Lake Motosu
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Lake Motosu is one of the Fuji Five Lakes in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its clear deep waters and iconic views of Mount Fuji reflected on its surface.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Motosu canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2316259 — 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: Lake Motosu Context triple: [Mount Fuji, hasLakeAtFoot, Lake Motosu]
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A.
Lake Yamanaka
Lake Yamanaka is the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in Japan, known for its scenic views of Mount Fuji and popularity as a resort and recreational area.
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B.
Kakagi Lake
Kakagi Lake is a scenic freshwater lake in northwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its clear waters, rugged islands, and excellent fishing and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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C.
Lake Kakumanbuchi
Lake Kakumanbuchi is a small crater lake situated on the volcanic Mount Akagi in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
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D.
Lake Ōnuma
Lake Ōnuma is a volcanic crater lake situated on Mount Akagi in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, known for its scenic beauty and outdoor recreation.
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E.
Lake Kawaguchi
Lake Kawaguchi is a scenic lake in Japan’s Fuji Five Lakes region, renowned for its iconic views of Mount Fuji and popular hot spring resorts.
- 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: Lake Motosu Target entity description: Lake Motosu is one of the Fuji Five Lakes in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its clear deep waters and iconic views of Mount Fuji reflected on its surface.
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A.
Lake Yamanaka
Lake Yamanaka is the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in Japan, known for its scenic views of Mount Fuji and popularity as a resort and recreational area.
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B.
Kakagi Lake
Kakagi Lake is a scenic freshwater lake in northwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its clear waters, rugged islands, and excellent fishing and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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C.
Lake Kakumanbuchi
Lake Kakumanbuchi is a small crater lake situated on the volcanic Mount Akagi in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
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D.
Lake Ōnuma
Lake Ōnuma is a volcanic crater lake situated on Mount Akagi in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, known for its scenic beauty and outdoor recreation.
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E.
Lake Kawaguchi
Lake Kawaguchi is a scenic lake in Japan’s Fuji Five Lakes region, renowned for its iconic views of Mount Fuji and popular hot spring resorts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
natural freshwater lake ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| climate | cool temperate ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Lake Sai
ⓘ
Lake Shoji ⓘ |
| connectionType | underground channels ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
about 900 metres
ⓘ
approximately 902 metres ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
high water transparency
ⓘ
steep lakebed ⓘ |
| hasInflow | underground water ⓘ |
| hasOutflow | none ⓘ |
| hasShoreLength | approximately 11 kilometres ⓘ |
| imageAppearsOn |
reverse side of the 1000 yen banknote (Series E)
ⓘ
reverse side of the 1000 yen banknote (Series F) ⓘ |
| isDeepestOf | Fuji Five Lakes ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | 本栖湖 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
clear deep waters
ⓘ
reflection of Mount Fuji on its surface ⓘ views of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Fujikawaguchiko
Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture ⓘ Yamanashi Prefecture ⓘ |
| locatedOn | northern foot of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Honshu ⓘ |
| maximumDepth |
121.6 metres
ⓘ
approximately 122 metres ⓘ |
| near |
Lake Kawaguchi
ⓘ
Lake Sai ⓘ Lake Shoji ⓘ Lake Yamanaka ⓘ |
| partOf | Fuji Five Lakes ⓘ |
| popularActivity |
canoeing
ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ scuba diving ⓘ |
| protectedArea | Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park ⓘ |
| region |
Chubu region
ⓘ
linked to:
Chūbu region
|
| surfaceArea | about 4.7 square kilometres ⓘ |
| tourism |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ |
| usedFor |
nature photography
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| viewpointOf | Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| 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: Lake Motosu Description of subject: Lake Motosu is one of the Fuji Five Lakes in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its clear deep waters and iconic views of Mount Fuji reflected on its surface.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.