Great St Bernard Pass
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The Great St Bernard Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps linking Switzerland and Italy, historically renowned as a key transalpine route and for its hospice and St. Bernard rescue dogs.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T688684 — 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: Great St Bernard Pass Context triple: [Valais, contains, Great St Bernard Pass]
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A.
Col du Mont Cenis
Col du Mont Cenis is a high mountain pass in the Alps that historically served as a key transalpine route between France and Italy.
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B.
Col de Tende
Col de Tende is a historic Alpine mountain pass in the Maritime Alps that serves as a key transit route between southeastern France and northwestern Italy.
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Salang Pass
Salang Pass is a high mountain pass in Afghanistan that serves as a crucial transport route through the Hindu Kush, linking the capital Kabul with the country's northern regions.
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D.
Lowari Pass
Lowari Pass is a high mountain pass in northern Pakistan that connects the Chitral region with the rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through the Hindu Kush range.
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E.
Karakoram Pass
Karakoram Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram Range that historically served as a key trade route between the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia.
- 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: Great St Bernard Pass Target entity description: The Great St Bernard Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps linking Switzerland and Italy, historically renowned as a key transalpine route and for its hospice and St. Bernard rescue dogs.
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A.
Col du Mont Cenis
Col du Mont Cenis is a high mountain pass in the Alps that historically served as a key transalpine route between France and Italy.
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B.
Col de Tende
Col de Tende is a historic Alpine mountain pass in the Maritime Alps that serves as a key transit route between southeastern France and northwestern Italy.
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C.
Salang Pass
Salang Pass is a high mountain pass in Afghanistan that serves as a crucial transport route through the Hindu Kush, linking the capital Kabul with the country's northern regions.
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D.
Lowari Pass
Lowari Pass is a high mountain pass in northern Pakistan that connects the Chitral region with the rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through the Hindu Kush range.
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E.
Karakoram Pass
Karakoram Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram Range that historically served as a key trade route between the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain pass
ⓘ
transalpine route ⓘ |
| associatedAnimalBreed | St Bernard ⓘ |
| closesInWinter | true ⓘ |
| connects |
Aosta Valley
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ canton of Valais ⓘ |
| country |
Italy
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 2469 metres
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about 8097 feet ⓘ |
| hasLake | Great St Bernard Lake ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite | Great St Bernard Hospice ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Great St Bernard Hospice
ⓘ
Great St Bernard Tunnel ⓘ
linked to:
Great St Bernard Pass
|
| hasTunnelBelow | Great St Bernard Tunnel ⓘ |
| highestPointOn | road between Martigny and Aosta ⓘ |
| historicalName |
Alpis Poenina
ⓘ
linked to:
Alps
|
| isOnBorderBetween |
Italy
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Great St Bernard Hospice
ⓘ
Napoleon’s 1800 crossing ⓘ
linked to:
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
St Bernard dogs ⓘ historic transalpine trade route ⓘ |
| languageRegion |
French-speaking Switzerland
ⓘ
linked to:
Romandy
Italian-speaking Aosta Valley ⓘ
linked to:
Aosta Valley
|
| latinName | Summus Poeninus ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
ⓘ
Pennine Alps ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Bernard of Menthon ⓘ |
| nearestItalianTown | Aosta ⓘ |
| nearestSwissTown | Martigny ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alpine passes
ⓘ
border between canton of Valais and Aosta Valley ⓘ |
| roadNumber |
Italian SS27
ⓘ
Swiss Route 21 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | major historical route between northern and southern Europe ⓘ |
| tourism |
cycling
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ scenic driving ⓘ |
| tunnelOpened | 1964 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Celts
ⓘ
linked to:
Celtic tribes
Napoleon’s army ⓘ
linked to:
Grande Armée
Romans ⓘ medieval pilgrims ⓘ |
| usedFor |
military movements
ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| usedSince | pre-Roman times ⓘ |
| winterClosurePeriod | approximately October to June ⓘ |
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Subject: Great St Bernard Pass Description of subject: The Great St Bernard Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps linking Switzerland and Italy, historically renowned as a key transalpine route and for its hospice and St. Bernard rescue dogs.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Saint Bernard of Menthon
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subject linked to:
Alps (in clear weather)
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