Kaskaskia River
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The Kaskaskia River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River in Illinois, flowing through central and southern parts of the state and historically serving as an important transportation and settlement corridor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaskaskia River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9087474 — 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: Kaskaskia River Context triple: [Vandalia, Illinois, locatedOnWaterway, Kaskaskia River]
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A.
Maquoketa River
The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, known for its scenic bluffs, recreational opportunities, and role in draining a largely rural agricultural watershed.
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B.
Sangamon River
The Sangamon River is a central Illinois waterway that flows through several counties, including the city of Springfield, before joining the Illinois River.
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C.
Iller River
The Iller River is a tributary of the Danube in southern Germany, flowing through the Allgäu region and forming part of the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
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D.
Illinois River
The Illinois River is a scenic tributary of the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon, renowned for its wild and remote canyon, whitewater rafting, and diverse ecosystems within the Klamath-Siskiyou region.
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E.
Illinois River
The Illinois River is a principal waterway in the U.S. state of Illinois that serves as a key tributary of the Mississippi River and an important route for transportation, commerce, and recreation.
- 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: Kaskaskia River Target entity description: The Kaskaskia River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River in Illinois, flowing through central and southern parts of the state and historically serving as an important transportation and settlement corridor.
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A.
Maquoketa River
The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, known for its scenic bluffs, recreational opportunities, and role in draining a largely rural agricultural watershed.
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B.
Sangamon River
The Sangamon River is a central Illinois waterway that flows through several counties, including the city of Springfield, before joining the Illinois River.
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C.
Iller River
The Iller River is a tributary of the Danube in southern Germany, flowing through the Allgäu region and forming part of the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
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D.
Illinois River
The Illinois River is a scenic tributary of the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon, renowned for its wild and remote canyon, whitewater rafting, and diverse ecosystems within the Klamath-Siskiyou region.
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E.
Illinois River
The Illinois River is a principal waterway in the U.S. state of Illinois that serves as a key tributary of the Mississippi River and an important route for transportation, commerce, and recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kaskaskia, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| basinLocatedIn | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesEcoregion |
dissected uplands of southern Illinois
ⓘ
till plain of central Illinois ⓘ |
| drainageArea | approximately 5,800 square miles ⓘ |
| flowsGenerally | southwesterly ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Champaign County, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clinton County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Coles County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Effingham County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Fayette County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Monroe County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelby County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Clair County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBridge |
Interstate 57 bridge over Kaskaskia River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 70 bridge over Kaskaskia River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFloodControlStructure |
Carlyle Dam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shelbyville Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLockAndDam | Kaskaskia River Navigation Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorTributary |
East Fork Kaskaskia River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Okaw River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservoir |
Carlyle Lake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Shelbyville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
settlement corridor
ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ |
| length | approximately 325 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Central Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedNear | Chester, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kaskaskia people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mississippi River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedIn | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedNear | Champaign, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
flood control
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navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
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: Kaskaskia River Description of subject: The Kaskaskia River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River in Illinois, flowing through central and southern parts of the state and historically serving as an important transportation and settlement corridor.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Southern Illinois