Rae Lakes
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Rae Lakes are a scenic group of alpine lakes in California’s Sierra Nevada, popular with backpackers along the John Muir and Rae Lakes Loop trails.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rae Lakes canonical | 7 |
| Rae Lakes Basin | 3 |
| Lower Rae Lake | 1 |
| Middle Rae Lake | 1 |
| Rae Lakes basin | 1 |
| Upper Rae Lake | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T255774 — 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: Rae Lakes Context triple: [Kings Canyon National Park, contains, Rae Lakes]
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A.
Caples Lake
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Soda Lake
Soda Lake is a dry alkali lakebed in the Mojave Desert of California, known for its white mineral crusts and stark desert landscape.
- 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: Rae Lakes Target entity description: Rae Lakes are a scenic group of alpine lakes in California’s Sierra Nevada, popular with backpackers along the John Muir and Rae Lakes Loop trails.
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A.
Caples Lake
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Soda Lake
Soda Lake is a dry alkali lakebed in the Mojave Desert of California, known for its white mineral crusts and stark desert landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alpine lake
ⓘ
group of lakes ⓘ |
| accessTrailhead |
Onion Valley trailhead
ⓘ
Roads End trailhead ⓘ |
| activitySeason |
early fall
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| campingRule | bear-resistant food storage required ⓘ |
| climate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevation |
approximately 10500 feet
ⓘ
approximately 3200 meters ⓘ |
| featureType | high-elevation lake basin ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Lower Rae Lake
ⓘ
linked to:
Rae Lakes
Middle Rae Lake ⓘ
linked to:
Rae Lakes
Upper Rae Lake ⓘ
linked to:
Rae Lakes
|
| hazard |
afternoon thunderstorms
ⓘ
black bears in area ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fresno County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Fresno County
Kings Canyon National Park ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| management |
U.S. National Park Service
ⓘ
linked to:
National Park Service
|
| mountainRange | Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| nearestPass | Glen Pass ⓘ |
| nearestTown | Cedar Grove (seasonal area in Kings Canyon) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear blue water
ⓘ
granite peaks ⓘ scenic alpine scenery ⓘ |
| partOf |
South Fork Kings River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Kings River
|
| popularRoute |
John Muir Trail
ⓘ
Rae Lakes Loop ⓘ |
| protectedArea | Kings Canyon National Park ⓘ |
| region | Southern Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| regulation | wilderness permit required for overnight use ⓘ |
| snowCover | typically snow-covered in winter and spring ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| trailDistance | Rae Lakes Loop approximately 40 miles ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
John Muir Trail
ⓘ
Pacific Crest Trail (nearby alignment) ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Crest Trail
|
| usedFor |
backpacking
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ |
| visibility | views of surrounding high Sierra peaks ⓘ |
| waterSource | South Fork Kings River headwaters ⓘ |
| within |
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks wilderness
ⓘ
linked to:
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
|
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: Rae Lakes Description of subject: Rae Lakes are a scenic group of alpine lakes in California’s Sierra Nevada, popular with backpackers along the John Muir and Rae Lakes Loop trails.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rae Lakes
linked to: Rae Lakes
linked to: Rae Lakes