Uncompahgre River
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The Uncompahgre River is a tributary of the Gunnison River in western Colorado, flowing through the San Juan Mountains and the city of Montrose before joining the Gunnison near Delta.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uncompahgre River canonical | 5 |
| Uncompahgre Gorge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6979690 — 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: Uncompahgre River Context triple: [Montrose, Colorado, hasNearbyRiver, Uncompahgre River]
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A.
Gunnison River
The Gunnison River is a major tributary of the Colorado River in western Colorado, known for carving the dramatic Black Canyon and supporting recreation, irrigation, and hydropower in the region.
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B.
Animas River
The Animas River is a major river in the southwestern United States that flows through Colorado and New Mexico, known for its scenic mountain landscapes, recreational rafting and fishing, and historical ties to mining.
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C.
Alamosa River
The Alamosa River is a waterway in southern Colorado that flows through the San Luis Valley, supporting local agriculture and wildlife habitats.
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D.
Roaring Fork River
The Roaring Fork River is a major tributary of the Colorado River in western Colorado, known for its fast-flowing waters, whitewater recreation, and importance to regional water management and ecology.
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E.
Fryingpan River
The Fryingpan River is a renowned trout-fishing river in central Colorado that flows west from the Sawatch Range to join the Roaring Fork River near Basalt.
- 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: Uncompahgre River Target entity description: The Uncompahgre River is a tributary of the Gunnison River in western Colorado, flowing through the San Juan Mountains and the city of Montrose before joining the Gunnison near Delta.
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A.
Gunnison River
The Gunnison River is a major tributary of the Colorado River in western Colorado, known for carving the dramatic Black Canyon and supporting recreation, irrigation, and hydropower in the region.
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B.
Animas River
The Animas River is a major river in the southwestern United States that flows through Colorado and New Mexico, known for its scenic mountain landscapes, recreational rafting and fishing, and historical ties to mining.
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C.
Alamosa River
The Alamosa River is a waterway in southern Colorado that flows through the San Luis Valley, supporting local agriculture and wildlife habitats.
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D.
Roaring Fork River
The Roaring Fork River is a major tributary of the Colorado River in western Colorado, known for its fast-flowing waters, whitewater recreation, and importance to regional water management and ecology.
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E.
Fryingpan River
The Fryingpan River is a renowned trout-fishing river in central Colorado that flows west from the Sawatch Range to join the Roaring Fork River near Basalt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| 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
|
| crosses | Ridgway Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Gunnison River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from a Ute word often interpreted as "red water spring" or "dirty water" ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Gunnison River near Delta, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Delta County, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montrose County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Ouray County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ San Juan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ city of Montrose NERFINISHED ⓘ city of Ouray ⓘ city of Ridgway ⓘ |
| hasCityOnBank |
Montrose, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ouray, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Ridgway, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure | Ridgway Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationArea | Ridgway State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Cimarron River (Colorado)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cow Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Dallas Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
western Colorado ⓘ |
| mouth | confluence with Gunnison River ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | near Delta, Colorado ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Ute language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colorado River watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunnison River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
San Juan Mountains region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uncompahgre Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | San Juan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Gunnison River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ rafting ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| waterSourceFor | Uncompahgre Valley 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: Uncompahgre River Description of subject: The Uncompahgre River is a tributary of the Gunnison River in western Colorado, flowing through the San Juan Mountains and the city of Montrose before joining the Gunnison near Delta.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Montrose, Colorado
this entity surface form:
Uncompahgre Gorge