Mano River
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Mano River is a river in West Africa that flows through Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mano River canonical | 8 |
| Mano River basin | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2826523 — 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: Mano River Context triple: [Mano River Union, namedAfter, Mano River]
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A.
Morant River
Morant River is a river in eastern Jamaica that flows through the parish of St. Thomas before emptying into the Caribbean Sea.
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B.
Demerara River
The Demerara River is a major river in Guyana that flows northward to the Atlantic Ocean and on whose banks the capital city, Georgetown, is located.
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C.
Alafia River
The Alafia River is a waterway in west-central Florida known for its scenic natural habitats, recreational activities like fishing and kayaking, and its role as a tributary of Tampa Bay.
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D.
Mataniko River
The Mataniko River is a significant waterway on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, flowing through the capital city of Honiara and historically known for its role in World War II and frequent flooding.
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E.
Croton River
The Croton River is a river in southeastern New York that flows through Westchester and Putnam counties and is a key source for New York City's Croton water supply 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: Mano River Target entity description: Mano River is a river in West Africa that flows through Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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A.
Morant River
Morant River is a river in eastern Jamaica that flows through the parish of St. Thomas before emptying into the Caribbean Sea.
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B.
Demerara River
The Demerara River is a major river in Guyana that flows northward to the Atlantic Ocean and on whose banks the capital city, Georgetown, is located.
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C.
Alafia River
The Alafia River is a waterway in west-central Florida known for its scenic natural habitats, recreational activities like fishing and kayaking, and its role as a tributary of Tampa Bay.
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D.
Mataniko River
The Mataniko River is a significant waterway on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, flowing through the capital city of Honiara and historically known for its role in World War II and frequent flooding.
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E.
Croton River
The Croton River is a river in southeastern New York that flows through Westchester and Putnam counties and is a key source for New York City's Croton water supply system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
Guinea
ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| borderFunction | international boundary between Liberia and Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| borderRiverOf |
Liberia
ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| climateZone | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Guinea
ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Atlantic Ocean drainage basin ⓘ |
| ecosystemType | tropical river ecosystem ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
deforestation in its basin
ⓘ
water pollution risk ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally southwest toward the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Guinea
ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| formsBorderBetween |
Liberia
ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedOrganization | Mano River Union ⓘ |
| hasBiodiversity | habitat for West African freshwater species ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
supports local livelihoods in Guinea
ⓘ
supports local livelihoods in Liberia ⓘ supports local livelihoods in Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| hasFloodplain | seasonally flooded areas along lower course ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after the Mano ethnic group ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Mafa River
ⓘ
Mahoi River ⓘ Moro River ⓘ |
| hasWatershed | Mano River watershed ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guinea
ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| mouth | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| mouthLocation |
border area of Liberia and Sierra Leone
ⓘ
near Robertsport, Liberia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mano River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Mano River
river system of the Upper Guinea region ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Mano River Union ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ local transport ⓘ |
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: Mano River Description of subject: Mano River is a river in West Africa that flows through Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.