River Yeo (Barnstaple)
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River Yeo (Barnstaple) is a small river in North Devon, England, that flows through Barnstaple before joining the River Taw near the town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| River Yeo (Barnstaple) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8760435 — 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 Yeo (Barnstaple) Context triple: [River Taw, hasTributary, River Yeo (Barnstaple)]
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A.
River Whye
River Whye is a fictional river in Stephen King’s Dark Tower universe, flowing through the central realm known as Mid-World.
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B.
River Deben
River Deben is a scenic tidal river in Suffolk, England, known for its wildlife-rich estuary, sailing, and historic riverside towns such as Woodbridge.
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C.
River Truro
River Truro is a small tidal river in Cornwall, England, that flows through the city of Truro and forms part of its historic harbour and estuarine landscape.
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D.
River Wensum
River Wensum is a chalk river in Norfolk, England, known for its rich biodiversity and designation as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation.
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E.
River Exe
The River Exe is a major river in Devon, England, flowing from Exmoor to the English Channel at Exmouth and shaping the landscapes and settlements along its estuary.
- 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 Yeo (Barnstaple) Target entity description: River Yeo (Barnstaple) is a small river in North Devon, England, that flows through Barnstaple before joining the River Taw near the town.
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A.
River Whye
River Whye is a fictional river in Stephen King’s Dark Tower universe, flowing through the central realm known as Mid-World.
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B.
River Deben
River Deben is a scenic tidal river in Suffolk, England, known for its wildlife-rich estuary, sailing, and historic riverside towns such as Woodbridge.
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C.
River Truro
River Truro is a small tidal river in Cornwall, England, that flows through the city of Truro and forms part of its historic harbour and estuarine landscape.
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D.
River Wensum
River Wensum is a chalk river in Norfolk, England, known for its rich biodiversity and designation as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation.
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E.
River Exe
The River Exe is a major river in Devon, England, flowing from Exmoor to the English Channel at Exmouth and shaping the landscapes and settlements along its estuary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| administrativeCounty | Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Yeo (Barnstaple) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTown | Barnstaple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confluenceNear | Barnstaple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
River Yeo (North Devon, Ilfracombe)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Yeo (South Somerset) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | North Devon catchment ⓘ |
| flowsGenerallyTowards | north ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Bristol Channel via River Taw ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Barnstaple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEstuarineConnection | Taw–Torridge estuary system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFeatureType | inland river ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalRole | tributary providing freshwater to the Taw estuary ⓘ |
| hasName | River Yeo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelativeSize | small river ⓘ |
| joins | River Taw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Barnstaple parish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Devon ⓘ North Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| mouthOf | River Taw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | hydrology of North Devon ⓘ |
| region | North Devon district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem | River Taw basin ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | River Taw 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: River Yeo (Barnstaple) Description of subject: River Yeo (Barnstaple) is a small river in North Devon, England, that flows through Barnstaple before joining the River Taw near the town.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.