São Francisco River
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The São Francisco River is one of Brazil's longest and most important rivers, flowing through several states in the northeast and southeast and serving as a key source of water, transportation, and hydroelectric power.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| São Francisco River canonical | 9 |
| São Francisco River Basin | 2 |
| São Francisco River basin | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1210443 — 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: São Francisco River Context triple: [Sergipe, hasRiver, São Francisco River]
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A.
Gilão River
The Gilão River is a waterway in Portugal’s Algarve region that flows through the historic town of Tavira before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Taquari River
The Taquari River is a significant waterway in central-western Brazil that flows through the Pantanal wetlands before joining the Paraguay River.
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C.
Beberibe River
The Beberibe River is a waterway in northeastern Brazil that flows through the city of Recife, contributing to its estuarine landscape and urban geography.
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D.
Tietê River
The Tietê River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows across the state of São Paulo and plays a key role in the region’s ecology, economy, and urban landscape.
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E.
Santa Catarina River
The Santa Catarina River is a seasonal river in northeastern Mexico that runs through the city of Monterrey and is known for its dramatic floods and role in shaping the urban landscape.
- 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: São Francisco River Target entity description: The São Francisco River is one of Brazil's longest and most important rivers, flowing through several states in the northeast and southeast and serving as a key source of water, transportation, and hydroelectric power.
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A.
Gilão River
The Gilão River is a waterway in Portugal’s Algarve region that flows through the historic town of Tavira before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Taquari River
The Taquari River is a significant waterway in central-western Brazil that flows through the Pantanal wetlands before joining the Paraguay River.
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C.
Beberibe River
The Beberibe River is a waterway in northeastern Brazil that flows through the city of Recife, contributing to its estuarine landscape and urban geography.
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D.
Tietê River
The Tietê River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that flows across the state of São Paulo and plays a key role in the region’s ecology, economy, and urban landscape.
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E.
Santa Catarina River
The Santa Catarina River is a seasonal river in northeastern Mexico that runs through the city of Monterrey and is known for its dramatic floods and role in shaping the urban landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: São Francisco River Description of subject: The São Francisco River is one of Brazil's longest and most important rivers, flowing through several states in the northeast and southeast and serving as a key source of water, transportation, and hydroelectric power.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
São Francisco River Basin
this entity surface form:
São Francisco River basin
this entity surface form:
São Francisco River basin
this entity surface form:
São Francisco River Basin