Sasanoa River
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The Sasanoa River is a tidal waterway in coastal Maine that connects the Kennebec and Sheepscot rivers, forming part of an important inland navigation route.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sasanoa River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2491677 — 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: Sasanoa River Context triple: [Woolwich, Maine, river, Sasanoa River]
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A.
Samur River
The Samur River is a transboundary river in the eastern Caucasus that flows through Dagestan in Russia and northeastern Azerbaijan before emptying into the Caspian Sea.
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B.
Itaya River
The Itaya River is a tributary of the Amazon River in northeastern Peru that flows past the city of Iquitos and plays a key role in the region’s transportation and ecology.
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C.
Takkaze River
The Takkaze River is a major river in the Horn of Africa that flows through the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands, forming part of the border between the two countries before joining the Atbarah River.
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D.
Yasu River
The Yasu River is a significant river in Japan’s Kansai region that flows through Shiga Prefecture and ultimately drains into Lake Biwa.
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E.
Pyasina River
The Pyasina River is a major river in northern Siberia, Russia, that flows through the Arctic tundra of Krasnoyarsk Krai before emptying into the Kara Sea.
- 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: Sasanoa River Target entity description: The Sasanoa River is a tidal waterway in coastal Maine that connects the Kennebec and Sheepscot rivers, forming part of an important inland navigation route.
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A.
Samur River
The Samur River is a transboundary river in the eastern Caucasus that flows through Dagestan in Russia and northeastern Azerbaijan before emptying into the Caspian Sea.
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B.
Itaya River
The Itaya River is a tributary of the Amazon River in northeastern Peru that flows past the city of Iquitos and plays a key role in the region’s transportation and ecology.
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C.
Takkaze River
The Takkaze River is a major river in the Horn of Africa that flows through the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands, forming part of the border between the two countries before joining the Atbarah River.
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D.
Yasu River
The Yasu River is a significant river in Japan’s Kansai region that flows through Shiga Prefecture and ultimately drains into Lake Biwa.
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E.
Pyasina River
The Pyasina River is a major river in northern Siberia, Russia, that flows through the Arctic tundra of Krasnoyarsk Krai before emptying into the Kara Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
tidal river
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Kennebec River
ⓘ
Sheepscot River ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossedBy |
Maine State Route 127 bridge
ⓘ
railroad bridge near Bath, Maine ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasCurrentCharacteristic | strong tidal currents ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalCharacteristic | estuarine habitat ⓘ |
| hasHazard | dangerous rapids at Hell Gate ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalCharacteristic | tidal ⓘ |
| hasReputation | challenging conditions for small craft due to currents ⓘ |
| hasStraitOrReach |
Lower Hell Gate
ⓘ
Upper Hell Gate ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maine
ⓘ
coastal Maine ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Lincoln County, Maine
ⓘ
Sagadahoc County, Maine ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Sheepscot River ⓘ |
| navigableFor |
pleasure craft
ⓘ
small commercial vessels ⓘ |
| nearCity | Bath, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearSettlement |
Arrowsic, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgetown, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gulf of Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Maine watershed
Maine inland waterway system ⓘ inland navigation route between the Kennebec and Sheepscot rivers ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedIn | Kennebec River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
navigation
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ |
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: Sasanoa River Description of subject: The Sasanoa River is a tidal waterway in coastal Maine that connects the Kennebec and Sheepscot rivers, forming part of an important inland navigation route.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.