Placer River
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The Placer River is a glacially fed river on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula that flows through the Chugach Mountains into Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Placer River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12221710 — 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: Placer River Context triple: [Turnagain Arm, drainageFrom, Placer River]
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A.
Yuba River
The Yuba River is a major tributary of the Feather River in Northern California, known for its clear waters, historic gold-mining sites, and popular recreation areas in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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B.
Carson River
The Carson River is a significant river in the western United States that flows through eastern California and western Nevada, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, agriculture, and water supply.
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C.
Humboldt River
The Humboldt River is a major river in northern Nevada that flows westward across the Great Basin, serving as an important historical route and water source in an otherwise arid region.
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D.
Pit River
The Pit River is a major river in northeastern California that drains a large portion of the Modoc Plateau and forms a key part of the Sacramento River watershed.
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E.
Ishi River
The Ishi River is a Japanese river that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the larger Yamato River system.
- 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: Placer River Target entity description: The Placer River is a glacially fed river on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula that flows through the Chugach Mountains into Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet.
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A.
Yuba River
The Yuba River is a major tributary of the Feather River in Northern California, known for its clear waters, historic gold-mining sites, and popular recreation areas in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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B.
Carson River
The Carson River is a significant river in the western United States that flows through eastern California and western Nevada, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, agriculture, and water supply.
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C.
Humboldt River
The Humboldt River is a major river in northern Nevada that flows westward across the Great Basin, serving as an important historical route and water source in an otherwise arid region.
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D.
Pit River
The Pit River is a major river in northeastern California that drains a large portion of the Modoc Plateau and forms a key part of the Sacramento River watershed.
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E.
Ishi River
The Ishi River is a Japanese river that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the larger Yamato River system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.