Big Quilcene River
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The Big Quilcene River is a river on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula that drains the eastern slopes of the Olympic Mountains into Hood Canal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Quilcene River canonical | 3 |
| Little Quilcene River | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5470215 — 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: Big Quilcene River Context triple: [Hood Canal, hasInflow, Big Quilcene River]
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A.
Hoquiam River
The Hoquiam River is a short coastal river in western Washington State that flows through forested terrain before emptying into Grays Harbor near the city of Hoquiam.
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B.
Skokomish River
The Skokomish River is a river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through Mason County into Hood Canal, known for its salmon runs and frequent flooding.
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C.
Quinault River
The Quinault River is a glacially fed river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through temperate rainforest to the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Newaukum River
The Newaukum River is a tributary of the Chehalis River in southwestern Washington State, known for its salmon and steelhead runs and its role in the local watershed and floodplain of Lewis County.
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E.
Queets River
The Queets River is a remote, glacially fed river in Washington State that flows through old-growth rainforest in Olympic National Park before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Big Quilcene River Target entity description: The Big Quilcene River is a river on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula that drains the eastern slopes of the Olympic Mountains into Hood Canal.
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A.
Hoquiam River
The Hoquiam River is a short coastal river in western Washington State that flows through forested terrain before emptying into Grays Harbor near the city of Hoquiam.
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B.
Skokomish River
The Skokomish River is a river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through Mason County into Hood Canal, known for its salmon runs and frequent flooding.
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C.
Quinault River
The Quinault River is a glacially fed river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through temperate rainforest to the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Newaukum River
The Newaukum River is a tributary of the Chehalis River in southwestern Washington State, known for its salmon and steelhead runs and its role in the local watershed and floodplain of Lewis County.
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E.
Queets River
The Queets River is a remote, glacially fed river in Washington State that flows through old-growth rainforest in Olympic National Park before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossedBy |
Penny Creek Road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 101 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drains | eastern slopes of the Olympic Mountains ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Hood Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFishSpecies |
salmon
ⓘ
steelhead ⓘ trout ⓘ |
| hasMouthNear | Quilcene, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Marmot Pass area streams
ⓘ
Tunnel Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Olympic Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Jefferson County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnEasternSlopeOf | Olympic Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn |
Hood Canal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Puget Sound watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyProtectedArea |
Buckhorn Wilderness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympic National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hood Canal watershed
ⓘ
Puget Sound basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedIn |
Olympic Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympic National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateHydrologicUnit | Washington water resource inventory area 17 (Quilcene-Snow) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
hiking access ⓘ 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
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Input
Subject: Big Quilcene River Description of subject: The Big Quilcene River is a river on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula that drains the eastern slopes of the Olympic Mountains into Hood Canal.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Little Quilcene River