El Capitan Meadow
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El Capitan Meadow is a scenic, open grassy area in Yosemite National Park offering iconic views of the granite monolith El Capitan and surrounding valley cliffs.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Capitan Meadow canonical | 7 |
| Yosemite Valley meadows | 2 |
| El Cap Meadow | 1 |
| El Capitan West Side | 1 |
| Yosemite Falls parking area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T998120 — 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: El Capitan Meadow Context triple: [Yosemite Valley, hasMeadow, El Capitan Meadow]
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A.
Zumwalt Meadow
Zumwalt Meadow is a scenic, river-side alpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its lush grasses, granite cliffs, and popular hiking trail within Kings Canyon National Park.
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B.
Tuolumne Meadows
Tuolumne Meadows is a high-elevation subalpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for its expansive grasslands, granite domes, and access to popular hiking and climbing routes.
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C.
Glacier Point
Glacier Point is a famous viewpoint in California’s Sierra Nevada that offers sweeping panoramic views over Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, and the surrounding high country.
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D.
Walker Pass
Walker Pass is a historic mountain pass in California’s southern Sierra Nevada that serves as a key route between the Central Valley and the Mojave Desert.
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E.
Giant Forest
Giant Forest is a renowned grove of massive giant sequoia trees in California, home to some of the largest trees on Earth, including the General Sherman Tree.
- 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: El Capitan Meadow Target entity description: El Capitan Meadow is a scenic, open grassy area in Yosemite National Park offering iconic views of the granite monolith El Capitan and surrounding valley cliffs.
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A.
Zumwalt Meadow
Zumwalt Meadow is a scenic, river-side alpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its lush grasses, granite cliffs, and popular hiking trail within Kings Canyon National Park.
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B.
Tuolumne Meadows
Tuolumne Meadows is a high-elevation subalpine meadow in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for its expansive grasslands, granite domes, and access to popular hiking and climbing routes.
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C.
Glacier Point
Glacier Point is a famous viewpoint in California’s Sierra Nevada that offers sweeping panoramic views over Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, and the surrounding high country.
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D.
Walker Pass
Walker Pass is a historic mountain pass in California’s southern Sierra Nevada that serves as a key route between the Central Valley and the Mojave Desert.
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E.
Giant Forest
Giant Forest is a renowned grove of massive giant sequoia trees in California, home to some of the largest trees on Earth, including the General Sherman Tree.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic location
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meadow ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Merced River corridor
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced River
Northside Drive ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | protected area within national park ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ecosystemType | montane meadow ⓘ |
| hasAccess |
Yosemite Valley roads
ⓘ
pullouts along Northside Drive ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicSubject | rock climbers on El Capitan ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalCharacteristic |
dry, golden grass in late summer
ⓘ
lush green grass in spring ⓘ snow in winter ⓘ |
| hasVegetation |
grasses
ⓘ
riparian plants near river ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Bridalveil Fall area
ⓘ
linked to:
Bridalveil Fall
Cathedral Rocks ⓘ El Capitan ⓘ Yosemite Valley cliffs ⓘ
linked to:
Yosemite Valley
|
| isPopularWith |
photographers
ⓘ
rock climbing spectators ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| landCover | grassland ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Mariposa County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Mariposa County
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Yosemite National Park ⓘ Yosemite Valley ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| managedBy |
U.S. National Park Service
ⓘ
linked to:
National Park Service
|
| near |
Cathedral Beach Picnic Area
ⓘ
El Capitan ⓘ Merced River ⓘ Yosemite Valley Loop Trail ⓘ
linked to:
Valley Loop Trail
|
| notableFor |
granite cliff scenery
ⓘ
iconic views of El Capitan ⓘ open views of Yosemite Valley ⓘ |
| partOf | Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| regulation | subject to Yosemite National Park rules ⓘ |
| terrainFeature | grassy meadow ⓘ |
| touristType | sightseeing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
photography
ⓘ
picnicking ⓘ scenic viewing ⓘ walking ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| withinProtectedArea | Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
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: El Capitan Meadow Description of subject: El Capitan Meadow is a scenic, open grassy area in Yosemite National Park offering iconic views of the granite monolith El Capitan and surrounding valley cliffs.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: El Capitan Meadow
linked to: El Capitan Meadow
linked to: El Capitan Meadow
subject linked to:
Northside Drive in Yosemite Valley
subject linked to:
Southside Drive in Yosemite Valley
linked to: El Capitan Meadow
linked to: El Capitan Meadow