Lake Sils
E382884
Lake Sils is a scenic alpine lake in the Upper Engadine valley of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, renowned for its clear waters and surrounding mountain landscapes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Sils canonical | 7 |
| Lake Silvaplana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3707798 — 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 Sils Context triple: [Sils Maria, locatedOn, Lake Sils]
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A.
Lake Jacomo
Lake Jacomo is a large recreational reservoir in Jackson County, Missouri, popular for boating, fishing, and outdoor activities within the Fleming Park area.
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B.
Lake Sarnen
Lake Sarnen is a scenic alpine lake in the canton of Obwalden in central Switzerland, known for its clear waters and surrounding mountain landscapes.
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C.
Lake Baldegg
Lake Baldegg is a small glacial lake in central Switzerland known for its scenic surroundings and role in regional recreation and nature conservation.
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D.
Lake Thun
Lake Thun is a large alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, renowned for its scenic mountain backdrop, historic lakeside towns, and popular boating and water sports.
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E.
Lake Lucerne
Lake Lucerne is a picturesque, fjord-like lake in central Switzerland, renowned for its dramatic mountain scenery, historic sites, and role as a major tourist destination.
- 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 Sils Target entity description: Lake Sils is a scenic alpine lake in the Upper Engadine valley of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, renowned for its clear waters and surrounding mountain landscapes.
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A.
Lake Jacomo
Lake Jacomo is a large recreational reservoir in Jackson County, Missouri, popular for boating, fishing, and outdoor activities within the Fleming Park area.
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B.
Lake Sarnen
Lake Sarnen is a scenic alpine lake in the canton of Obwalden in central Switzerland, known for its clear waters and surrounding mountain landscapes.
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C.
Lake Baldegg
Lake Baldegg is a small glacial lake in central Switzerland known for its scenic surroundings and role in regional recreation and nature conservation.
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D.
Lake Thun
Lake Thun is a large alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, renowned for its scenic mountain backdrop, historic lakeside towns, and popular boating and water sports.
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E.
Lake Lucerne
Lake Lucerne is a picturesque, fjord-like lake in central Switzerland, renowned for its dramatic mountain scenery, historic sites, and role as a major tourist destination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alpine lake
ⓘ
lake ⓘ natural freshwater body ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| elevation |
1797 m
ⓘ
5896 ft ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Chaviolas
ⓘ
Isola ⓘ |
| inflow |
Fedacla river
ⓘ
Fexbach stream ⓘ various mountain streams ⓘ |
| knownFor |
clear waters
ⓘ
hiking opportunities ⓘ sailing and wind sports ⓘ scenic alpine landscapes ⓘ surrounding mountain scenery ⓘ tourism ⓘ winter cross-country skiing on the frozen lake ⓘ |
| languageRegion |
German-speaking area
ⓘ
Romansh-speaking area ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
ⓘ
Engadine valley ⓘ Inn river basin ⓘ Viamala region ⓘ
surface form:
Maloja Region
Engadine valley ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Engadine
canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ Sils im Engadin ⓘ
surface form:
municipality of Sils im Engadin/Segl
southeastern Switzerland ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | about 71 m ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Maloja
ⓘ
Sils Baselgia ⓘ Sils Maria ⓘ |
| outflow |
Inn River
ⓘ
Sils power plant channel ⓘ |
| partOf |
Engadine valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Engadine lake system
Engadin valley ⓘ
surface form:
Oberengadin lake district
|
| protectedAreaStatus | partly protected landscape ⓘ |
| recreation |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hiking around the shore ⓘ ice sports in winter ⓘ |
| region | Grisons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceArea |
4.1 km²
ⓘ
approximately 410 hectares ⓘ |
| touristAttractionOf |
Engadine valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Engadine
canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterClarity | high ⓘ |
| 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 Sils Description of subject: Lake Sils is a scenic alpine lake in the Upper Engadine valley of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, renowned for its clear waters and surrounding mountain landscapes.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Engadine
subject surface form:
Engadine
this entity surface form:
Lake Silvaplana