Yoho River
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The Yoho River is a glacially fed mountain river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, flowing through the rugged landscapes and waterfalls of Yoho National Park before joining the Kicking Horse River.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yoho River canonical | 3 |
| Yoho River headwaters | 1 |
| Yoho River valley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5153966 — 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: Yoho River Context triple: [Yoho National Park, hasRiver, Yoho River]
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A.
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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B.
Waterton River
Waterton River is a mountain-fed river in southwestern Alberta, Canada, flowing from the Rocky Mountains through Waterton Lakes and into the prairies.
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C.
Coppermine River
The Coppermine River is a major river in northern Canada that flows through the Northwest Territories and Nunavut to the Arctic Ocean, historically significant as a route explored during early European expeditions into the Arctic.
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D.
Kootenay River
The Kootenay River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
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E.
Beatton River
Beatton River is a tributary waterway in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, that flows through boreal forest and agricultural regions before joining the Peace River.
- 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: Yoho River Target entity description: The Yoho River is a glacially fed mountain river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, flowing through the rugged landscapes and waterfalls of Yoho National Park before joining the Kicking Horse River.
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A.
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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B.
Waterton River
Waterton River is a mountain-fed river in southwestern Alberta, Canada, flowing from the Rocky Mountains through Waterton Lakes and into the prairies.
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C.
Coppermine River
The Coppermine River is a major river in northern Canada that flows through the Northwest Territories and Nunavut to the Arctic Ocean, historically significant as a route explored during early European expeditions into the Arctic.
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D.
Kootenay River
The Kootenay River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
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E.
Beatton River
Beatton River is a tributary waterway in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, that flows through boreal forest and agricultural regions before joining the Peace River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| drainageBasinCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Yoho National Park ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
rapids
ⓘ
steep gradient ⓘ waterfalls ⓘ |
| hasNameOriginLanguage | Cree ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
southeastern British Columbia ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange |
Canadian Rockies
ⓘ
linked to:
Rocky Mountains
|
| locatedInNationalParkSystem | Parks Canada ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Yoho National Park ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| mouthCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Kicking Horse River ⓘ Yoho National Park ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “awe” or “wonder” in Cree (via Yoho National Park) ⓘ |
| partOfWatershed |
Columbia River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia River Basin
|
| region | Columbia-Shuswap Regional District ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Kicking Horse River ⓘ |
| watercourseType | mountain river ⓘ |
| waterSource |
glacial meltwater
ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ |
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: Yoho River Description of subject: The Yoho River is a glacially fed mountain river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, flowing through the rugged landscapes and waterfalls of Yoho National Park before joining the Kicking Horse River.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Yoho National Park (partly considered within Columbia and Rocky transition)
linked to: Yoho River
linked to: Yoho River