Würm River
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The Würm River is a small river in Bavaria, Germany, known for flowing north from Lake Starnberg through towns such as Gauting and Starnberg before joining the Amper River.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Würm (river) | 3 |
| Würm River canonical | 3 |
| River Würm | 1 |
| river Würm | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1890390 — 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: Würm River Context triple: [Starnberger See, outflow, Würm River]
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A.
Saale
The Saale is a major river in central Germany that flows through the states of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, and Bavaria before joining the Elbe.
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B.
Inn River
The Inn River is a major Alpine river in Central Europe that flows through Switzerland, Austria, and Germany before joining the Danube.
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C.
Lahn
The Lahn is a river in western Germany that flows through the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, and Rhineland-Palatinate before joining the Rhine.
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D.
Regnitz
The Regnitz is a river in the German state of Bavaria that flows through cities such as Erlangen and Bamberg before joining the Main River.
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E.
Isar River
The Isar River is a major river in Austria and Germany that flows through the Alps and the city of Munich before joining the Danube.
- 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: Würm River Target entity description: The Würm River is a small river in Bavaria, Germany, known for flowing north from Lake Starnberg through towns such as Gauting and Starnberg before joining the Amper River.
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A.
Saale
The Saale is a major river in central Germany that flows through the states of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, and Bavaria before joining the Elbe.
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B.
Inn River
The Inn River is a major Alpine river in Central Europe that flows through Switzerland, Austria, and Germany before joining the Danube.
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C.
Lahn
The Lahn is a river in western Germany that flows through the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, and Rhineland-Palatinate before joining the Rhine.
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D.
Regnitz
The Regnitz is a river in the German state of Bavaria that flows through cities such as Erlangen and Bamberg before joining the Main River.
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E.
Isar River
The Isar River is a major river in Austria and Germany that flows through the Alps and the city of Munich before joining the Danube.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| flowDirection | north ⓘ |
| flowsFrom | Lake Starnberg ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Amper River ⓘ |
| hasDiacriticInName | ü ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | German ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Würm ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Danube region
ⓘ
surface form:
Danube river basin
|
| locatedIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Upper Bavaria ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Munich ⓘ |
| mouthCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Amper River ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Fürstenfeldbruck
ⓘ
Gauting ⓘ Gräfelfing ⓘ Krailling ⓘ Planegg ⓘ Puchheim ⓘ Starnberg ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Lake Starnberg ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Amper River ⓘ |
| watercourseType | small river ⓘ |
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: Würm River Description of subject: The Würm River is a small river in Bavaria, Germany, known for flowing north from Lake Starnberg through towns such as Gauting and Starnberg before joining the Amper River.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
river Würm
this entity surface form:
Würm (river)
this entity surface form:
Würm (river)
this entity surface form:
Würm (river)
this entity surface form:
River Würm