Kaidu River
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The Kaidu River is a significant river in Xinjiang, China, that flows through the Bayinbulak Grassland and feeds Bosten Lake, supporting agriculture and settlements such as the city of Korla.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaidu River canonical | 1 |
| Keriya River | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5846767 — 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: Kaidu River Context triple: [Korla, locatedOn, Kaidu River]
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A.
Bohtan River
The Bohtan River is a significant watercourse in southeastern Turkey that flows through rugged, mountainous terrain before joining the Tigris River.
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B.
Lyari River
The Lyari River is a small, heavily polluted seasonal river flowing through Karachi, Pakistan, that has become a major urban drainage channel.
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C.
Nyukzha River
The Nyukzha River is a significant tributary waterway in eastern Siberia, Russia, contributing to the Olyokma River system within the Lena basin.
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D.
Amgun River
The Amgun River is a significant river in Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai that drains the eastern slopes of the Sikhote-Alin and Bureya ranges before joining the Amur.
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E.
Kuitun River
The Kuitun River is a river in Xinjiang, China, that serves as one of the main tributaries feeding Ebinur Lake in the region’s arid northwest.
- 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: Kaidu River Target entity description: The Kaidu River is a significant river in Xinjiang, China, that flows through the Bayinbulak Grassland and feeds Bosten Lake, supporting agriculture and settlements such as the city of Korla.
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A.
Bohtan River
The Bohtan River is a significant watercourse in southeastern Turkey that flows through rugged, mountainous terrain before joining the Tigris River.
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B.
Lyari River
The Lyari River is a small, heavily polluted seasonal river flowing through Karachi, Pakistan, that has become a major urban drainage channel.
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C.
Nyukzha River
The Nyukzha River is a significant tributary waterway in eastern Siberia, Russia, contributing to the Olyokma River system within the Lena basin.
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D.
Amgun River
The Amgun River is a significant river in Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai that drains the eastern slopes of the Sikhote-Alin and Bureya ranges before joining the Amur.
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E.
Kuitun River
The Kuitun River is a river in Xinjiang, China, that serves as one of the main tributaries feeding Ebinur Lake in the region’s arid northwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
city of Korla
ⓘ
linked to:
Korla
|
| basinCountry | China ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Bosten Lake basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Bosten Lake
|
| feeds | irrigation systems near Korla ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward then eastward ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Bosten Lake ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Bayinbulak Grassland ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance | supports oasis agriculture near Korla ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemRole |
supports Bayinbulak wetland ecosystem
ⓘ
supports grassland pastures ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalImportance | maintains water level of Bosten Lake ⓘ |
| hasNameInChinese | 开都河 ⓘ |
| influences | local agriculture around Bosten Lake ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Bosten Lake ⓘ |
| near | Korla ⓘ |
| partOf | Tarim Basin hydrological system ⓘ |
| region |
Central Xinjiang
ⓘ
linked to:
Xinjiang
|
| sourceRegion |
Tianshan Mountains
ⓘ
linked to:
Tian Shan mountain system
|
| supports |
agriculture in Xinjiang
ⓘ
settlements along its banks ⓘ |
| usedFor |
irrigation
ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ local fisheries in Bosten Lake ⓘ |
| waterSourceType |
glacial meltwater
ⓘ
mountain snowmelt ⓘ |
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: Kaidu River Description of subject: The Kaidu River is a significant river in Xinjiang, China, that flows through the Bayinbulak Grassland and feeds Bosten Lake, supporting agriculture and settlements such as the city of Korla.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.