Würmsee
E224998
Würmsee is the historical name of the Bavarian lake now known as Starnberger See, one of Germany’s largest and most famous lakes near Munich.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1890379 — 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: Würmsee Context triple: [Starnberger See, formerName, Würmsee]
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A.
Schluchsee
Schluchsee is a large reservoir and popular recreational lake in Germany’s Black Forest, known for swimming, sailing, and scenic hiking.
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B.
Großer Döllnsee
Großer Döllnsee is a large lake in Brandenburg, Germany, situated in a forested area of the Schorfheide region.
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C.
Ammersee
Ammersee is a large glacial lake in southern Germany known for its scenic shores, recreational activities, and proximity to the Alps.
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D.
Eibsee
Eibsee is a picturesque alpine lake in Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its clear turquoise waters and dramatic setting at the foot of the Zugspitze.
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E.
Maschsee
Maschsee is an artificial lake and popular recreational area in Hanover, Germany, known for boating, walking paths, and cultural events.
- 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: Würmsee Target entity description: Würmsee is the historical name of the Bavarian lake now known as Starnberger See, one of Germany’s largest and most famous lakes near Munich.
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A.
Schluchsee
Schluchsee is a large reservoir and popular recreational lake in Germany’s Black Forest, known for swimming, sailing, and scenic hiking.
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B.
Großer Döllnsee
Großer Döllnsee is a large lake in Brandenburg, Germany, situated in a forested area of the Schorfheide region.
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C.
Ammersee
Ammersee is a large glacial lake in southern Germany known for its scenic shores, recreational activities, and proximity to the Alps.
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D.
Eibsee
Eibsee is a picturesque alpine lake in Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its clear turquoise waters and dramatic setting at the foot of the Zugspitze.
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E.
Maschsee
Maschsee is an artificial lake and popular recreational area in Hanover, Germany, known for boating, walking paths, and cultural events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former geographical name
ⓘ
historical lake name ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Wurmsee
ⓘ
linked to:
Würmsee
|
| basinCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| category |
Former toponyms in Bavaria
ⓘ
Historical names of places in Germany ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| drainageRiver |
Würm (river)
ⓘ
linked to:
Würm River
|
| historicalNameOf | Starnberger See ⓘ |
| knownFor |
proximity to Munich
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Upper Bavaria ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict |
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen (district)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
Starnberg (district) ⓘ
linked to:
District of Starnberg
|
| locatedSouthOf | Munich ⓘ |
| modernOfficialName | Starnberger See ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Würm (river)
ⓘ
linked to:
Würm River
|
| near | Munich ⓘ |
| oneOfLargestLakesIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alpine foreland
ⓘ
linked to:
Alps foothills
|
| refersTo | Starnberger See ⓘ |
| region | southern Germany ⓘ |
| usedUntilCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| waterbodyType | lake ⓘ |
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: Würmsee Description of subject: Würmsee is the historical name of the Bavarian lake now known as Starnberger See, one of Germany’s largest and most famous lakes near Munich.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Würmsee