Tuul River
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The Tuul River is a major river in central Mongolia that flows through the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, and plays an important role in the region’s ecology and water supply.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tuul River canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1173126 — 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: Tuul River Context triple: [Ulaanbaatar, locatedOnRiver, Tuul River]
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A.
Limmat River
The Limmat River is a major Swiss waterway that flows out of Lake Zurich and runs through the city of Zurich before joining the Aare River.
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B.
Siul River
The Siul River is a lesser-known river in the northern Indian subcontinent that feeds into the Ravi River within the Indus River basin.
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C.
Setun River
The Setun River is a small river in western Moscow, Russia, known as one of the city's few relatively natural waterways and a tributary of the Moskva River.
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D.
Adhaim River
The Adhaim River is a significant river in Iraq that flows through the northeastern part of the country before joining the Tigris.
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E.
Buotama River
The Buotama River is a Siberian waterway in Russia’s Sakha Republic that flows through remote taiga landscapes before joining the Lena River.
- 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: Tuul River Target entity description: The Tuul River is a major river in central Mongolia that flows through the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, and plays an important role in the region’s ecology and water supply.
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A.
Limmat River
The Limmat River is a major Swiss waterway that flows out of Lake Zurich and runs through the city of Zurich before joining the Aare River.
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B.
Siul River
The Siul River is a lesser-known river in the northern Indian subcontinent that feeds into the Ravi River within the Indus River basin.
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C.
Setun River
The Setun River is a small river in western Moscow, Russia, known as one of the city's few relatively natural waterways and a tributary of the Moskva River.
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D.
Adhaim River
The Adhaim River is a significant river in Iraq that flows through the northeastern part of the country before joining the Tigris.
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E.
Buotama River
The Buotama River is a Siberian waterway in Russia’s Sakha Republic that flows through remote taiga landscapes before joining the Lena River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tuul gol ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Mongolia ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Mongolia ⓘ |
| crossedBy | multiple bridges in Ulaanbaatar ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Selenge River drainage basin ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally west and northwest from its source ⓘ |
| flowsNear | Khustain Nuruu National Park ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Bulgan Province
ⓘ
Selenge ⓘ
surface form:
Selenge Province
Töv Province ⓘ Ulaanbaatar ⓘ |
| governingJurisdiction |
Bulgan Province authorities
ⓘ
Selenge Province authorities ⓘ Töv Province ⓘ
surface form:
Töv Province authorities
Ulaanbaatar ⓘ
surface form:
Ulaanbaatar city administration
|
| hasEcologicalRole |
provides habitat for aquatic species
ⓘ
supports floodplain vegetation ⓘ supports riparian ecosystems in central Mongolia ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalCharacteristic |
experiences variable flow with snowmelt
ⓘ
subject to freezing in winter ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Selbe River
ⓘ
Uliastai River ⓘ |
| importance |
culturally significant in Mongolia
ⓘ
important for local agriculture ⓘ important for regional biodiversity ⓘ major freshwater source for Ulaanbaatar ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Mongolian ⓘ |
| length | about 704 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Mongolia ⓘ |
| mouth | Orkhon River ⓘ |
| near | Bogd Khan Mountain ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arctic drainage basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic Ocean drainage basin
|
| passesThrough | Ulaanbaatar urban area ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Selenge River basin ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Khentii Mountains ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
deforestation in its basin
ⓘ
industrial waste ⓘ mining activities ⓘ untreated sewage ⓘ urban pollution ⓘ |
| usedFor |
irrigation
ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tuul River Description of subject: The Tuul River is a major river in central Mongolia that flows through the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, and plays an important role in the region’s ecology and water supply.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.