Merrymeeting River
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The Merrymeeting River is a tributary in central New Hampshire that drains Merrymeeting Lake and flows into Lake Winnipesaukee, contributing to the region’s interconnected lake and river system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merrymeeting River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4990101 — 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: Merrymeeting River Context triple: [Lake Winnipesaukee, inflow, Merrymeeting River]
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A.
Providence River
The Providence River is a tidal estuary in Rhode Island that flows through downtown Providence and into Narragansett Bay, playing a key role in the city's maritime and commercial history.
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B.
Kennebec River
The Kennebec River is a major river in central Maine known for its historical role in logging and shipping and its popular whitewater rafting and recreational opportunities.
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C.
Kennebunk River
The Kennebunk River is a small coastal river in southern Maine that flows into the Atlantic Ocean and helps define the waterfront and harbor area of Kennebunkport.
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D.
Sebasticook River
The Sebasticook River is a major tributary of the Kennebec River in central Maine, known for its role in regional wildlife habitat and historic mill and dam sites.
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E.
Oyster River
The Oyster River is a small coastal river in southeastern New Hampshire, known for flowing through the town of Durham and into Great Bay as part of the Piscataqua 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: Merrymeeting River Target entity description: The Merrymeeting River is a tributary in central New Hampshire that drains Merrymeeting Lake and flows into Lake Winnipesaukee, contributing to the region’s interconnected lake and river system.
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A.
Providence River
The Providence River is a tidal estuary in Rhode Island that flows through downtown Providence and into Narragansett Bay, playing a key role in the city's maritime and commercial history.
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B.
Kennebec River
The Kennebec River is a major river in central Maine known for its historical role in logging and shipping and its popular whitewater rafting and recreational opportunities.
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C.
Kennebunk River
The Kennebunk River is a small coastal river in southern Maine that flows into the Atlantic Ocean and helps define the waterfront and harbor area of Kennebunkport.
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D.
Sebasticook River
The Sebasticook River is a major tributary of the Kennebec River in central Maine, known for its role in regional wildlife habitat and historic mill and dam sites.
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E.
Oyster River
The Oyster River is a small coastal river in southeastern New Hampshire, known for flowing through the town of Durham and into Great Bay as part of the Piscataqua River watershed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| connects |
Lake Winnipesaukee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Merrymeeting Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesTo | Lake Winnipesaukee watershed ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossedBy |
New Hampshire Route 11
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Hampshire Route 28 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drains | Merrymeeting Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection |
generally north
ⓘ
generally northwest ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Lake Winnipesaukee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Alton, New Hampshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Durham, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
marinas near Alton Bay
ⓘ
wetlands along lower reaches ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Big River (New Hampshire)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cocheco River headwaters (via wetlands and channels near New Durham) ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 10 miles
ⓘ
approximately 16 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Belknap County, New Hampshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strafford County, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ central New Hampshire ⓘ |
| mouthElevation |
154 meters
ⓘ
504 feet ⓘ |
| mouthLocation |
Alton Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alton, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthOfWaterBody | Lake Winnipesaukee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Merrimack River watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
interconnected lake and river system of central New Hampshire ⓘ |
| region | Lakes Region of New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| source | Merrymeeting Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | New Durham, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New Hampshire ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| waterSystem | Lake Winnipesaukee and Merrimack River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Merrymeeting River Description of subject: The Merrymeeting River is a tributary in central New Hampshire that drains Merrymeeting Lake and flows into Lake Winnipesaukee, contributing to the region’s interconnected lake and river system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.