San Rafael River
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The San Rafael River is a tributary of the Green River in central Utah, known for carving deep canyons through the San Rafael Swell and surrounding desert landscapes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Rafael River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6493214 — 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: San Rafael River Context triple: [San Rafael Swell, drainage, San Rafael River]
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A.
San Francisco River
The San Francisco River is a major river in the southwestern United States that flows through eastern Arizona and western New Mexico, known for its rugged canyon landscapes and ecological significance in the region.
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B.
Tuolumne River
The Tuolumne River is a major Sierra Nevada waterway in California known for its scenic alpine meadows, deep granite canyons, and popular whitewater rafting and fishing opportunities.
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C.
Carson River
The Carson River is a significant river in the western United States that flows through eastern California and western Nevada, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, agriculture, and water supply.
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D.
Big Sur River
The Big Sur River is a scenic coastal river in central California that flows through the rugged Big Sur region to the Pacific Ocean.
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E.
San Miguel River
The San Miguel River is a scenic tributary of the Dolores River in southwestern Colorado, known for flowing through rugged canyons and past the mountain town of Telluride.
- 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: San Rafael River Target entity description: The San Rafael River is a tributary of the Green River in central Utah, known for carving deep canyons through the San Rafael Swell and surrounding desert landscapes.
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A.
San Francisco River
The San Francisco River is a major river in the southwestern United States that flows through eastern Arizona and western New Mexico, known for its rugged canyon landscapes and ecological significance in the region.
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B.
Tuolumne River
The Tuolumne River is a major Sierra Nevada waterway in California known for its scenic alpine meadows, deep granite canyons, and popular whitewater rafting and fishing opportunities.
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C.
Carson River
The Carson River is a significant river in the western United States that flows through eastern California and western Nevada, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, agriculture, and water supply.
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D.
Big Sur River
The Big Sur River is a scenic coastal river in central California that flows through the rugged Big Sur region to the Pacific Ocean.
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E.
San Miguel River
The San Miguel River is a scenic tributary of the Dolores River in southwestern Colorado, known for flowing through rugged canyons and past the mountain town of Telluride.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| 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 |
Interstate 70 in Utah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Rafael Reef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | San Rafael Swell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environment | desert riparian corridor ⓘ |
| flowsGenerally |
eastward
ⓘ
southeastward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Carbon County, Utah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emery County, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ San Rafael Swell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geology |
erosional landforms
ⓘ
sandstone canyons ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Interstate 70 bridge over San Rafael River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem | riparian habitat in desert environment ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Black Box canyons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Little Grand Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Black Box NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Black Box NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
canyoneering
ⓘ
deep canyons ⓘ desert landscapes ⓘ hiking ⓘ rafting ⓘ recreation ⓘ slot canyons ⓘ |
| length | approximately 90 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Utah
ⓘ
central Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthElevation | about 4000 feet ⓘ |
| mouthLocation |
Green River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Green River, Utah ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colorado River watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Green River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedAreaNearby | San Rafael Reef Wilderness Study Areas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recreationArea | San Rafael Swell backcountry ⓘ |
| region | Colorado Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Colorado River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocation |
Emery County, Utah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wasatch Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Utah ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Green River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
camping
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ |
| watercourseThrough | semi-arid desert ⓘ |
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: San Rafael River Description of subject: The San Rafael River is a tributary of the Green River in central Utah, known for carving deep canyons through the San Rafael Swell and surrounding desert landscapes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.