Hérault River
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The Hérault River is a river in southern France that flows through the Occitanie region before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hérault River canonical | 9 |
| Ganges, Hérault | 1 |
| Hérault River basin | 1 |
| Hérault river basin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1327549 — 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: Hérault River Context triple: [Gulf of Lion, hasRiverInflow, Hérault River]
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A.
Sorgue River
The Sorgue River is a picturesque waterway in southeastern France, known for its clear springs, historic waterwheels, and scenic Provençal towns along its banks.
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B.
Corrèze River
The Corrèze River is a watercourse in south-central France that flows through the Corrèze department, including the town of Tulle, before joining the Vézère River.
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C.
Le Gardon
Le Gardon is a river in southern France known for flowing through the Cévennes region and under the famous Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct.
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D.
Garonne
The Garonne is a major river in southwestern Europe that flows from the Spanish Pyrenees through cities like Toulouse and Bordeaux before reaching the Atlantic Ocean via the Gironde estuary.
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E.
Ardèche River
The Ardèche River is a scenic waterway in south-central France renowned for its dramatic limestone gorges, natural stone arch (Pont d’Arc), and popular canoeing and kayaking routes.
- 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: Hérault River Target entity description: The Hérault River is a river in southern France that flows through the Occitanie region before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
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A.
Sorgue River
The Sorgue River is a picturesque waterway in southeastern France, known for its clear springs, historic waterwheels, and scenic Provençal towns along its banks.
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B.
Corrèze River
The Corrèze River is a watercourse in south-central France that flows through the Corrèze department, including the town of Tulle, before joining the Vézère River.
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C.
Le Gardon
Le Gardon is a river in southern France known for flowing through the Cévennes region and under the famous Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct.
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D.
Garonne
The Garonne is a major river in southwestern Europe that flows from the Spanish Pyrenees through cities like Toulouse and Bordeaux before reaching the Atlantic Ocean via the Gironde estuary.
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E.
Ardèche River
The Ardèche River is a scenic waterway in south-central France renowned for its dramatic limestone gorges, natural stone arch (Pont d’Arc), and popular canoeing and kayaking routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| drainageBasinArea | about 2580 km² ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally southward ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Pont du Diable (Hérault) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
gorges and canyons in the Cévennes
ⓘ
recreation such as canoeing and kayaking ⓘ |
| length | about 148 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Occitanie region
ⓘ
linked to:
Occitanie
southern France ⓘ
linked to:
Southern France
|
| mouth | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| mouthElevation | 0 m ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Agde ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Hérault department
ⓘ
linked to:
Hérault
|
| passesThrough |
Agde
ⓘ
Bédarieux ⓘ Ganges ⓘ Gard department ⓘ Hérault department ⓘ
linked to:
Hérault
Lodève ⓘ Lozère department ⓘ
linked to:
Lozère
|
| region | Occitanie ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Mediterranean Sea basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Sea
|
| sourceElevation | about 1370 m ⓘ |
| sourceLocation |
Cévennes
ⓘ
Massif Central ⓘ |
| tributary |
Buèges River
ⓘ
Lergue River ⓘ Orbiel River ⓘ Vis 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: Hérault River Description of subject: The Hérault River is a river in southern France that flows through the Occitanie region before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hérault River