Crocodile River (Marico)
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Crocodile River (Marico) is a river in South Africa that forms part of the upper Limpopo River basin and is known for flowing through the North West and Limpopo provinces.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4591023 — 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: Crocodile River (Marico) Context triple: [Marico River, hasRightTributary, Crocodile River (Marico)]
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A.
Lek River
The Lek River is a major distributary branch of the Rhine in the Netherlands, playing an important role in the country’s inland waterway network and flood management system.
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B.
Great Kwa River
The Great Kwa River is a significant waterway in southeastern Nigeria known for its rich biodiversity and role in supporting local communities and ecosystems.
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C.
Kwando River
The Kwando River is a major watercourse in southern Africa that flows through Angola, Namibia, and Botswana, supporting rich wetlands and wildlife in the Zambezi basin.
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D.
Lunga River
Lunga River is a river in the Solomon Islands on Guadalcanal, known for its strategic significance during World War II, particularly in the Guadalcanal campaign.
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E.
Lunga River
The Lunga River is a significant river in Zambia that flows through the country's northwestern region, supporting local ecosystems and communities along its course.
- 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: Crocodile River (Marico) Target entity description: Crocodile River (Marico) is a river in South Africa that forms part of the upper Limpopo River basin and is known for flowing through the North West and Limpopo provinces.
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A.
Lek River
The Lek River is a major distributary branch of the Rhine in the Netherlands, playing an important role in the country’s inland waterway network and flood management system.
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B.
Great Kwa River
The Great Kwa River is a significant waterway in southeastern Nigeria known for its rich biodiversity and role in supporting local communities and ecosystems.
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C.
Kwando River
The Kwando River is a major watercourse in southern Africa that flows through Angola, Namibia, and Botswana, supporting rich wetlands and wildlife in the Zambezi basin.
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D.
Lunga River
Lunga River is a river in the Solomon Islands on Guadalcanal, known for its strategic significance during World War II, particularly in the Guadalcanal campaign.
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E.
Lunga River
The Lunga River is a significant river in Zambia that flows through the country's northwestern region, supporting local ecosystems and communities along its course.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Marico Crocodile River
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linked to:
Crocodile River (Marico)
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| basinCountry | South Africa ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Limpopo River drainage basin ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Limpopo province
ⓘ
linked to:
Limpopo Province
North West province ⓘ
linked to:
North West Province
|
| hasMouthIn | Limpopo River ⓘ |
| hydrologicalSystem | Limpopo River system ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Limpopo province
ⓘ
linked to:
Limpopo Province
North West province ⓘ
linked to:
North West Province
Republic of South Africa ⓘ
linked to:
South Africa
southern Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Africa
|
| partOf |
Limpopo River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Limpopo River
upper Limpopo River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Mogalakwena River basin
|
| region |
Limpopo
ⓘ
North West ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Limpopo River ⓘ |
| watercourseType | perennial 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: Crocodile River (Marico) Description of subject: Crocodile River (Marico) is a river in South Africa that forms part of the upper Limpopo River basin and is known for flowing through the North West and Limpopo provinces.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Crocodile River (Marico)
Crocodile (West) and Marico Water Management Area
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Crocodile River (Limpopo)
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