Vail Mountain
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Vail Mountain is a major ski resort in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, renowned for its extensive terrain, back bowls, and status as one of the largest and most popular ski destinations in the United States.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vail Ski Resort | 6 |
| Vail Mountain canonical | 2 |
| Vail Mountain Resort | 1 |
| Vail Mountain base area | 1 |
| Vail Village | 1 |
| Vail ski area | 1 |
| Vail, Colorado | 1 |
| Vail, Colorado, ski resort | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T429036 — 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: Vail Mountain Context triple: [Vail Resorts, owns, Vail Mountain]
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A.
Park City Mountain Resort
Park City Mountain Resort is a major ski and snowboard destination in Utah, renowned for its extensive terrain and role as a host venue during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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B.
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is a major California ski resort in the Eastern Sierra Nevada known for its long winter season, extensive terrain, and popular year-round outdoor recreation.
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C.
Whiteface Mountain
Whiteface Mountain is a prominent peak in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, known for its ski resort and expansive summit views accessible by a scenic highway.
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D.
Alpine Meadows
Alpine Meadows is a popular ski resort in the Lake Tahoe region of California, known for its varied terrain and abundant snowfall.
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E.
Deer Valley
Deer Valley is a renowned ski resort in Park City, Utah, known for its upscale amenities and role as a major venue for freestyle skiing events during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- 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: Vail Mountain Target entity description: Vail Mountain is a major ski resort in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, renowned for its extensive terrain, back bowls, and status as one of the largest and most popular ski destinations in the United States.
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A.
Park City Mountain Resort
Park City Mountain Resort is a major ski and snowboard destination in Utah, renowned for its extensive terrain and role as a host venue during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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B.
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is a major California ski resort in the Eastern Sierra Nevada known for its long winter season, extensive terrain, and popular year-round outdoor recreation.
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C.
Whiteface Mountain
Whiteface Mountain is a prominent peak in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, known for its ski resort and expansive summit views accessible by a scenic highway.
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D.
Alpine Meadows
Alpine Meadows is a popular ski resort in the Lake Tahoe region of California, known for its varied terrain and abundant snowfall.
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E.
Deer Valley
Deer Valley is a renowned ski resort in Park City, Utah, known for its upscale amenities and role as a major venue for freestyle skiing events during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain
ⓘ
ski resort ⓘ |
| accessibleVia | Interstate 70 ⓘ |
| climate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distanceFrom | about 100 miles west of Denver ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
back bowls terrain
ⓘ
front-side groomed runs ⓘ gondola lifts ⓘ grooming operations ⓘ high-speed chairlifts ⓘ on-mountain dining ⓘ ski school ⓘ snowmaking system ⓘ terrain parks ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
family-friendly resort
ⓘ
luxury ski destination ⓘ |
| hasVillage |
Lionshead Village
ⓘ
Vail Village ⓘ
linked to:
Vail Mountain
|
| knownFor |
back bowls
ⓘ
being one of the largest ski resorts in the United States ⓘ being one of the most popular ski destinations in the United States ⓘ extensive ski terrain ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Eagle County, Colorado ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| nearestCity |
Vail, Colorado
ⓘ
linked to:
Vail Mountain
|
| offersActivity |
hiking (summer)
ⓘ
mountain biking (summer) ⓘ skiing ⓘ snowboarding ⓘ snowshoeing ⓘ |
| openedAsSkiArea | 1962 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Vail Resorts ⓘ |
| partOf | White River National Forest ⓘ |
| region |
Central Rocky Mountains
ⓘ
linked to:
Rocky Mountains
|
| season | winter ski season ⓘ |
| sport |
alpine skiing
ⓘ
snowboarding ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| tourismType |
mountain tourism
ⓘ
ski tourism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
international ski competitions
ⓘ
recreational skiing ⓘ recreational snowboarding ⓘ |
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: Vail Mountain Description of subject: Vail Mountain is a major ski resort in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, renowned for its extensive terrain, back bowls, and status as one of the largest and most popular ski destinations in the United States.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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