Vermilion River (Illinois)
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Vermilion River (Illinois) is a tributary of the Wabash River in east-central Illinois that flows through communities such as Danville and drains a largely agricultural region.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vermilion River (Illinois) canonical | 4 |
| North Fork Vermilion River (Illinois) | 1 |
| South Fork Vermilion River | 1 |
| South Fork Vermilion River (Illinois) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6817574 — 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: Vermilion River (Illinois) Context triple: [Danville, Illinois, locatedOnRiver, Vermilion River (Illinois)]
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A.
North Loup River
The North Loup River is a tributary of the Loup River in central Nebraska, known for its scenic Sandhills landscapes and recreational opportunities such as canoeing and fishing.
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B.
Rock River
Rock River is a tributary of the Big Sioux River flowing through parts of Iowa and South Dakota in the United States.
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C.
Rock River
Rock River is a major waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through Wisconsin and Illinois before joining the Mississippi River.
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D.
Iller River
The Iller River is a tributary of the Danube in southern Germany, flowing through the Allgäu region and forming part of the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
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E.
Pound River
The Pound River is a tributary stream in New York State that feeds into the Croton River within the Croton River watershed.
- 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: Vermilion River (Illinois) Target entity description: Vermilion River (Illinois) is a tributary of the Wabash River in east-central Illinois that flows through communities such as Danville and drains a largely agricultural region.
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A.
North Loup River
The North Loup River is a tributary of the Loup River in central Nebraska, known for its scenic Sandhills landscapes and recreational opportunities such as canoeing and fishing.
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B.
Rock River
Rock River is a tributary of the Big Sioux River flowing through parts of Iowa and South Dakota in the United States.
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C.
Rock River
Rock River is a major waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through Wisconsin and Illinois before joining the Mississippi River.
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D.
Iller River
The Iller River is a tributary of the Danube in southern Germany, flowing through the Allgäu region and forming part of the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
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E.
Pound River
The Pound River is a tributary stream in New York State that feeds into the Croton River within the Croton River watershed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| drainageBasinLandUse | largely agricultural region ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Danville, Illinois ⓘ |
| flowsThroughRegion | agricultural landscape ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalRole | regional drainage ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement | Danville, Illinois ⓘ |
| hasUse | drainage for agricultural land ⓘ |
| hasWatershedUse |
agriculture
ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Vermilion County, Illinois ⓘ east-central Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
eastern Illinois
|
| mouthRiver | Wabash River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | vermilion-colored earth or clay ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mississippi River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi River basin
Ohio River basin ⓘ Wabash River watershed ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Wabash River ⓘ |
| watercourseType | inland river ⓘ |
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: Vermilion River (Illinois) Description of subject: Vermilion River (Illinois) is a tributary of the Wabash River in east-central Illinois that flows through communities such as Danville and drains a largely agricultural region.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Cullom, Illinois, United States
linked to: Vermilion River (Illinois)
subject linked to:
Streator, Illinois, United States of America
Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
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hasRightTributary
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North Fork Vermilion River (Illinois)
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linked to: Vermilion River (Illinois)
Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
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hasLeftTributary
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South Fork Vermilion River (Illinois)
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linked to: Vermilion River (Illinois)