Squamish River
E492818
The Squamish River is a glacially fed river in southwestern British Columbia that flows through the Coast Mountains into Howe Sound near the town of Squamish.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Squamish River canonical | 12 |
| Squamish River basin | 2 |
| Squamish River watershed | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4925138 — 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: Squamish River Context triple: [Southwestern British Columbia, hasRiver, Squamish River]
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A.
Lillooet River
The Lillooet River is a major river in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, flowing through mountainous terrain and valleys before ultimately draining into Harrison Lake.
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B.
Bella Coola River
The Bella Coola River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, flowing westward through coastal mountains to the Pacific Ocean and supporting rich ecosystems and Indigenous communities along its course.
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C.
Chilcotin River
The Chilcotin River is a significant river in British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Chilcotin Plateau and supporting diverse ecosystems and Indigenous communities before joining the Fraser River.
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D.
Slocan River
The Slocan River is a scenic river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Slocan Valley and supporting outdoor recreation such as kayaking, fishing, and camping.
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E.
Nechako River
The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
- 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: Squamish River Target entity description: The Squamish River is a glacially fed river in southwestern British Columbia that flows through the Coast Mountains into Howe Sound near the town of Squamish.
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A.
Lillooet River
The Lillooet River is a major river in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, flowing through mountainous terrain and valleys before ultimately draining into Harrison Lake.
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B.
Bella Coola River
The Bella Coola River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, flowing westward through coastal mountains to the Pacific Ocean and supporting rich ecosystems and Indigenous communities along its course.
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C.
Chilcotin River
The Chilcotin River is a significant river in British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Chilcotin Plateau and supporting diverse ecosystems and Indigenous communities before joining the Fraser River.
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D.
Slocan River
The Slocan River is a scenic river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Slocan Valley and supporting outdoor recreation such as kayaking, fishing, and camping.
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E.
Nechako River
The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
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: Squamish River Description of subject: The Squamish River is a glacially fed river in southwestern British Columbia that flows through the Coast Mountains into Howe Sound near the town of Squamish.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Squamish River
subject linked to:
Highway 99
linked to: Squamish River
linked to: Squamish River