Thorong La pass
E187799
Thorong La pass is a high-altitude mountain pass in the Nepalese Himalayas that serves as the dramatic apex of the popular Annapurna Circuit trekking route.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thorong La Pass | 3 |
| Thorong La pass canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1656697 — 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: Thorong La pass Context triple: [Annapurna Circuit, knownFor, Thorong La pass]
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A.
Theodul Pass
Theodul Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps that connects Switzerland and Italy near the Matterhorn, serving as an important historical and hiking route across the Pennine Alps.
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B.
Salang Pass
Salang Pass is a high mountain pass in Afghanistan that serves as a crucial transport route through the Hindu Kush, linking the capital Kabul with the country's northern regions.
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C.
Lowari Pass
Lowari Pass is a high mountain pass in northern Pakistan that connects the Chitral region with the rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through the Hindu Kush range.
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D.
Susten Pass
Susten Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps known for its scenic road connecting the cantons of Bern and Uri.
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E.
Karakoram Pass
Karakoram Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram Range that historically served as a key trade route between the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia.
- 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: Thorong La pass Target entity description: Thorong La pass is a high-altitude mountain pass in the Nepalese Himalayas that serves as the dramatic apex of the popular Annapurna Circuit trekking route.
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A.
Theodul Pass
Theodul Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps that connects Switzerland and Italy near the Matterhorn, serving as an important historical and hiking route across the Pennine Alps.
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B.
Salang Pass
Salang Pass is a high mountain pass in Afghanistan that serves as a crucial transport route through the Hindu Kush, linking the capital Kabul with the country's northern regions.
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C.
Lowari Pass
Lowari Pass is a high mountain pass in northern Pakistan that connects the Chitral region with the rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through the Hindu Kush range.
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D.
Susten Pass
Susten Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps known for its scenic road connecting the cantons of Bern and Uri.
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E.
Karakoram Pass
Karakoram Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram Range that historically served as a key trade route between the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-altitude pass
ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ |
| accessFrom |
Manang side
ⓘ
Muktinath side ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Thorung La
ⓘ
linked to:
Thorong La
|
| alternateSpelling | Thorang La ⓘ |
| closedSeason | winter ⓘ |
| connectedSettlement |
High Camp
ⓘ
Manang ⓘ Muktinath ⓘ Thorung Phedi ⓘ |
| connects |
Manang District
ⓘ
Mustang District ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| elevation |
17769 ft
ⓘ
5416 m ⓘ |
| feature |
prayer flags
ⓘ
signboard marking altitude ⓘ stone cairns ⓘ |
| hazard |
altitude sickness
ⓘ
hypothermia ⓘ sudden weather changes ⓘ |
| highestPointOf | Annapurna Circuit ⓘ |
| knownFor |
challenging trekking conditions
ⓘ
dramatic mountain scenery ⓘ high altitude ⓘ |
| languageLocal | Nepali ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Annapurna region
ⓘ
linked to:
Annapurna mountain range
Himalayas ⓘ Nepal ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Nepal ⓘ |
| locatedOn | watershed between Manang and Mustang ⓘ |
| locatedOnTrail | between Manang and Jomsom ⓘ |
| near |
Kali Gandaki Valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Kali Gandaki Gorge
Muktinath Temple ⓘ
linked to:
Muktinath
|
| partOf | Annapurna Circuit ⓘ |
| partOfRoute |
Annapurna Circuit trekking route
ⓘ
linked to:
Annapurna Circuit
|
| range |
Annapurna Himalaya
ⓘ
linked to:
Annapurna mountain range
Damodar Himal ⓘ |
| region | Gandaki Province ⓘ |
| requires | acclimatization ⓘ |
| trekDifficulty | strenuous ⓘ |
| trekSeason |
autumn
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| typicalStartingPoint |
High Camp
ⓘ
Thorung Phedi ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hiking
ⓘ
trekking ⓘ |
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: Thorong La pass Description of subject: Thorong La pass is a high-altitude mountain pass in the Nepalese Himalayas that serves as the dramatic apex of the popular Annapurna Circuit trekking route.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thorong La pass
linked to: Thorong La pass