New River (Belize)
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New River (Belize) is a major river in northern Belize that flows past the Lamanai archaeological site and the town of Orange Walk before emptying into the Bay of Chetumal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New River (Belize) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9850738 — 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: New River (Belize) Context triple: [Bay of Chetumal, receivesRiver, New River (Belize)]
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A.
Belize River
The Belize River is a major waterway in Belize that flows through the country’s interior to the Caribbean Sea, historically serving as an important route for trade and transport.
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B.
Belize River–Mopan River system
The Belize River–Mopan River system is a major interconnected watershed in Central America that drains much of western Belize and parts of Guatemala, supporting regional ecosystems, agriculture, and human settlements.
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C.
Mopan River
The Mopan River is a major waterway in western Belize and eastern Guatemala, known for flowing through jungle landscapes and past the town of San Ignacio before joining the Macal River to form the Belize River.
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D.
Copán River
The Copán River is a waterway in western Honduras that flows through the archaeological region of the ancient Maya city of Copán, contributing to the area's historical and ecological significance.
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E.
Bayano River
The Bayano River is one of Panama’s major rivers, flowing through the eastern part of the country and feeding into the Gulf of Panama.
- 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: New River (Belize) Target entity description: New River (Belize) is a major river in northern Belize that flows past the Lamanai archaeological site and the town of Orange Walk before emptying into the Bay of Chetumal.
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A.
Belize River
The Belize River is a major waterway in Belize that flows through the country’s interior to the Caribbean Sea, historically serving as an important route for trade and transport.
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B.
Belize River–Mopan River system
The Belize River–Mopan River system is a major interconnected watershed in Central America that drains much of western Belize and parts of Guatemala, supporting regional ecosystems, agriculture, and human settlements.
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C.
Mopan River
The Mopan River is a major waterway in western Belize and eastern Guatemala, known for flowing through jungle landscapes and past the town of San Ignacio before joining the Macal River to form the Belize River.
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D.
Copán River
The Copán River is a waterway in western Honduras that flows through the archaeological region of the ancient Maya city of Copán, contributing to the area's historical and ecological significance.
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E.
Bayano River
The Bayano River is one of Panama’s major rivers, flowing through the eastern part of the country and feeding into the Gulf of Panama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
New River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Río Nuevo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedTo | New River Lagoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Belize Districts of Orange Walk and Corozal ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Chetumal Bay watershed ⓘ |
| emptiesInto |
Caribbean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chetumal Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsPast |
Lamanai archaeological site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orange Walk Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
tour boat operations ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | tropical river ⓘ |
| hasMouthNear |
Corozal Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Corozal Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea | Lamanai Archaeological Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Carmelita
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orange Walk Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Shipyard ⓘ Trial Farm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSourceNear | New River Lagoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWildlifeHabitat |
aquatic birds
ⓘ
crocodiles ⓘ manatees ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern Belize ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Corozal District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orange Walk District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Chetumal Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyArchaeologicalSite | Lamanai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Belize River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central America ⓘ |
| usedFor |
access to Lamanai archaeological site
ⓘ
boat transportation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| watercourseThrough |
Corozal District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orange Walk District 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: New River (Belize) Description of subject: New River (Belize) is a major river in northern Belize that flows past the Lamanai archaeological site and the town of Orange Walk before emptying into the Bay of Chetumal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.