Middle Branch River
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The Middle Branch River is a tributary waterway in Michigan that feeds into the larger Muskegon River system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middle Branch River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1662220 — 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: Middle Branch River Context triple: [Muskegon River, hasTributary, Middle Branch River]
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A.
Northwest Branch
The Northwest Branch is a major tidal channel that forms one of the primary arms of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in Maryland.
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B.
Middle Branch Croton River
The Middle Branch Croton River is a tributary stream in southeastern New York that forms part of the Croton River watershed supplying New York City’s water system.
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C.
Wapsinonoc Creek
Wapsinonoc Creek is a small stream in eastern Iowa that flows through and helps drain the area around the town of West Branch.
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D.
Kisco River
The Kisco River is a tributary stream in Westchester County, New York, that flows through the town and village of Mount Kisco before joining the Croton River within the Croton River watershed.
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E.
Lackawaxen River
The Lackawaxen River is a scenic waterway in northeastern Pennsylvania known for its historic canals, recreational fishing and boating, and its confluence with the Delaware River near the village of Lackawaxen.
- 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: Middle Branch River Target entity description: The Middle Branch River is a tributary waterway in Michigan that feeds into the larger Muskegon River system.
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A.
Northwest Branch
The Northwest Branch is a major tidal channel that forms one of the primary arms of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in Maryland.
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B.
Middle Branch Croton River
The Middle Branch Croton River is a tributary stream in southeastern New York that forms part of the Croton River watershed supplying New York City’s water system.
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C.
Wapsinonoc Creek
Wapsinonoc Creek is a small stream in eastern Iowa that flows through and helps drain the area around the town of West Branch.
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D.
Kisco River
The Kisco River is a tributary stream in Westchester County, New York, that flows through the town and village of Mount Kisco before joining the Croton River within the Croton River watershed.
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E.
Lackawaxen River
The Lackawaxen River is a scenic waterway in northeastern Pennsylvania known for its historic canals, recreational fishing and boating, and its confluence with the Delaware River near the village of Lackawaxen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
tributary ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| flowsThrough | Michigan ⓘ |
| hasMouthIn | Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lower Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Muskegon River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Muskegon River
|
| state |
Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
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| tributaryOf | Muskegon River ⓘ |
| watercourseType | freshwater 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: Middle Branch River Description of subject: The Middle Branch River is a tributary waterway in Michigan that feeds into the larger Muskegon River system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.