Whitney Glacier
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Whitney Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier on the north side of Mount Shasta in northern California, known as one of the longest glaciers in the state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whitney Glacier canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T748906 — 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: Whitney Glacier Context triple: [Mount Shasta, hasGlacier, Whitney Glacier]
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A.
Skinner Glacier
Skinner Glacier is a glacier associated with the Three Sisters region, known as part of the glaciated landscape surrounding this notable mountain group.
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B.
Thayer Glacier
Thayer Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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C.
Collier Glacier
Collier Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known as one of the larger remaining glaciers in the state.
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D.
Linton Glacier
Linton Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known for its alpine ice and role in local hydrology.
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E.
Nef Glacier
Nef Glacier is a major outlet glacier of Chile’s Northern Patagonian Ice Field, known for its extensive ice flows and contribution to the region’s dramatic glacial landscape.
- 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: Whitney Glacier Target entity description: Whitney Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier on the north side of Mount Shasta in northern California, known as one of the longest glaciers in the state.
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A.
Skinner Glacier
Skinner Glacier is a glacier associated with the Three Sisters region, known as part of the glaciated landscape surrounding this notable mountain group.
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B.
Thayer Glacier
Thayer Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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C.
Collier Glacier
Collier Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known as one of the larger remaining glaciers in the state.
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D.
Linton Glacier
Linton Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known for its alpine ice and role in local hydrology.
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E.
Nef Glacier
Nef Glacier is a major outlet glacier of Chile’s Northern Patagonian Ice Field, known for its extensive ice flows and contribution to the region’s dramatic glacial landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier in the United States
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mountain glacier ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| county |
Siskiyou County, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Siskiyou County
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| drainageBasin |
Sacramento River Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Sacramento River basin
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| geologicalType | valley glacier ⓘ |
| hasTerminus | rock debris and icefall ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Siskiyou County, California ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Northern California ⓘ
surface form:
northern California
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| locatedOn | Mount Shasta ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Cascade Range ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Josiah Whitney
ⓘ
surface form:
Josiah Dwight Whitney
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| namesakeOccupation | geologist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest glaciers on Mount Shasta
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being one of the longest glaciers in California ⓘ |
| partOf |
Wintun Glacier
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surface form:
Mount Shasta glacier system
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| positionOnMountain | north side of Mount Shasta ⓘ |
| region |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Northwest (broad physiographic sense)
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| relativeLocation | northwest of the summit of Mount Shasta ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
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| surfaceFeatureOf | Mount Shasta ⓘ |
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: Whitney Glacier Description of subject: Whitney Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier on the north side of Mount Shasta in northern California, known as one of the longest glaciers in the state.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.