Swanee River
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Swanee River is a colloquial name for the Suwannee River in the southeastern United States, widely known from its prominent mention in Stephen Foster’s song "Old Folks at Home."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Swanee River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22766653 — 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: Swanee River Context triple: [Old Folks at Home, spellingInLyrics, Swanee River]
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A.
Nonesuch River
Nonesuch River is a small tidal river in southern Maine known for winding through Scarborough’s marshlands before emptying into Saco Bay.
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B.
Sugar River
Sugar River is a New Hampshire river that drains Lake Sunapee and flows westward to join the Connecticut River.
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C.
Sugar River
Sugar River is a tributary waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois before joining the Rock River.
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D.
Sassafras River
The Sassafras River is a tidal tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland known for its scenic shorelines, boating, and recreational fishing.
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E.
Sweet River
Sweet River is the English translation of the Portuguese name "Rio Doce," a major river in southeastern Brazil known for its ecological and economic importance.
- 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: Swanee River Target entity description: Swanee River is a colloquial name for the Suwannee River in the southeastern United States, widely known from its prominent mention in Stephen Foster’s song "Old Folks at Home."
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A.
Nonesuch River
Nonesuch River is a small tidal river in southern Maine known for winding through Scarborough’s marshlands before emptying into Saco Bay.
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B.
Sugar River
Sugar River is a New Hampshire river that drains Lake Sunapee and flows westward to join the Connecticut River.
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C.
Sugar River
Sugar River is a tributary waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois before joining the Rock River.
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D.
Sassafras River
The Sassafras River is a tidal tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland known for its scenic shorelines, boating, and recreational fishing.
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E.
Sweet River
Sweet River is the English translation of the Portuguese name "Rio Doce," a major river in southeastern Brazil known for its ecological and economic importance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.