New River
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The New River is an artificial waterway in London originally constructed in the early 17th century to supply the city with fresh drinking water from Hertfordshire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New River canonical | 6 |
| New River (artificial waterway) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6375740 — 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: New River Context triple: [London Borough of Hackney, hasWaterway, New River]
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A.
New River
The New River is one of North America’s oldest rivers, renowned for its deep gorge, whitewater rapids, and scenic landscapes as it flows through the Appalachian region.
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B.
New River
The New River is a highly polluted waterway flowing from Mexico into Southern California, ultimately draining into the Salton Sea.
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C.
New River
New River is a major waterway in northern Belize that flows through wetlands and supports transportation, wildlife, and nearby communities such as Orange Walk Town.
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D.
New River
The New River is a coastal river in southeastern North Carolina that flows through Jacksonville before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Waterhen River
Waterhen River is a river in Manitoba, Canada, that drains nearby lakes and wetlands and serves as a major tributary flowing into Lake Manitoba.
- 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: New River Target entity description: The New River is an artificial waterway in London originally constructed in the early 17th century to supply the city with fresh drinking water from Hertfordshire.
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A.
New River
The New River is one of North America’s oldest rivers, renowned for its deep gorge, whitewater rapids, and scenic landscapes as it flows through the Appalachian region.
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B.
New River
The New River is a highly polluted waterway flowing from Mexico into Southern California, ultimately draining into the Salton Sea.
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C.
New River
New River is a major waterway in northern Belize that flows through wetlands and supports transportation, wildlife, and nearby communities such as Orange Walk Town.
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D.
New River
The New River is a coastal river in southeastern North Carolina that flows through Jacksonville before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Waterhen River
Waterhen River is a river in Manitoba, Canada, that drains nearby lakes and wetlands and serves as a major tributary flowing into Lake Manitoba.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aqueduct
ⓘ
artificial waterway ⓘ |
| architect | Hugh Myddelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | City of London Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionMethod |
partly open channel
ⓘ
partly underground conduit ⓘ |
| constructionStart | early 17th century ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| developer | Hugh Myddelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endPoint | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCurrentFunction | component of London water supply network ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalOwner | New River Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | early modern urban water supply ⓘ |
| hasPart | New River Head NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalFeature | waymarked footpath along its course ⓘ |
| hasRoute | New River Path NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse | recreational walking route ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic water supply system ⓘ |
| inception | 1613 ⓘ |
| influenced | development of London’s water infrastructure ⓘ |
| length | approximately 40 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hertfordshire
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Islington NERFINISHED ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Greater London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hertfordshire County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Thames Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mapFeature | canal-like channel ⓘ |
| opened | 1613 ⓘ |
| originallySupplied | City of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Thames Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Broxbourne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Enfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Hornsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Islington NERFINISHED ⓘ Stoke Newington NERFINISHED ⓘ Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | drinking water supply ⓘ |
| startPoint | Hertfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminus | New River Head NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportOf | potable water ⓘ |
| use | public water supply ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Hertfordshire springs
ⓘ
River Lea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: New River Description of subject: The New River is an artificial waterway in London originally constructed in the early 17th century to supply the city with fresh drinking water from Hertfordshire.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New River (artificial waterway)