Lake McDonald
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Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Montana’s Glacier National Park, known for its clear waters, colorful rocks, and scenic mountain backdrop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake McDonald canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1662869 — 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 McDonald Context triple: [Glacier National Park, containsFeature, Lake McDonald]
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A.
Lake Cushman
Lake Cushman is a scenic reservoir on the north fork of the Skokomish River in Washington State, popular for boating, fishing, and hiking near Olympic National Park.
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B.
Lake Crescent
Lake Crescent is a deep, glacially carved lake on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, renowned for its clear blue waters and scenic mountain surroundings.
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C.
Medicine Lake
Medicine Lake is a high-elevation lake in northeastern California, situated within the caldera of the Medicine Lake Volcano and known for its scenic, forested setting and recreational opportunities.
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D.
Bosten Lake
Bosten Lake is one of China's largest inland freshwater lakes, located in the arid region of Xinjiang and known for its ecological and agricultural importance.
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E.
Castle Lake
Castle Lake is a high-altitude alpine lake nestled within Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, known for its rugged scenic surroundings and remote, pristine setting.
- 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 McDonald Target entity description: Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Montana’s Glacier National Park, known for its clear waters, colorful rocks, and scenic mountain backdrop.
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A.
Lake Cushman
Lake Cushman is a scenic reservoir on the north fork of the Skokomish River in Washington State, popular for boating, fishing, and hiking near Olympic National Park.
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B.
Lake Crescent
Lake Crescent is a deep, glacially carved lake on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, renowned for its clear blue waters and scenic mountain surroundings.
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C.
Medicine Lake
Medicine Lake is a high-elevation lake in northeastern California, situated within the caldera of the Medicine Lake Volcano and known for its scenic, forested setting and recreational opportunities.
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D.
Bosten Lake
Bosten Lake is one of China's largest inland freshwater lakes, located in the arid region of Xinjiang and known for its ecological and agricultural importance.
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E.
Castle Lake
Castle Lake is a high-altitude alpine lake nestled within Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, known for its rugged scenic surroundings and remote, pristine setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
natural freshwater lake ⓘ |
| accessibleVia | Going-to-the-Sun Road ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Flathead County ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 3,153 feet
ⓘ
about 961 meters ⓘ |
| formedBy | glacial activity ⓘ |
| governingBody |
U.S. National Park Service
ⓘ
linked to:
National Park Service
|
| hasFeature |
mountain peaks surrounding the lake
ⓘ
pebble beaches with multicolored stones ⓘ surrounding coniferous forests ⓘ |
| hasSettlementOnShore |
Apgar
ⓘ
Lake McDonald Lodge area ⓘ |
| hasStructureOnShore |
Lake McDonald Lodge
ⓘ
linked to:
Lake McDonald Lodge area
|
| inflow | McDonald Creek ⓘ |
| knownFor |
clear waters
ⓘ
colorful rocks ⓘ glacially carved basin ⓘ scenic mountain backdrop ⓘ |
| length |
about 10 miles
ⓘ
about 16 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Glacier National Park
ⓘ
Montana ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Lake McDonald ⓘ |
| maxDepth |
about 144 meters
ⓘ
about 472 feet ⓘ |
| nearestCity | West Glacier ⓘ |
| outflow | McDonald Creek ⓘ |
| partOf | Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| popularFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ kayaking ⓘ photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| state | Montana ⓘ |
| surfaceArea |
about 27.6 square kilometers
ⓘ
about 6,823 acres ⓘ |
| touristAttractionStatus | major attraction in Glacier National Park ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
| width |
about 1 mile
ⓘ
about 1.6 kilometers ⓘ |
| withinProtectedArea | Glacier 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: Lake McDonald Description of subject: Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Montana’s Glacier National Park, known for its clear waters, colorful rocks, and scenic mountain backdrop.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.