Potlatch River
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The Potlatch River is a tributary of the Clearwater River in north-central Idaho, flowing through the Nez Perce Reservation and surrounding forested and agricultural landscapes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Potlatch River canonical | 5 |
| Potlatch Creek | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12391216 — 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: Potlatch River Context triple: [Nez Perce Reservation, containsWaterBody, Potlatch River]
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A.
Lewis River
The Lewis River is a tributary of the Columbia River in southwestern Washington State, known for its hydroelectric dams, scenic gorges, and popular fishing and recreation areas.
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B.
Skookumchuck River
Skookumchuck River is a river in western Washington State that flows through Thurston County and is known for its salmon habitat and recreational opportunities.
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C.
Cle Elum River
The Cle Elum River is a tributary of the Yakima River in central Washington State, known for flowing through forested mountain terrain and supporting irrigation, recreation, and local ecosystems.
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D.
Queets River
The Queets River is a remote, glacially fed river in Washington State that flows through old-growth rainforest in Olympic National Park before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Suiattle River
The Suiattle River is a glacially fed river in the North Cascades of Washington State, originating on the slopes of Glacier Peak and flowing through remote forested valleys before joining the Sauk River.
- 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: Potlatch River Target entity description: The Potlatch River is a tributary of the Clearwater River in north-central Idaho, flowing through the Nez Perce Reservation and surrounding forested and agricultural landscapes.
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A.
Lewis River
The Lewis River is a tributary of the Columbia River in southwestern Washington State, known for its hydroelectric dams, scenic gorges, and popular fishing and recreation areas.
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B.
Skookumchuck River
Skookumchuck River is a river in western Washington State that flows through Thurston County and is known for its salmon habitat and recreational opportunities.
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C.
Cle Elum River
The Cle Elum River is a tributary of the Yakima River in central Washington State, known for flowing through forested mountain terrain and supporting irrigation, recreation, and local ecosystems.
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D.
Queets River
The Queets River is a remote, glacially fed river in Washington State that flows through old-growth rainforest in Olympic National Park before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Suiattle River
The Suiattle River is a glacially fed river in the North Cascades of Washington State, originating on the slopes of Glacier Peak and flowing through remote forested valleys before joining the Sauk River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| flowsThrough |
Nez Perce Reservation
ⓘ
agricultural landscapes ⓘ forested landscapes ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentLandUse |
agriculture
ⓘ
forestry ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | riparian ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasUse |
fishing
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Clearwater County, Idaho
ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ Latah County, Idaho ⓘ Nez Perce County, Idaho ⓘ
linked to:
Nez Perce County
|
| locatedInRegion | north-central Idaho ⓘ |
| locatedOnLandOf |
Nez Perce Tribe
ⓘ
linked to:
Nez Perce
|
| mouthLocatedIn | Clearwater River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Clearwater River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Clearwater River
Columbia River watershed ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia River Basin
|
| state | Idaho ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Clearwater River ⓘ |
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: Potlatch River Description of subject: The Potlatch River is a tributary of the Clearwater River in north-central Idaho, flowing through the Nez Perce Reservation and surrounding forested and agricultural landscapes.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Potlatch River