Slave River
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Slave River is a major waterway in northern Canada that flows from Lake Athabasca into Great Slave Lake, forming part of the Mackenzie River drainage basin.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slave River canonical | 15 |
| Slave River basin | 1 |
| Slave River delta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2094603 — 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: Slave River Context triple: [Mackenzie River, hasMajorTributary, Slave River]
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A.
Milk River
Milk River is a North American river that flows through Montana in the United States and Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada, ultimately joining the Missouri River.
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B.
Peace River
Peace River is a major river in western Canada that flows through northern British Columbia and Alberta before joining the Slave River system.
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C.
North Saskatchewan River
The North Saskatchewan River is a major Canadian river that originates in the Rocky Mountains and flows eastward through Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the city of Edmonton, before joining the Saskatchewan River system.
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D.
Mississagi River
The Mississagi River is a major river in northern Ontario, Canada, that flows through rugged forested terrain before emptying into Lake Huron.
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E.
South Saskatchewan River
The South Saskatchewan River is a major river in western Canada that flows through the Canadian Prairies, formed by the confluence of the Bow and Oldman rivers and ultimately contributing to the Saskatchewan 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: Slave River Target entity description: Slave River is a major waterway in northern Canada that flows from Lake Athabasca into Great Slave Lake, forming part of the Mackenzie River drainage basin.
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A.
Milk River
Milk River is a North American river that flows through Montana in the United States and Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada, ultimately joining the Missouri River.
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B.
Peace River
Peace River is a major river in western Canada that flows through northern British Columbia and Alberta before joining the Slave River system.
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C.
North Saskatchewan River
The North Saskatchewan River is a major Canadian river that originates in the Rocky Mountains and flows eastward through Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the city of Edmonton, before joining the Saskatchewan River system.
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D.
Mississagi River
The Mississagi River is a major river in northern Ontario, Canada, that flows through rugged forested terrain before emptying into Lake Huron.
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E.
South Saskatchewan River
The South Saskatchewan River is a major river in western Canada that flows through the Canadian Prairies, formed by the confluence of the Bow and Oldman rivers and ultimately contributing to the Saskatchewan River system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| dischargesInto | Great Slave Lake ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Arctic Ocean ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward ⓘ |
| flowsFrom | Lake Athabasca ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Great Slave Lake ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Alberta
ⓘ
Fort Fitzgerald ⓘ Fort Smith ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| hasAverageDischarge | several thousand cubic metres per second (order of magnitude) ⓘ |
| hasBasinCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| hasFeature | series of large rapids between Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Smith ⓘ |
| hasIceCover | seasonal winter ice ⓘ |
| hasMajorPortage | Portage around Slave River rapids near Fort Smith ⓘ |
| hasMouth | Great Slave Lake ⓘ |
| hasRapids |
Cassette Rapids
ⓘ
Mountain Rapids ⓘ Pelican Rapids ⓘ The Rapids of the Drowned ⓘ |
| hasSource | Lake Athabasca ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
American white pelican
ⓘ
migratory waterfowl ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedBy |
Hudson's Bay Company
ⓘ
Indigenous peoples ⓘ fur traders ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 270 miles
ⓘ
approximately 434 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alberta
ⓘ
Northern Canada ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| namedFor |
Slavey people (historical ethnonym context)
ⓘ
linked to:
Slavey people
|
| partOf |
Mackenzie River drainage basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Mackenzie River Basin
Mackenzie River system ⓘ
linked to:
Mackenzie River Basin
|
| region | Subarctic ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Mackenzie River system via Great Slave Lake ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hydroelectric potential
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ river navigation (partially) ⓘ subsistence fishing ⓘ |
| watershedArea | part of the Mackenzie River watershed ⓘ |
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: Slave River Description of subject: Slave River is a major waterway in northern Canada that flows from Lake Athabasca into Great Slave Lake, forming part of the Mackenzie River drainage basin.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
northern Alberta
linked to: Slave River
linked to: Slave River
subject linked to:
Fort Smith
subject linked to:
Fort Smith