Khardung La
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Khardung La is a high mountain pass in the Ladakh region of India, known as a key gateway between Leh and the Nubra Valley and one of the world’s highest motorable roads.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khardung La canonical | 12 |
| Khardung La pass | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2582556 — 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: Khardung La Context triple: [Nubra Valley, accessedVia, Khardung La]
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A.
Nangpa La
Nangpa La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas that historically served as a key trade and pilgrimage route between Tibet and Nepal.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Thorong La pass
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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E.
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.
- 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: Khardung La Target entity description: Khardung La is a high mountain pass in the Ladakh region of India, known as a key gateway between Leh and the Nubra Valley and one of the world’s highest motorable roads.
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A.
Nangpa La
Nangpa La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas that historically served as a key trade and pilgrimage route between Tibet and Nepal.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Thorong La pass
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-altitude pass
ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ |
| accessFrom | Leh ⓘ |
| administrativeTerritory |
Leh district
ⓘ
linked to:
Leh
|
| altitudeCategory | above 5000 meters ⓘ |
| climate | cold desert ⓘ |
| connects |
Leh
ⓘ
Nubra Valley ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
hairpin bends
ⓘ
snow in winter ⓘ steep gradients ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Karakoram-facing valleys
ⓘ
Ladakh Range ⓘ |
| hazard |
altitude sickness risk
ⓘ
landslides ⓘ snow blockage ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the world’s highest motorable roads
ⓘ
high altitude ⓘ strategic access to Nubra Valley ⓘ |
| languageLocal |
Hindi
ⓘ
Ladakhi ⓘ Urdu ⓘ
linked to:
Urdu language
|
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Ladakh ⓘ northern India ⓘ |
| locatedOn | road between Leh and Diskit ⓘ |
| near |
Leh district
ⓘ
linked to:
Leh
|
| partOf | Himalayas ⓘ |
| popularWith |
adventure tourists
ⓘ
cyclists ⓘ motorcyclists ⓘ |
| roadStatus | seasonally affected by weather ⓘ |
| roadSurface |
paved sections
ⓘ
unpaved sections ⓘ |
| roadType | motorable road ⓘ |
| roadUse | requires permits for some travelers ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| transportMode |
bicycles
ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ motorcycles ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civilian transport
ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| visitedFor |
high-altitude experience
ⓘ
panoramic mountain views ⓘ |
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: Khardung La Description of subject: Khardung La is a high mountain pass in the Ladakh region of India, known as a key gateway between Leh and the Nubra Valley and one of the world’s highest motorable roads.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.