Madikwe River
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The Madikwe River is a watercourse in southern Africa that forms part of the border between South Africa and Botswana and contributes to the Limpopo River basin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madikwe River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4591025 — 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: Madikwe River Context triple: [Marico River, hasTributary, Madikwe River]
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A.
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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B.
Karanja River
The Karanja River is a tributary watercourse in southern India that contributes to the Manjira River system within the larger Godavari basin.
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C.
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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D.
Unzha River
The Unzha River is a significant waterway in central Russia that flows through Kostroma and neighboring regions before joining the Volga River.
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E.
Odzi River
The Odzi River is a significant river in eastern Zimbabwe that flows through Manicaland Province and contributes to the Save River system.
- 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: Madikwe River Target entity description: The Madikwe River is a watercourse in southern Africa that forms part of the border between South Africa and Botswana and contributes to the Limpopo River basin.
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A.
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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B.
Karanja River
The Karanja River is a tributary watercourse in southern India that contributes to the Manjira River system within the larger Godavari basin.
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C.
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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D.
Unzha River
The Unzha River is a significant waterway in central Russia that flows through Kostroma and neighboring regions before joining the Volga River.
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E.
Odzi River
The Odzi River is a significant river in eastern Zimbabwe that flows through Manicaland Province and contributes to the Save River system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
Botswana
ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ |
| borderRiverBetween |
Kgatleng District, Botswana
ⓘ
North West province, South Africa ⓘ
linked to:
North West Province
|
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Botswana
ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Madikwe Game Reserve ⓘ |
| formsBorderBetween |
Botswana
ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ |
| hasBorderFunction | international boundary between South Africa and Botswana ⓘ |
| hasMouthIn | Limpopo River ⓘ |
| hydrologicalBasin |
Limpopo basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Limpopo River
|
| languageVariantName |
Madikwe
ⓘ
Marico River ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kgatleng District, Botswana
ⓘ
North West province, South Africa ⓘ
linked to:
North West Province
Southern Africa ⓘ |
| partOf |
Limpopo River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Limpopo River
|
| partOfDrainageBasin |
Limpopo River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Limpopo River
|
| region |
Bophirima region, North West, South Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Bophirima region of North West Province
|
| riverSystem |
Limpopo River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Limpopo River
|
| tributaryOf | Limpopo 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: Madikwe River Description of subject: The Madikwe River is a watercourse in southern Africa that forms part of the border between South Africa and Botswana and contributes to the Limpopo River basin.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.