Swannanoa Valley
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Swannanoa Valley is a scenic mountain valley in western North Carolina known for its natural beauty, outdoor recreation, and proximity to the Blue Ridge Mountains.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swannanoa Valley canonical | 4 |
| Swannanoa River Valley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9504813 — 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: Swannanoa Valley Context triple: [Black Mountain, North Carolina, locatedIn, Swannanoa Valley]
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A.
Catawba Valley
Catawba Valley is a region in western North Carolina known for its cultural institutions, historic pottery traditions, and growing arts community.
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B.
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge is a small city in Collin County, Texas, located within the rapidly growing Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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C.
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge is an unincorporated community located in Elmore County, Alabama, known for its residential character near the Montgomery metropolitan area.
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D.
Canaan Valley
Canaan Valley is a high-elevation valley and popular outdoor recreation area in northeastern West Virginia, known for its scenic landscapes, ski resorts, and protected wildlife habitats.
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E.
Uwharrie Mountains
The Uwharrie Mountains are an ancient, low mountain range in central North Carolina known for their rolling, heavily forested terrain and outdoor recreation opportunities.
- 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: Swannanoa Valley Target entity description: Swannanoa Valley is a scenic mountain valley in western North Carolina known for its natural beauty, outdoor recreation, and proximity to the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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A.
Catawba Valley
Catawba Valley is a region in western North Carolina known for its cultural institutions, historic pottery traditions, and growing arts community.
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B.
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge is a small city in Collin County, Texas, located within the rapidly growing Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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C.
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge is an unincorporated community located in Elmore County, Alabama, known for its residential character near the Montgomery metropolitan area.
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D.
Canaan Valley
Canaan Valley is a high-elevation valley and popular outdoor recreation area in northeastern West Virginia, known for its scenic landscapes, ski resorts, and protected wildlife habitats.
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E.
Uwharrie Mountains
The Uwharrie Mountains are an ancient, low mountain range in central North Carolina known for their rolling, heavily forested terrain and outdoor recreation opportunities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
valley ⓘ |
| accessedBy |
Interstate 40
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateRegion | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| contains |
community of Swannanoa, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
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town of Black Mountain, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasEconomicActivity |
outdoor recreation services
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
mountain trails
ⓘ
river corridors ⓘ scenic overlooks ⓘ |
| hasLandform |
forests
ⓘ
mountains ⓘ river valley ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea |
Blue Ridge Parkway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pisgah National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTown |
Asheville, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Fort, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationActivity |
camping
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ mountain biking ⓘ scenic driving ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
mountain views
ⓘ
natural beauty ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ proximity to the Blue Ridge Parkway ⓘ scenic landscapes ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Asheville, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Blue Ridge Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Buncombe County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ western North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Swannanoa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity | Asheville, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Appalachian Mountains
ⓘ
French Broad River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOf | Western North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | mountain valley ⓘ |
| tourismType |
nature tourism
ⓘ
outdoor tourism ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Swannanoa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Swannanoa Valley Description of subject: Swannanoa Valley is a scenic mountain valley in western North Carolina known for its natural beauty, outdoor recreation, and proximity to the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Swannanoa River Valley