Nevada Fall
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Nevada Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, known for its powerful drop and dramatic granite surroundings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nevada Fall canonical | 35 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12287 — 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: Nevada Fall Context triple: [Yosemite National Park, contains, Nevada Fall]
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A.
Vernal Fall
Vernal Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its powerful flow and popular hiking access via the Mist Trail.
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B.
Lake Tear of the Clouds
Lake Tear of the Clouds is a small mountain tarn on the slopes of New York’s Mount Marcy, historically recognized as the highest-elevation source of the Hudson River.
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C.
South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe is a resort city in California known for its access to Lake Tahoe’s beaches, ski resorts, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Donner Pass
Donner Pass is a historically significant mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its challenging terrain, transcontinental railroad route, and the ill-fated Donner Party.
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E.
Tioga Pass
Tioga Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, best known as the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park and one of the highest paved roads in the state.
- 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: Nevada Fall Target entity description: Nevada Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, known for its powerful drop and dramatic granite surroundings.
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A.
Vernal Fall
Vernal Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its powerful flow and popular hiking access via the Mist Trail.
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B.
Lake Tear of the Clouds
Lake Tear of the Clouds is a small mountain tarn on the slopes of New York’s Mount Marcy, historically recognized as the highest-elevation source of the Hudson River.
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C.
South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe is a resort city in California known for its access to Lake Tahoe’s beaches, ski resorts, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Donner Pass
Donner Pass is a historically significant mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its challenging terrain, transcontinental railroad route, and the ill-fated Donner Party.
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E.
Tioga Pass
Tioga Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, best known as the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park and one of the highest paved roads in the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | waterfall ⓘ |
| downstreamFrom | Little Yosemite Valley ⓘ |
| fedBy | snowmelt from Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| formsFeature |
Emerald Pool (downstream, via Merced River)
ⓘ
linked to:
Emerald Pool
|
| hasAccessibility | reachable by strenuous day hike ⓘ |
| hasAverageFlow | highest in late spring and early summer ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCounty | Mariposa County ⓘ |
| hasDropStyle | single main drop ⓘ |
| hasHeight |
approximately 181 meters
ⓘ
approximately 594 feet ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for the state of Nevada ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Liberty Cap
ⓘ
Little Yosemite Valley ⓘ Vernal Fall ⓘ |
| hasProminence | granite cliff surroundings ⓘ |
| hasRecreationActivity |
hiking
ⓘ
photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| hasRockType | granite ⓘ |
| hasState |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| hasTrailAccess |
John Muir Trail
ⓘ
Mist Trail ⓘ |
| hasType |
block waterfall
ⓘ
plunge waterfall ⓘ |
| hasViewpoint |
Glacier Point area (distant view)
ⓘ
Nevada Fall Footbridge ⓘ top of Nevada Fall ⓘ |
| inflowsFrom |
Merced River above Little Yosemite Valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced River
|
| isInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| isManagedBy |
U.S. National Park Service
ⓘ
linked to:
National Park Service
|
| isPhotographicSubject | true ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Mariposa County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Mariposa County
Sierra Nevada ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Yosemite Wilderness ⓘ |
| onRiver | Merced River ⓘ |
| outflowsTo |
Merced River below Nevada Fall
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced River
|
| overlooks |
Yosemite Valley (upper portion)
ⓘ
linked to:
Yosemite Valley
|
| partOf |
Merced River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced River
|
| partOfTrailRoute | route to Half Dome via Mist Trail ⓘ |
| safetyNote | strong currents and slippery rocks near the brink ⓘ |
| upstreamFrom | Vernal Fall ⓘ |
| watercourse | Merced River ⓘ |
| withinNationalPark | Yosemite 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: Nevada Fall Description of subject: Nevada Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, known for its powerful drop and dramatic granite surroundings.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.