Lake Joux
E375431
Lake Joux is a large high-altitude lake in the Vallée de Joux of the Jura Mountains in western Switzerland, known for its scenic landscapes and popularity for ice skating in winter.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lac de Joux | 2 |
| Lake Joux canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3089150 — 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: Lake Joux Context triple: [Vaud, hasLake, Lake Joux]
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A.
Lake Murten
Lake Murten is a small glacial lake in western Switzerland, known for its scenic shores, mild climate, and location between the Jura Mountains and the Alps.
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B.
Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland, located in the French-speaking western part of the country and known for its scenic shores and surrounding vineyards.
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C.
Lake Sempach
Lake Sempach is a small lake in central Switzerland, known for its scenic surroundings, birdlife, and recreational activities such as swimming and boating.
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D.
Lac de Pareloup
Lac de Pareloup is a large artificial reservoir in southern France renowned for water sports, fishing, and lakeside tourism.
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E.
Lac de Gérardmer
Lac de Gérardmer is a scenic glacial lake in northeastern France, renowned for its surrounding forests, outdoor recreation, and role as a major tourist attraction in the Vosges region.
- 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: Lake Joux Target entity description: Lake Joux is a large high-altitude lake in the Vallée de Joux of the Jura Mountains in western Switzerland, known for its scenic landscapes and popularity for ice skating in winter.
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A.
Lake Murten
Lake Murten is a small glacial lake in western Switzerland, known for its scenic shores, mild climate, and location between the Jura Mountains and the Alps.
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B.
Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland, located in the French-speaking western part of the country and known for its scenic shores and surrounding vineyards.
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C.
Lake Sempach
Lake Sempach is a small lake in central Switzerland, known for its scenic surroundings, birdlife, and recreational activities such as swimming and boating.
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D.
Lac de Pareloup
Lac de Pareloup is a large artificial reservoir in southern France renowned for water sports, fishing, and lakeside tourism.
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E.
Lac de Gérardmer
Lac de Gérardmer is a scenic glacial lake in northeastern France, renowned for its surrounding forests, outdoor recreation, and role as a major tourist attraction in the Vosges region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
natural freshwater lake ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| climateCharacteristic |
cold winters
ⓘ
frequent lake freezing in winter ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| drainage | karstic underground system ⓘ |
| elevation | about 1000 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
boat tours in summer
ⓘ
organized ice events in winter ⓘ public ice skating ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
elongated valley shape
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relatively shallow depth compared to Alpine lakes ⓘ surrounding forested slopes ⓘ |
| hasUse |
fishing
ⓘ
ice sports ⓘ recreation ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cross-country skiing around the lake
ⓘ
cycling around the lake ⓘ frozen surface in winter ⓘ hiking around the lake ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ sailing in summer ⓘ scenic landscapes ⓘ tourism ⓘ windsurfing in summer ⓘ winter ice skating ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jura Mountains
ⓘ
Vallée de Joux ⓘ Vaud ⓘ
surface form:
Vaud Alps and Jura tourism region
Canton of Vaud ⓘ
surface form:
canton of Vaud
Western Switzerland ⓘ
surface form:
western Switzerland
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| locatedOn |
France–Switzerland border
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss–French border region
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| mountainRange | Jura Mountains ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Le Pont
ⓘ
Le Sentier ⓘ L’Abbaye ⓘ |
| outflow | Orbe River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Vaud Jura ⓘ |
| regionSpecialization |
Vallée de Joux
ⓘ
surface form:
watchmaking region of Vallée de Joux
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| tourismType |
nature tourism
ⓘ
sports tourism ⓘ winter tourism ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Lake Joux Description of subject: Lake Joux is a large high-altitude lake in the Vallée de Joux of the Jura Mountains in western Switzerland, known for its scenic landscapes and popularity for ice skating in winter.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.