Yodo River basin
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The Yodo River basin is a major river system in the Kansai region of Japan that drains Lake Biwa and surrounding lowlands, supporting dense urban areas, agriculture, and industry around Kyoto and Osaka.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yodo River system | 5 |
| Yodo River basin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9248546 — 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: Yodo River basin Context triple: [Kyoto Basin, partOf, Yodo River basin]
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A.
Niyodo River basin
The Niyodo River basin is a river system in Shikoku, Japan, renowned for its exceptionally clear blue waters and scenic natural landscapes.
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B.
Rioni River basin
The Rioni River basin is a major drainage area in western Georgia encompassing the Rioni River and its tributaries, supporting significant regional ecosystems, agriculture, and settlements.
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C.
Lempa River basin
The Lempa River basin is a major Central American watershed, primarily in El Salvador, that drains a large region into the Pacific Ocean and supports significant agriculture, hydropower, and urban populations.
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D.
Prien River basin
The Prien River basin is the drainage area surrounding the Prien River in Bavaria, Germany, encompassing the town of Prien am Chiemsee and its surrounding landscapes.
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E.
Homathko River basin
The Homathko River basin is a remote watershed in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia that channels glacial meltwater and mountain runoff from high icefields and peaks to the Pacific Ocean via Bute Inlet.
- 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: Yodo River basin Target entity description: The Yodo River basin is a major river system in the Kansai region of Japan that drains Lake Biwa and surrounding lowlands, supporting dense urban areas, agriculture, and industry around Kyoto and Osaka.
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A.
Niyodo River basin
The Niyodo River basin is a river system in Shikoku, Japan, renowned for its exceptionally clear blue waters and scenic natural landscapes.
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B.
Rioni River basin
The Rioni River basin is a major drainage area in western Georgia encompassing the Rioni River and its tributaries, supporting significant regional ecosystems, agriculture, and settlements.
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C.
Lempa River basin
The Lempa River basin is a major Central American watershed, primarily in El Salvador, that drains a large region into the Pacific Ocean and supports significant agriculture, hydropower, and urban populations.
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D.
Prien River basin
The Prien River basin is the drainage area surrounding the Prien River in Bavaria, Germany, encompassing the town of Prien am Chiemsee and its surrounding landscapes.
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E.
Homathko River basin
The Homathko River basin is a remote watershed in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia that channels glacial meltwater and mountain runoff from high icefields and peaks to the Pacific Ocean via Bute Inlet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drainage basin
ⓘ
river basin ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Kyoto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Osaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Otsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPrefecture |
Kyoto Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| drainagePattern | lake-outlet river system ⓘ |
| drainageSource | Lake Biwa watershed ⓘ |
| drains | Lake Biwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Osaka Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
historical development of Kyoto
ⓘ
historical development of Osaka ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole | industrial corridor between Kyoto and Osaka ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
flood risk
ⓘ
sediment management ⓘ water quality management ⓘ |
| hasFloodControlInfrastructure |
dams
ⓘ
levees ⓘ weirs ⓘ |
| hasMajorLake | Lake Biwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorRiver |
Katsura River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kizu River NERFINISHED ⓘ Seta River NERFINISHED ⓘ Uji River NERFINISHED ⓘ Yodo River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorUrbanArea | Keihanshin metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutlet | Yodo River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
agricultural water supply
ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ industrial water supply ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kansai region ⓘ western Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Seto Inland Sea catchment ⓘ |
| regionType | hydrological region ⓘ |
| supports |
hydropower generation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ navigation ⓘ water supply for Kyoto ⓘ water supply for Osaka ⓘ |
| supportsLandUse |
agriculture
ⓘ
industry ⓘ urban areas ⓘ |
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: Yodo River basin Description of subject: The Yodo River basin is a major river system in the Kansai region of Japan that drains Lake Biwa and surrounding lowlands, supporting dense urban areas, agriculture, and industry around Kyoto and Osaka.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yodo River system
this entity surface form:
Yodo River system
this entity surface form:
Yodo River system
this entity surface form:
Yodo River system
this entity surface form:
Yodo River system