes ⓘ serac bands ⓘ steep rock buttresses ⓘ |
| hazard |
avalanches
ⓘ
crevasses ⓘ serac fall ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
East Face of Monte Rosa
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Monte Rosa East Wall
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| knownFor |
challenging alpine climbing routes
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dramatic vertical relief ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
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Pennine Alps ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderOf |
Italy
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Pennine Alps ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of the largest mountain walls in the Alps ⓘ |
| orientation | east ⓘ |
| overlooks | Macugnaga ⓘ |
| parentPeak | Dufourspitze ⓘ |
| partOf |
Monte Rosa
ⓘ
Monte Rosa ⓘ
surface form:
Monte Rosa massif
|
| popularWith | experienced alpinists ⓘ |
| region |
Piedmont
ⓘ
Valais ⓘ |
| relativeHeight | very high vertical relief ⓘ |
| requires |
advanced alpine skills
ⓘ
crevasse rescue skills ⓘ glacier travel techniques ⓘ |
| season | summer climbing season ⓘ |
| surfaceFeature | glaciated wall ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: East Face of Monte Rosa Description of subject: The East Face of Monte Rosa is a towering, glaciated mountain wall in the Pennine Alps, renowned for its dramatic vertical relief and challenging alpine climbing routes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Monte Rosa East Wall