Skunk River
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The Skunk River is a river in central Iowa that flows through communities such as Ames and ultimately joins the Des Moines River.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skunk River canonical | 3 |
| South Skunk River | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8518225 — 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: Skunk River Context triple: [Ames, Iowa, hasRiver, Skunk River]
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A.
Rock River
Rock River is a tributary of the Big Sioux River flowing through parts of Iowa and South Dakota in the United States.
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B.
Rock River
Rock River is a major waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through Wisconsin and Illinois before joining the Mississippi River.
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C.
Straight River
Straight River is a tributary waterway in southern Minnesota that flows through Rice County before joining the Cannon River.
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D.
Pomme de Terre River
The Pomme de Terre River is a tributary waterway in western Minnesota that flows through agricultural and prairie landscapes before joining the Minnesota River.
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E.
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.
- 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: Skunk River Target entity description: The Skunk River is a river in central Iowa that flows through communities such as Ames and ultimately joins the Des Moines River.
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A.
Rock River
Rock River is a tributary of the Big Sioux River flowing through parts of Iowa and South Dakota in the United States.
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B.
Rock River
Rock River is a major waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through Wisconsin and Illinois before joining the Mississippi River.
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C.
Straight River
Straight River is a tributary waterway in southern Minnesota that flows through Rice County before joining the Cannon River.
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D.
Pomme de Terre River
The Pomme de Terre River is a tributary waterway in western Minnesota that flows through agricultural and prairie landscapes before joining the Minnesota River.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
Interstate 35
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Highway 30 NERFINISHED ⓘ various county roads ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Mississippi River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsGenerallyToward | southeast ⓘ |
| flowsNear | Iowa State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Ames, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamilton County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Jasper County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Polk County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Story County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ agricultural land ⓘ |
| hasConservationEffort |
habitat restoration projects
ⓘ
watershed management projects ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | riparian habitat ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
nonpoint source pollution
ⓘ
nutrient runoff ⓘ sedimentation ⓘ |
| hasFloodRisk | seasonal flooding ⓘ |
| hasLandUseInBasin |
pasture
ⓘ
row-crop agriculture ⓘ urban development ⓘ |
| hasMonitoringProgram | water quality monitoring ⓘ |
| hasPart |
North Skunk River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Skunk River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWatershed | Skunk River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
aquatic invertebrates
ⓘ
fish ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iowa
ⓘ
central Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthOf | Des Moines River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | skunk ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Ames, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colfax, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pella, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mississippi River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Des Moines River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Des Moines River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
canoeing
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| USState | Iowa 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: Skunk River Description of subject: The Skunk River is a river in central Iowa that flows through communities such as Ames and ultimately joins the Des Moines River.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Skunk River
subject surface form:
Central Iowa
this entity surface form:
South Skunk River