Clark Fork River
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The Clark Fork River is a major river in the northwestern United States that flows through Montana and Idaho, ultimately feeding into Lake Pend Oreille and contributing to the Columbia River system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clark Fork River canonical | 7 |
| Clark Fork River valley system | 1 |
| Clark Fork of the Columbia River | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5220178 — 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: Clark Fork River Context triple: [Western Montana, hasRiver, Clark Fork River]
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A.
Boise River
The Boise River is a major waterway in southwestern Idaho that flows through the city of Boise and is central to the region’s recreation, irrigation, and ecology.
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B.
Weiser River
The Weiser River is a river in western Idaho that flows through agricultural valleys and rugged canyons before joining the Snake River.
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C.
Gallatin River
The Gallatin River is a scenic, fast-flowing tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Montana, renowned for its blue-ribbon trout fishing, whitewater rafting, and picturesque canyon landscapes.
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D.
Madison River
The Madison River is a renowned trout-fishing and whitewater river in Wyoming and Montana that forms one of the three headwaters of the Missouri River.
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E.
Kootenai River
The Kootenai River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest of North America that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia 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: Clark Fork River Target entity description: The Clark Fork River is a major river in the northwestern United States that flows through Montana and Idaho, ultimately feeding into Lake Pend Oreille and contributing to the Columbia River system.
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A.
Boise River
The Boise River is a major waterway in southwestern Idaho that flows through the city of Boise and is central to the region’s recreation, irrigation, and ecology.
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B.
Weiser River
The Weiser River is a river in western Idaho that flows through agricultural valleys and rugged canyons before joining the Snake River.
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C.
Gallatin River
The Gallatin River is a scenic, fast-flowing tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Montana, renowned for its blue-ribbon trout fishing, whitewater rafting, and picturesque canyon landscapes.
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D.
Madison River
The Madison River is a renowned trout-fishing and whitewater river in Wyoming and Montana that forms one of the three headwaters of the Missouri River.
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E.
Kootenai River
The Kootenai River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest of North America that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Clark Fork
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clarks Fork of the Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinIncludes |
Butte, Montana mining district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deer Lodge Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesMountainRange | Continental Divide vicinity ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
approximately 22,000 square miles
ⓘ
approximately 57,000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| ecoregion | Northern Rockies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Lake Pend Oreille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploredBy | Lewis and Clark Expedition vicinity ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northwest ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Idaho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThroughCity |
Deer Lodge, Montana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missoula, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandpoint, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Regis, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Superior, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson Falls, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDam |
Cabinet Gorge Dam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Noxon Rapids Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson Falls Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
heavy metal contamination in upper basin
ⓘ
historic mining-related pollution ⓘ |
| hasMajorTributary |
Bitterroot River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blackfoot River NERFINISHED ⓘ Flathead River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
bald eagles
ⓘ
native trout species ⓘ osprey ⓘ |
| knownFor |
kayaking
ⓘ
trout fishing ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 310 miles
ⓘ
approximately 500 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Columbia River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Clark Fork Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kootenai National Forest region NERFINISHED ⓘ Lolo National Forest region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Inland Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocation |
Rocky Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwestern Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
Idaho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Superfund cleanup projects ⓘ |
| tributaryOf |
Columbia River system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pend Oreille River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
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: Clark Fork River Description of subject: The Clark Fork River is a major river in the northwestern United States that flows through Montana and Idaho, ultimately feeding into Lake Pend Oreille and contributing to the Columbia River system.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Western Montana
subject surface form:
Bitterroot River
subject surface form:
Clark Fork River
this entity surface form:
Clark Fork of the Columbia River
this entity surface form:
Clark Fork River valley system