Granicus River
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The Granicus River is a waterway in northwestern Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) best known as the site of Alexander the Great’s first major victory over the Persian Empire in 334 BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Granicus River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15181813 — 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: Granicus River Context triple: [Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor, hasLocation, Granicus River]
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A.
Gallikos River
The Gallikos River is a watercourse in northern Greece that flows through the Kilkis regional unit before emptying into the Thermaic Gulf near Thessaloniki.
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B.
Parthenius River
The Parthenius River is an ancient river in northern Anatolia, historically marking the western boundary of Paphlagonia along the Black Sea coast.
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C.
Bagradas River
The Bagradas River, known today as the Medjerda River, is the principal river of Tunisia and a historically significant waterway in ancient North Africa.
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D.
Xi River
The Xi River is a major river in southern China that forms part of the Pearl River system and plays a key role in the economy and transportation of the Pearl River Delta region.
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E.
Lycus River
The Lycus River is an ancient river in western Anatolia, near the city of Colossae, known for flowing through the historic region of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey.
- 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: Granicus River Target entity description: The Granicus River is a waterway in northwestern Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) best known as the site of Alexander the Great’s first major victory over the Persian Empire in 334 BCE.
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A.
Gallikos River
The Gallikos River is a watercourse in northern Greece that flows through the Kilkis regional unit before emptying into the Thermaic Gulf near Thessaloniki.
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B.
Parthenius River
The Parthenius River is an ancient river in northern Anatolia, historically marking the western boundary of Paphlagonia along the Black Sea coast.
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C.
Bagradas River
The Bagradas River, known today as the Medjerda River, is the principal river of Tunisia and a historically significant waterway in ancient North Africa.
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D.
Xi River
The Xi River is a major river in southern China that forms part of the Pearl River system and plays a key role in the economy and transportation of the Pearl River Delta region.
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E.
Lycus River
The Lycus River is an ancient river in western Anatolia, near the city of Colossae, known for flowing through the historic region of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.