Utah Lake
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Utah Lake is a large, shallow freshwater lake in north-central Utah that serves as a key natural and recreational feature of Utah Valley.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Utah Lake canonical | 51 |
| Lake Utah | 1 |
| Utah Lake (nearby shoreline) | 1 |
| Utah Lake basin | 1 |
| Utah Lake watershed | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1614035 — 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: Utah Lake Context triple: [Provo, Utah, locatedNear, Utah Lake]
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A.
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is a large, shallow, hypersaline lake in northern Utah, known as the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and a critical habitat for millions of migratory birds.
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B.
Donner Lake
Donner Lake is a scenic alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada of California, known for its clear waters, recreational activities, and historical association with the Donner Party.
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C.
Mono Lake
Mono Lake is a large, ancient saline soda lake in eastern California renowned for its striking tufa towers, high salinity, and unique ecosystem supporting migratory birds and brine shrimp.
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D.
San Andreas Lake
San Andreas Lake is a long, narrow reservoir on the San Francisco Peninsula in California, best known for lending its name to the nearby San Andreas Fault.
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E.
Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Lake is a large desert lake in northwestern Nevada known for its striking pyramid-shaped tufa formations and cultural significance to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
- 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: Utah Lake Target entity description: Utah Lake is a large, shallow freshwater lake in north-central Utah that serves as a key natural and recreational feature of Utah Valley.
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A.
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is a large, shallow, hypersaline lake in northern Utah, known as the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and a critical habitat for millions of migratory birds.
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B.
Donner Lake
Donner Lake is a scenic alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada of California, known for its clear waters, recreational activities, and historical association with the Donner Party.
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C.
Mono Lake
Mono Lake is a large, ancient saline soda lake in eastern California renowned for its striking tufa towers, high salinity, and unique ecosystem supporting migratory birds and brine shrimp.
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D.
San Andreas Lake
San Andreas Lake is a long, narrow reservoir on the San Francisco Peninsula in California, best known for lending its name to the nearby San Andreas Fault.
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E.
Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Lake is a large desert lake in northwestern Nevada known for its striking pyramid-shaped tufa formations and cultural significance to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freshwater lake
ⓘ
lake ⓘ natural feature ⓘ |
| averageDepth | approximately 3 meters ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Great Salt Lake (via Jordan River)
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Salt Lake
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| drainageBasin | Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
approximately 1,368 meters
ⓘ
approximately 4,490 feet ⓘ |
| formedAsRemnantOf | Lake Bonneville ⓘ |
| freezesInWinter | partially ⓘ |
| geologicOrigin | remnant of ancient Lake Bonneville ⓘ |
| hasEndangeredSpecies | June sucker ⓘ |
| hasFishSpecies |
June sucker
ⓘ
black bullhead ⓘ bluegill ⓘ channel catfish ⓘ common carp ⓘ largemouth bass ⓘ walleye ⓘ white bass ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Sandy Beach islands (small, intermittent islands and sandbars) ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
algal blooms
ⓘ
invasive common carp population ⓘ nutrient pollution ⓘ |
| hasRecreationSite |
American Fork Boat Harbor
ⓘ
linked to:
Lindon Marina
Lincoln Beach ⓘ Lindon Marina ⓘ Saratoga Springs marina ⓘ |
| hasShorelineLength |
approximately 130 kilometers
ⓘ
approximately 81 miles ⓘ |
| hasStatePark | Utah Lake State Park ⓘ |
| hasWatershedArea |
approximately 3,800 square miles
ⓘ
approximately 9,800 square kilometers ⓘ |
| inflow |
American Fork River
ⓘ
Currant Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Hobble Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Provo River ⓘ Spanish Fork River ⓘ various small streams ⓘ |
| isLargestFreshwaterLakeIn | Utah ⓘ |
| isShallowComparedTo | many other large lakes in North America ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Utah
ⓘ
Utah County ⓘ
linked to:
Utah County, Utah
Utah Valley ⓘ north-central Utah ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lehi, Utah
ⓘ
Lindon, Utah ⓘ Orem, Utah ⓘ Provo, Utah ⓘ Saratoga Springs, Utah ⓘ Spanish Fork, Utah ⓘ Springville, Utah ⓘ Vineyard, Utah ⓘ |
| managementAuthority | Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 4 meters ⓘ |
| nearMountainRange |
Lake Mountains
ⓘ
Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ Wasatch Range ⓘ |
| outflow | Jordan River ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Basin ⓘ |
| protectedBy |
federal Endangered Species Act (for June sucker)
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Endangered Species Act
|
| shape | roughly oval ⓘ |
| surfaceArea |
approximately 150 square miles
ⓘ
approximately 380 square kilometers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
birdwatching
ⓘ
boating ⓘ fishing ⓘ irrigation water supply ⓘ municipal water supply (treated) ⓘ recreation ⓘ waterfowl hunting ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Utah Lake Description of subject: Utah Lake is a large, shallow freshwater lake in north-central Utah that serves as a key natural and recreational feature of Utah Valley.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jordan River
linked to: Utah Lake
linked to: Utah Lake
linked to: Utah Lake
subject linked to:
PVU
linked to: Utah Lake
subject linked to:
Vineyard
subject linked to:
Goshen