Caples Lake
E40030
Caples Lake is a high-elevation reservoir in the Sierra Nevada of California, popular for fishing, boating, and hiking in an alpine setting.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caples Lake canonical | 2 |
| Caples Lake, California | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T255130 — 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: Caples Lake Context triple: [Carson Pass, near, Caples Lake]
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A.
Walker Lake
Walker Lake is a large natural desert lake in western Nevada known for its shrinking water levels and importance as a habitat for migratory birds and native fish.
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B.
Ancylus Lake
Ancylus Lake was a large freshwater body that occupied the Baltic Sea basin after the last Ice Age, before it evolved into the modern brackish Baltic Sea.
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C.
Melton Hill Lake
Melton Hill Lake is a reservoir on the Clinch River in East Tennessee known for boating, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities.
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D.
Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a trendy, historically bohemian neighborhood in central Los Angeles known for its reservoir, hillside homes, and vibrant arts, dining, and nightlife scenes.
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E.
Muscoot Reservoir
Muscoot Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that serves as a key component of New York City’s Croton water supply system.
- 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: Caples Lake Target entity description: Caples Lake is a high-elevation reservoir in the Sierra Nevada of California, popular for fishing, boating, and hiking in an alpine setting.
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A.
Walker Lake
Walker Lake is a large natural desert lake in western Nevada known for its shrinking water levels and importance as a habitat for migratory birds and native fish.
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B.
Ancylus Lake
Ancylus Lake was a large freshwater body that occupied the Baltic Sea basin after the last Ice Age, before it evolved into the modern brackish Baltic Sea.
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C.
Melton Hill Lake
Melton Hill Lake is a reservoir on the Clinch River in East Tennessee known for boating, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities.
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D.
Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a trendy, historically bohemian neighborhood in central Los Angeles known for its reservoir, hillside homes, and vibrant arts, dining, and nightlife scenes.
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E.
Muscoot Reservoir
Muscoot Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that serves as a key component of New York City’s Croton water supply system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| accessedBy | California State Route 88 ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Alpine County ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 2400 meters
ⓘ
approximately 7900 feet ⓘ |
| hasActivitySeason |
fall
ⓘ
summer ⓘ winter ice fishing ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
cool summers
ⓘ
snowy winters ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | alpine setting ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
boat launch
ⓘ
campground nearby ⓘ day-use areas ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Carson Pass
ⓘ
Eldorado National Forest ⓘ State Route 88 ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
hiking trails around shore
ⓘ
ice fishing ⓘ picnicking ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| hasScenery |
conifer forests
ⓘ
granite peaks ⓘ |
| isAccessibleFrom |
Kirkwood area
ⓘ
Lake Tahoe region ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Tahoe Basin
|
| isPartOf |
Upper Carson River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Carson River
|
| locatedIn |
Alpine County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Alpine County
California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInMountainRange | Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Northern Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| popularFor |
camping nearby
ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ kayaking ⓘ trout fishing ⓘ |
| region | Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| usedFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| waterbodyType | freshwater 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: Caples Lake Description of subject: Caples Lake is a high-elevation reservoir in the Sierra Nevada of California, popular for fishing, boating, and hiking in an alpine setting.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Caples Lake