Embarras River
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The Embarras River is a tributary waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through Illinois before joining the Wabash River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Embarras River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6026763 — 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: Embarras River Context triple: [Wabash River, hasTributary, Embarras River]
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A.
Porce River
The Porce River is a significant waterway in northwestern Colombia that flows through the Antioquia Department and contributes to the region’s hydroelectric power generation and water resources.
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B.
Palmiet River
The Palmiet River is a scenic watercourse in South Africa’s Western Cape, known for flowing through the biodiverse Kogelberg region and supporting unique fynbos ecosystems.
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C.
Diep River
Diep River is a river in the Western Cape of South Africa that flows through the Cape Town area, including the suburb of Milnerton, before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Arly River
The Arly River is a mountain river in southeastern France that flows through the Savoie region before joining the Isère.
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E.
Cayster River
The Cayster River is an ancient river in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) historically significant for flowing near the classical city of Ephesus and into the Aegean Sea.
- 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: Embarras River Target entity description: The Embarras River is a tributary waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through Illinois before joining the Wabash River.
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A.
Porce River
The Porce River is a significant waterway in northwestern Colombia that flows through the Antioquia Department and contributes to the region’s hydroelectric power generation and water resources.
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B.
Palmiet River
The Palmiet River is a scenic watercourse in South Africa’s Western Cape, known for flowing through the biodiverse Kogelberg region and supporting unique fynbos ecosystems.
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C.
Diep River
Diep River is a river in the Western Cape of South Africa that flows through the Cape Town area, including the suburb of Milnerton, before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Arly River
The Arly River is a mountain river in southeastern France that flows through the Savoie region before joining the Isère.
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E.
Cayster River
The Cayster River is an ancient river in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) historically significant for flowing near the classical city of Ephesus and into the Aegean Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| flowsNear |
Charleston, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greenup, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrenceville, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Coles County, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crawford County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Cumberland County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Edgar County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Jasper County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Richland County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorTributary |
Little Embarras River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Fork Embarras River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | obstruction or difficulty in French ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | French language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| mouthCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Wabash River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthState | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mississippi River watershed
ⓘ
Wabash River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Mississippi River system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ohio River system ⓘ Wabash River system ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| tributaryOf |
Ohio River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wabash River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ 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: Embarras River Description of subject: The Embarras River is a tributary waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through Illinois before joining the Wabash River.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Charleston, Illinois