Independence Pass
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Independence Pass is a high mountain pass in central Colorado known for its scenic alpine views and its role as a key crossing of the Continental Divide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Independence Pass canonical | 3 |
| Independence Pass (Colorado) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3943972 — 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: Independence Pass Context triple: [Sawatch Range, containsPass, Independence Pass]
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A.
Harrison Pass
Harrison Pass is a high mountain pass in Nevada that provides a key crossing through the Ruby Mountains.
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B.
Harrison Pass
Harrison Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, providing a rugged route across the Great Western Divide in Sequoia National Park.
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C.
Carson Pass
Carson Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s central Sierra Nevada, known for its scenic alpine landscapes, hiking trails, and historic role as a route for emigrant wagon trains.
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D.
Tioga Pass
Tioga Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, best known as the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park and one of the highest paved roads in the state.
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E.
Kaiser Pass
Kaiser Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada that provides access to remote lakes, wilderness areas, and trailheads along State Route 168.
- 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: Independence Pass Target entity description: Independence Pass is a high mountain pass in central Colorado known for its scenic alpine views and its role as a key crossing of the Continental Divide.
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A.
Harrison Pass
Harrison Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, providing a rugged route across the Great Western Divide in Sequoia National Park.
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B.
Harrison Pass
Harrison Pass is a high mountain pass in Nevada that provides a key crossing through the Ruby Mountains.
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C.
Carson Pass
Carson Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s central Sierra Nevada, known for its scenic alpine landscapes, hiking trails, and historic role as a route for emigrant wagon trains.
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D.
Tioga Pass
Tioga Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, best known as the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park and one of the highest paved roads in the state.
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E.
Kaiser Pass
Kaiser Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada that provides access to remote lakes, wilderness areas, and trailheads along State Route 168.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high mountain pass
ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ |
| access |
bicycle
ⓘ
motor vehicle ⓘ on foot ⓘ |
| bans |
most commercial vehicles
ⓘ
vehicles over certain length limits ⓘ |
| climate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| closedSeasonally | yes ⓘ |
| connects |
Aspen, Colorado
ⓘ
Twin Lakes, Colorado ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Lake County, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pitkin County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses |
Continental Divide
ⓘ
surface form:
Continental Divide of the Americas
|
| elevation |
approximately 12,095 feet
ⓘ
approximately 3,687 meters ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
alpine tundra near the summit
ⓘ
overlooks of surrounding peaks ⓘ trailheads to nearby hikes ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Sawatch Range
ⓘ
surface form:
Sawatch Range peaks
|
| historicalUse | route between mining communities ⓘ |
| isOn | Continental Divide ⓘ |
| knownFor |
as a key crossing of the Continental Divide
ⓘ
mountain scenery ⓘ scenic alpine views ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Sawatch Range ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | Independence, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Aspen, Colorado ⓘ |
| onRoute | Colorado State Highway 82 ⓘ |
| partOf |
San Isabel National Forest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
White River National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recreation |
cycling
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ photography ⓘ scenic driving ⓘ |
| region | central Colorado ⓘ |
| roadCharacteristic |
narrow
ⓘ
sharp switchbacks ⓘ steep grades ⓘ |
| roadType | paved two-lane highway ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| tourism | popular scenic drive in summer ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Colorado State Highway 82 ⓘ |
| typicalWinterClosure | late October to late May ⓘ |
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: Independence Pass Description of subject: Independence Pass is a high mountain pass in central Colorado known for its scenic alpine views and its role as a key crossing of the Continental Divide.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Independence Pass (Colorado)