Gorak Shep
E822580
Gorak Shep is a small, high-altitude settlement in Nepal’s Everest region that serves as a common final overnight stop for trekkers heading to Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gorak Shep canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8309765 — 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: Gorak Shep Context triple: [Khumbu, contains, Gorak Shep]
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A.
Shkhara
Shkhara is a prominent peak in the Greater Caucasus mountain range, known as one of the highest and most challenging mountains in the region.
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B.
Gorakhnath Peak
Gorakhnath Peak is the highest and most prominent summit of the Girnar mountain range in Gujarat, India, known as a major site of Hindu pilgrimage.
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C.
Naina Peak
Naina Peak is the highest hilltop and a popular trekking and viewpoint destination near Nainital in Uttarakhand, India, offering panoramic views of the Himalayas and the surrounding lake town.
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D.
Gomukh
Gomukh is a revered Himalayan ice-cave and pilgrimage site in Uttarakhand, India, regarded as the mythological source of the Ganges River.
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E.
Gyachung Kang
Gyachung Kang is a prominent Himalayan mountain peak, one of the world’s highest, located between Nepal and China in the Mahalangur Himal range.
- 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: Gorak Shep Target entity description: Gorak Shep is a small, high-altitude settlement in Nepal’s Everest region that serves as a common final overnight stop for trekkers heading to Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar.
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A.
Shkhara
Shkhara is a prominent peak in the Greater Caucasus mountain range, known as one of the highest and most challenging mountains in the region.
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B.
Gorakhnath Peak
Gorakhnath Peak is the highest and most prominent summit of the Girnar mountain range in Gujarat, India, known as a major site of Hindu pilgrimage.
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C.
Naina Peak
Naina Peak is the highest hilltop and a popular trekking and viewpoint destination near Nainital in Uttarakhand, India, offering panoramic views of the Himalayas and the surrounding lake town.
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D.
Gomukh
Gomukh is a revered Himalayan ice-cave and pilgrimage site in Uttarakhand, India, regarded as the mythological source of the Ganges River.
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E.
Gyachung Kang
Gyachung Kang is a prominent Himalayan mountain peak, one of the world’s highest, located between Nepal and China in the Mahalangur Himal range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| distanceToEverestBaseCamp | approximately 3 to 4 kilometres walking distance GENERATED ⓘ |
| distanceToKalaPatthar | approximately 1.5 to 2 hours hike GENERATED ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 16930 feet above sea level
ⓘ
approximately 5160 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasAccommodationType |
lodges
ⓘ
teahouses ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
risk of altitude sickness
ⓘ
sparse vegetation ⓘ thin air ⓘ |
| hasClimate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
acclimatization stop for high-altitude trekking
ⓘ
trekking lodge settlement ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
extreme cold temperatures
ⓘ
limited medical facilities ⓘ rapid weather changes ⓘ |
| hasService |
basic food services for trekkers
ⓘ
limited electricity ⓘ limited mobile network coverage ⓘ |
| hasType | high-altitude settlement ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Everest region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khumbu region NERFINISHED ⓘ Solukhumbu District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Sagarmatha National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Everest Base Camp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kala Patthar NERFINISHED ⓘ Khumbu Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Lobuche NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ Pheriche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| mainEconomicActivity |
tourism
ⓘ
trekking services ⓘ |
| nearestMajorAirport | Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAccessMethod | on foot GENERATED ⓘ |
| regionLanguage |
Nepali
ⓘ
Sherpa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trekkingRoute |
Everest Base Camp trekking route
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kala Patthar viewpoint route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trekSeason |
post-monsoon (autumn)
ⓘ
pre-monsoon (spring) ⓘ |
| usedAs |
final overnight stop for Everest Base Camp trek
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final overnight stop for Kala Patthar ascent ⓘ |
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: Gorak Shep Description of subject: Gorak Shep is a small, high-altitude settlement in Nepal’s Everest region that serves as a common final overnight stop for trekkers heading to Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lhotse