Mahananda River
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The Mahananda River is a trans-boundary river flowing through India and Bangladesh, known for passing by the city of Siliguri and ultimately joining the Ganges.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahananda River canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6541319 — 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: Mahananda River Context triple: [Siliguri, locatedOnRiver, Mahananda River]
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A.
Ramu River
The Ramu River is one of the largest and most significant rivers in Papua New Guinea, flowing through the northern lowlands of the island of New Guinea.
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B.
Hathmati River
The Hathmati River is a tributary river in the Indian state of Gujarat that feeds into the larger Sabarmati River system.
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C.
Andhari River
The Andhari River is a watercourse in Maharashtra, India, that flows through and lends its name to the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, supporting its rich forest and wildlife ecosystems.
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D.
Lendi River
The Lendi River is a minor river in southern India that flows through Maharashtra and Telangana before joining the Manjira River.
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E.
Banas River
The Banas River is a significant river in northwestern India that flows through Rajasthan as a major tributary of the Chambal River.
- 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: Mahananda River Target entity description: The Mahananda River is a trans-boundary river flowing through India and Bangladesh, known for passing by the city of Siliguri and ultimately joining the Ganges.
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A.
Ramu River
The Ramu River is one of the largest and most significant rivers in Papua New Guinea, flowing through the northern lowlands of the island of New Guinea.
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B.
Hathmati River
The Hathmati River is a tributary river in the Indian state of Gujarat that feeds into the larger Sabarmati River system.
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C.
Andhari River
The Andhari River is a watercourse in Maharashtra, India, that flows through and lends its name to the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, supporting its rich forest and wildlife ecosystems.
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D.
Lendi River
The Lendi River is a minor river in southern India that flows through Maharashtra and Telangana before joining the Manjira River.
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E.
Banas River
The Banas River is a significant river in northwestern India that flows through Rajasthan as a major tributary of the Chambal River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| borderFunction | forms part of the boundary between India and Bangladesh ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
India ⓘ |
| crossesBorder | India–Bangladesh border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dischargeInto | Ganges near Godagari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally southward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Bihar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chapai Nawabganj District NERFINISHED ⓘ Darjeeling district NERFINISHED ⓘ Malda district NERFINISHED ⓘ Panchagarh District NERFINISHED ⓘ Siliguri NERFINISHED ⓘ Thakurgaon District NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttar Dinajpur district NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Mahananda Barrage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Balason River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mechi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Punarbhaba River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tangon River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a trans-boundary river
ⓘ
passing by Siliguri ⓘ |
| languageUsedInToponym |
Bengali
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ North Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation |
near Chapai Nawabganj
ⓘ
near Godagari ⓘ |
| mouthOfWatercourse | Ganges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ganges Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear | Siliguri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Bengal region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bihar region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Ganges river system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocation |
Darjeeling hills
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Ganges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
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: Mahananda River Description of subject: The Mahananda River is a trans-boundary river flowing through India and Bangladesh, known for passing by the city of Siliguri and ultimately joining the Ganges.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
North Bihar
subject surface form:
North Bengal (India)