Davos

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municipality ski resort town

Davos is a Swiss Alpine town best known internationally as the host of the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of global political, business, and cultural leaders.

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Label	Occurrences
Davos canonical	92
Davos, Switzerland	9
Davos Dorf	8
Davos alpine resort town	1
Davos area	1
Davos town centre	1
Davos, Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland	1
town of Davos	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T153595 — 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: Davos
Context triple: [World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, location, Davos]

A. Geneva
Geneva is a major Swiss city on Lake Geneva known for hosting numerous international organizations, including United Nations agencies and the Red Cross.
B. Zurich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland, known as a global financial hub and cultural center situated on the shores of Lake Zurich.
C. Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland is a picturesque city on the shores of Lake Geneva known for its role as an Olympic capital and its vibrant cultural and academic life.
D. Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne is a bilingual (German-French) Swiss city in the canton of Bern, known for its watchmaking industry and location at the eastern end of Lake Biel.
E. Geneva metropolitan area
The Geneva metropolitan area is the cross-border urban region centered on the city of Geneva, spanning parts of Switzerland and France and functioning as a major international, financial, and diplomatic hub.
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: Davos
Target entity description: Davos is a Swiss Alpine town best known internationally as the host of the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of global political, business, and cultural leaders.

A. Geneva
Geneva is a major Swiss city on Lake Geneva known for hosting numerous international organizations, including United Nations agencies and the Red Cross.
B. Zurich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland, known as a global financial hub and cultural center situated on the shores of Lake Zurich.
C. Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland is a picturesque city on the shores of Lake Geneva known for its role as an Olympic capital and its vibrant cultural and academic life.
D. Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne is a bilingual (German-French) Swiss city in the canton of Bern, known for its watchmaking industry and location at the eastern end of Lake Biel.
E. Geneva metropolitan area
The Geneva metropolitan area is the cross-border urban region centered on the city of Geneva, spanning parts of Switzerland and France and functioning as a major international, financial, and diplomatic hub.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ ski resort ⓘ town ⓘ
climate	alpine climate ⓘ subarctic climate ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1560 metres above sea level ⓘ approximately 5118 feet above sea level ⓘ
governingBody	Municipal council of Davos ⓘ
hasLocalDialect	Graubünden German ⓘ linked to: Alemannic German
hasMountainArea	Jakobshorn ⓘ Madrisa ⓘ Parsenn ⓘ Pischa ⓘ Rinerhorn ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	German ⓘ
hasRailConnection	Rhaetian Railway ⓘ
hasRailStation	Davos Dorf railway station ⓘ Davos Platz railway station ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	HC Davos ⓘ
hasSportsVenue	Vaillant Arena ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.davos.ch/ ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor	tuberculosis sanatoria ⓘ
hostOf	International Ice Hockey Tournament Spengler Cup ⓘ linked to: Spengler Cup Spengler Cup ⓘ World Economic Forum annual meeting ⓘ
inspiredWork	The Magic Mountain ⓘ
inspiredWorkAuthor	Thomas Mann ⓘ
knownFor	World Economic Forum annual meeting ⓘ linked to: World Economic Forum in Davos health resort history ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ mountain tourism ⓘ skiing ⓘ snowboarding ⓘ winter sports ⓘ
locatedIn	Canton of Graubünden ⓘ linked to: canton of Graubünden Prättigau/Davos Region ⓘ Swiss Alps ⓘ linked to: Alps
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Landwasser ⓘ
partOf	Landquart District (historical) ⓘ linked to: Canton of St. Gallen
population	over 10,000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCode	7270 ⓘ 7272 ⓘ 7276 ⓘ 7277 ⓘ 7278 ⓘ 7279 ⓘ
tourismType	summer tourism ⓘ winter tourism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos → location → Davos ⓘ

subject linked to: World Economic Forum in Davos

Davos Congress Centre → locatedIn → Davos ⓘ

Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace → placeFirstPresented → Davos ⓘ

Crystal Award → ceremonyLocation → Davos, Switzerland ⓘ

linked to: Davos

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner → residence → Davos ⓘ

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner → workLocation → Davos ⓘ

Davos Platz → transportHubFor → Davos ⓘ

Davos Platz railway station → locatedIn → Davos ⓘ

Davos Platz railway station → serves → Davos ⓘ

Davos Platz railway station → isInResortTown → Davos ⓘ

European Management Forum → locationOfEvent → Davos, Switzerland ⓘ

linked to: Davos

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research → hasOffice → Davos, Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland ⓘ

linked to: Davos

International Federation of Luge → foundedIn → Davos ⓘ

subject linked to: international federation of luge

Prättigau/Davos Region → contains → Davos ⓘ

Prättigau/Davos Region → capital → Davos ⓘ

Prättigau/Davos Region → hasMunicipality → Davos ⓘ

Prättigau/Davos Region → highestTown → Davos ⓘ

Prättigau/Davos Region → administrativeCenter → Davos ⓘ

Spengler Cup → location → Davos ⓘ

Spengler Cup → hostCity → Davos ⓘ

Rhaetian Railway → connectsCity → Davos ⓘ

HC Davos → location → Davos ⓘ

HC Davos → city → Davos ⓘ

HC Davos → hasFanBaseIn → Davos ⓘ

Rinerhorn → locatedIn → Davos ⓘ

Madrisa → locatedNear → Davos ⓘ

Municipal council of Davos → appliesToJurisdiction → town of Davos ⓘ

linked to: Davos

Municipal council of Davos → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Davos ⓘ

Municipal council of Davos → legislativeBodyFor → Davos ⓘ

Municipal council of Davos → executiveBodyFor → Davos ⓘ

Landwasser → flowsThrough → Davos ⓘ

Davos Dorf railway station → locatedIn → Davos ⓘ

Davos Dorf railway station → serves → Davos ⓘ

Davos Dorf railway station → serves → Davos Dorf ⓘ

linked to: Davos

Davos Dorf railway station → hasStationCode → Davos Dorf ⓘ

linked to: Davos

Davos Dorf railway station → locatedInMunicipality → Davos ⓘ

Davos Dorf railway station → servesTouristDestination → Davos alpine resort town ⓘ

linked to: Davos

Parsenn → locatedNear → Davos ⓘ

Parsenn → hasAccessPoint → Davos Dorf ⓘ

linked to: Davos

Parsenn → hasViewOf → Davos ⓘ

Pischa → locatedIn → Davos ⓘ

Pischa → near → Davos Dorf ⓘ

linked to: Davos

Vaillant Arena → locatedIn → Davos ⓘ

Vaillant Arena → touristAttraction → Davos ⓘ

Global University Leaders Forum → meetsAt → Davos ⓘ

Theo van Doesburg → placeOfDeath → Davos, Switzerland ⓘ

linked to: Davos

Jakobshorn → locatedNear → Davos ⓘ

Jakobshorn → partOfMunicipality → Davos ⓘ

Crystal Award of the World Economic Forum → locationOfCeremony → Davos ⓘ

canton of Graubünden → contains → Davos ⓘ

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