Mjøsa Lake
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Mjøsa Lake is Norway’s largest lake, located in the southeastern part of the country and known for its scenic surroundings and historic towns along its shores.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Mjøsa | 32 |
| Mjøsa | 12 |
| Mjøsa Lake canonical | 2 |
| Mjøsa lake | 2 |
| Mjøsa (via proximity to Hamar) | 1 |
| Ringsaker (across Lake Mjøsa) | 1 |
| White Swan of Mjøsa | 1 |
| Østre Mjøsa (Lake Mjøsa) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T528113 — 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: Mjøsa Lake Context triple: [Vikingskipet, near, Mjøsa Lake]
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A.
Oslofjord
Oslofjord is a large inlet in southeastern Norway known for its islands, coastal towns, and role as the maritime gateway to Oslo.
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B.
Ofotfjord
Ofotfjord is a dramatic fjord in northern Norway near Narvik, known for its strategic importance and as a key site of naval operations during World War II.
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C.
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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D.
Königssee
Königssee is a picturesque alpine lake in southeastern Germany, renowned for its emerald-green waters, steep surrounding mountains, and status as one of the cleanest lakes in the country.
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E.
Jøssingfjord
Jøssingfjord is a narrow fjord on the southwestern coast of Norway, historically notable as the site of the 1940 Altmark Incident during World War II.
- 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: Mjøsa Lake Target entity description: Mjøsa Lake is Norway’s largest lake, located in the southeastern part of the country and known for its scenic surroundings and historic towns along its shores.
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A.
Oslofjord
Oslofjord is a large inlet in southeastern Norway known for its islands, coastal towns, and role as the maritime gateway to Oslo.
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B.
Ofotfjord
Ofotfjord is a dramatic fjord in northern Norway near Narvik, known for its strategic importance and as a key site of naval operations during World War II.
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C.
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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D.
Königssee
Königssee is a picturesque alpine lake in southeastern Germany, renowned for its emerald-green waters, steep surrounding mountains, and status as one of the cleanest lakes in the country.
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E.
Jøssingfjord
Jøssingfjord is a narrow fjord on the southwestern coast of Norway, historically notable as the site of the 1940 Altmark Incident during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
paddle steamer ⓘ |
| area | approximately 365 square kilometres ⓘ |
| averageDepth | approximately 153 metres ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Norway ⓘ |
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Glomma river basin ⓘ |
| hasCatchmentArea | approximately 18,000 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasFerry | Skibladner ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Helgøya ⓘ |
| hasShoreOnMunicipality |
Eidsvoll municipality
ⓘ
Gjøvik ⓘ
surface form:
Gjøvik municipality
Hamar municipality ⓘ Lillehammer region ⓘ
surface form:
Lillehammer municipality
Ringsaker municipality ⓘ Stange municipality ⓘ Vestre Toten municipality ⓘ Østre Toten municipality ⓘ |
| hasStatus | one of Norway’s deepest lakes ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
drinking water supply for surrounding municipalities
ⓘ
inland navigation in Norway ⓘ |
| isLargestLakeOf | Norway ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic towns along its shores
ⓘ
scenic surroundings ⓘ |
| length | approximately 117 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oppland
ⓘ
surface form:
Innlandet county
Viken county ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Eastern Norway ⓘ |
| locatedNearCity |
Hamar
ⓘ
Lillehammer ⓘ |
| locatedNearTown |
Brumunddal
ⓘ
Gjøvik ⓘ Minnesund ⓘ Moelv ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 449 metres ⓘ |
| northernEndNear | Lillehammer ⓘ |
| operatesOn | Mjøsa ⓘ |
| outflow | Vorma River ⓘ |
| partOf | Gudbrandsdalen region vicinity ⓘ |
| southernEndNear | Minnesund ⓘ |
| surfaceElevation | approximately 123 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ transport ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
| width | up to about 15 kilometres ⓘ |
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: Mjøsa Lake Description of subject: Mjøsa Lake is Norway’s largest lake, located in the southeastern part of the country and known for its scenic surroundings and historic towns along its shores.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.