Cottonwood River
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The Cottonwood River is a tributary of the Minnesota River in southern Minnesota, flowing through communities such as New Ulm and supporting regional agriculture and wildlife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cottonwood River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14313708 — 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: Cottonwood River Context triple: [New Ulm, Minnesota, locatedOnRiver, Cottonwood River]
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A.
Cottonwood River
The Cottonwood River is a tributary of the Neosho River in central Kansas, flowing through the city of Emporia and the surrounding prairie landscape.
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B.
Tuba River
The Tuba River is a significant river in Siberia, Russia, known for flowing through the Krasnoyarsk region and contributing to the vast Yenisei River basin.
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C.
Salat River
The Salat River is a watercourse in southwestern France that flows through the Pyrenean foothills, including the town of Saint-Girons, before joining the Garonne River.
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D.
Red Cedar River
The Red Cedar River is a significant river in Wisconsin that flows through agricultural and forested regions before joining the Chippewa River.
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E.
Red Cedar River
The Red Cedar River is a tributary of the Grand River in Michigan that flows through the campus of Michigan State University and the city of East Lansing.
- 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: Cottonwood River Target entity description: The Cottonwood River is a tributary of the Minnesota River in southern Minnesota, flowing through communities such as New Ulm and supporting regional agriculture and wildlife.
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A.
Cottonwood River
The Cottonwood River is a tributary of the Neosho River in central Kansas, flowing through the city of Emporia and the surrounding prairie landscape.
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B.
Tuba River
The Tuba River is a significant river in Siberia, Russia, known for flowing through the Krasnoyarsk region and contributing to the vast Yenisei River basin.
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C.
Salat River
The Salat River is a watercourse in southwestern France that flows through the Pyrenean foothills, including the town of Saint-Girons, before joining the Garonne River.
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D.
Red Cedar River
The Red Cedar River is a significant river in Wisconsin that flows through agricultural and forested regions before joining the Chippewa River.
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E.
Red Cedar River
The Red Cedar River is a tributary of the Grand River in Michigan that flows through the campus of Michigan State University and the city of East Lansing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.