River Corrib
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The River Corrib is a short but powerful river in western Ireland, renowned for flowing through Lough Corrib and the city of Galway before reaching Galway Bay.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| River Corrib canonical | 8 |
| River Corrib estuary | 2 |
| Galway River | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7690599 — 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: River Corrib Context triple: [County Mayo, containsRiver, River Corrib]
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A.
River Quoile
The River Quoile is a tidal river in County Down, Northern Ireland, known for flowing past Downpatrick and through the Quoile Pondage Nature Reserve before entering Strangford Lough.
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B.
River Shannon
The River Shannon is the longest river in Ireland, flowing southward through the country and playing a central role in its geography, history, and transport.
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C.
River Erne
The River Erne is a major river in Ireland and Northern Ireland, known for flowing through Lough Erne and the town of Enniskillen before reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Donegal Bay.
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D.
River Deel
The River Deel is a tributary river in western Ireland that flows through County Limerick before joining the River Shannon near the Shannon Estuary.
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E.
River Deel
River Deel is a river in Ireland known as a tributary of the River Boyne, flowing through County Westmeath and County Meath.
- 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: River Corrib Target entity description: The River Corrib is a short but powerful river in western Ireland, renowned for flowing through Lough Corrib and the city of Galway before reaching Galway Bay.
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A.
River Quoile
The River Quoile is a tidal river in County Down, Northern Ireland, known for flowing past Downpatrick and through the Quoile Pondage Nature Reserve before entering Strangford Lough.
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B.
River Shannon
The River Shannon is the longest river in Ireland, flowing southward through the country and playing a central role in its geography, history, and transport.
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C.
River Erne
The River Erne is a major river in Ireland and Northern Ireland, known for flowing through Lough Erne and the town of Enniskillen before reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Donegal Bay.
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D.
River Deel
The River Deel is a tributary river in western Ireland that flows through County Limerick before joining the River Shannon near the Shannon Estuary.
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E.
River Deel
River Deel is a river in Ireland known as a tributary of the River Boyne, flowing through County Westmeath and County Meath.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Ireland ⓘ |
| cityOnRiver | Galway ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Eglinton Canal navigation system
ⓘ
linked to:
Eglinton Canal
|
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| crosses |
Galway city centre
ⓘ
linked to:
Galway
|
| dischargesInto | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Lough Corrib catchment ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally south ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Galway
ⓘ
Lough Corrib ⓘ |
| hasAverageDischargeRankInIreland | among highest ⓘ |
| hasBridge |
O’Brien’s Bridge
ⓘ
Quay Street pedestrian bridge ⓘ Salmon Weir Bridge ⓘ Wolfe Tone Bridge ⓘ |
| hasNameInIrish | Abhainn na Gaillimhe ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Gaillimh River
ⓘ
Galway River ⓘ
linked to:
River Corrib
|
| hasNotableFeature |
islands and channels in Galway city
ⓘ
rapids in city section ⓘ weir near Galway Cathedral ⓘ |
| hasPart | Eglinton Canal ⓘ |
| isNavigationRoute | partly, via canal and lower reaches ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high discharge relative to length
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ salmon fishing ⓘ strong current ⓘ whitewater kayaking sections ⓘ |
| length | approximately 6 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Galway
ⓘ
western Ireland ⓘ |
| mouth | Galway Bay ⓘ |
| mouthLocation |
Galway Bay at Galway city
ⓘ
linked to:
Galway Bay
|
| nearbySeaArea |
Atlantic Ocean off Galway Bay
ⓘ
linked to:
North-East Atlantic Ocean
|
| partOf |
Corrib River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Corrib catchment
|
| passesNear |
Galway Cathedral
ⓘ
National University of Ireland Galway campus ⓘ
linked to:
University of Galway
|
| passesUnder |
O’Brien’s Bridge
ⓘ
Salmon Weir Bridge ⓘ Wolfe Tone Bridge ⓘ |
| region | Connacht ⓘ |
| source | Lough Corrib ⓘ |
| supports |
Atlantic salmon population
ⓘ
trout population ⓘ |
| usedFor |
angling
ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: River Corrib Description of subject: The River Corrib is a short but powerful river in western Ireland, renowned for flowing through Lough Corrib and the city of Galway before reaching Galway Bay.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: River Corrib
subject linked to:
Galway, County Galway, Ireland
linked to: River Corrib
linked to: River Corrib
subject linked to:
Latin Quarter