Suriname River
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The Suriname River is a major river in central and northern Suriname that flows past the capital, Paramaribo, before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Suriname River canonical | 26 |
| Suriname River basin | 5 |
| Upper Suriname River | 2 |
| Suriname River (nearby) | 1 |
| Suriname River system | 1 |
| Suriname river system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1328947 — 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: Suriname River Context triple: [Paramaribo, locatedOnRiver, Suriname River]
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A.
Orinoco River
The Orinoco River is one of the longest and most important rivers in South America, flowing through Venezuela and Colombia and supporting vast tropical ecosystems and human settlements.
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B.
Croton River
The Croton River is a river in southeastern New York that flows through Westchester and Putnam counties and is a key source for New York City's Croton water supply system.
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C.
Caroni River
The Caroni River is a significant river in southeastern Venezuela known for its hydroelectric potential and for flowing through the Guayana region before joining the Orinoco.
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D.
Apure River
The Apure River is a significant waterway in western Venezuela that drains the Llanos plains and supports regional agriculture, cattle ranching, and river transport.
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E.
Guayas River
The Guayas River is a major waterway in western Ecuador that flows through the coastal lowlands and the city of Guayaquil before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Suriname River Target entity description: The Suriname River is a major river in central and northern Suriname that flows past the capital, Paramaribo, before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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A.
Orinoco River
The Orinoco River is one of the longest and most important rivers in South America, flowing through Venezuela and Colombia and supporting vast tropical ecosystems and human settlements.
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B.
Croton River
The Croton River is a river in southeastern New York that flows through Westchester and Putnam counties and is a key source for New York City's Croton water supply system.
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C.
Caroni River
The Caroni River is a significant river in southeastern Venezuela known for its hydroelectric potential and for flowing through the Guayana region before joining the Orinoco.
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D.
Apure River
The Apure River is a significant waterway in western Venezuela that drains the Llanos plains and supports regional agriculture, cattle ranching, and river transport.
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E.
Guayas River
The Guayas River is a major waterway in western Ecuador that flows through the coastal lowlands and the city of Guayaquil before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Surinamerivier ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Suriname ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward ⓘ |
| flowsPast | Paramaribo ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
central Suriname
ⓘ
northern Suriname ⓘ |
| formsEstuaryWith | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasBasinCountry | Suriname ⓘ |
| hasMouthNear | Paramaribo ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Commewijne River
ⓘ
Gran Rio ⓘ Pikin Rio ⓘ Sara Creek ⓘ |
| isMajorRiverOf | Suriname ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Suriname ⓘ |
| mouth | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | northern coast of Suriname ⓘ |
| navigableInSection | lower course near Paramaribo ⓘ |
| partOf | drainage basin of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| passesNear | Brokopondo Reservoir ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Paramaribo ⓘ |
| relatedInfrastructure | Afobaka Dam ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | central Suriname highlands ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ shipping ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
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: Suriname River Description of subject: The Suriname River is a major river in central and northern Suriname that flows past the capital, Paramaribo, before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Palmentuin (Palm Garden)
subject linked to:
Independence Square
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subject linked to:
Onafhankelijkheidsplein (Dutch)
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