San Benito River
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The San Benito River is a central California waterway that drains the Diablo Range and agricultural valleys before joining the Pajaro River on its way to Monterey Bay.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Benito River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9538415 — 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: San Benito River Context triple: [Pajaro River, tributary, San Benito River]
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A.
San Cristobal River
The San Cristobal River is a waterway in the Philippines that serves as one of the tributary rivers feeding into Laguna de Bay, the country’s largest lake.
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B.
San Miguel River
The San Miguel River is a scenic tributary of the Dolores River in southwestern Colorado, known for flowing through rugged canyons and past the mountain town of Telluride.
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C.
San Miguel River
The San Miguel River is a tributary in northwestern South America that flows along part of the Colombia–Ecuador border before joining the Putumayo River in the Amazon Basin.
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D.
Sabinal River
The Sabinal River is a scenic spring-fed river in south-central Texas known for flowing through the Texas Hill Country and supporting recreation and wildlife habitats.
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E.
Navarro River
The Navarro River is a coastal river in Northern California that flows through redwood forests and vineyards before emptying into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Navarro in Mendocino County.
- 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: San Benito River Target entity description: The San Benito River is a central California waterway that drains the Diablo Range and agricultural valleys before joining the Pajaro River on its way to Monterey Bay.
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A.
San Cristobal River
The San Cristobal River is a waterway in the Philippines that serves as one of the tributary rivers feeding into Laguna de Bay, the country’s largest lake.
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B.
San Miguel River
The San Miguel River is a scenic tributary of the Dolores River in southwestern Colorado, known for flowing through rugged canyons and past the mountain town of Telluride.
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C.
San Miguel River
The San Miguel River is a tributary in northwestern South America that flows along part of the Colombia–Ecuador border before joining the Putumayo River in the Amazon Basin.
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D.
Sabinal River
The Sabinal River is a scenic spring-fed river in south-central Texas known for flowing through the Texas Hill Country and supporting recreation and wildlife habitats.
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E.
Navarro River
The Navarro River is a coastal river in Northern California that flows through redwood forests and vineyards before emptying into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Navarro in Mendocino County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| connectedTo | Monterey Bay via Pajaro River ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainageBasin | Diablo Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainagePattern | mountain-to-coast drainage ⓘ |
| drains |
Diablo Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Benito Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecoregion |
California chaparral and woodlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
California interior grasslands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environment | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| featureOf | California Coast Ranges hydrology ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | northwest ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Pajaro River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Monterey County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Benito County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicSetting | California Coast Ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFloodplain | San Benito Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Aromas Creek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Benito River East Fork NERFINISHED ⓘ San Benito River South Fork NERFINISHED ⓘ Tres Pinos Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasValley | San Benito Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monterey County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ San Benito County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ United States West Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth | Pajaro River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | near San Juan Bautista, California ⓘ |
| namedFor | San Benito County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Hollister, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Monterey Bay watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pajaro River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
California Coast Ranges
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diablo Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Pajaro River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | Diablo Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
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| subjectTo |
agricultural runoff impacts
ⓘ
drought conditions ⓘ seasonal flow variation ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Pajaro River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | agricultural irrigation ⓘ |
| watershed | Monterey Bay 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
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Input
Subject: San Benito River Description of subject: The San Benito River is a central California waterway that drains the Diablo Range and agricultural valleys before joining the Pajaro River on its way to Monterey Bay.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.