Patterson Creek
E408717
Patterson Creek is a significant stream in the eastern United States that drains parts of West Virginia and Maryland before joining the South Branch Potomac River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patterson Creek canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1813429 — 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: Patterson Creek Context triple: [South Branch Potomac River, majorTributary, Patterson Creek]
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A.
Parker Creek
Parker Creek is a significant stream in California’s Mono Basin that contributes to the region’s hydrology and ecosystem.
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B.
Gerritsen Creek
Gerritsen Creek is a tidal creek in Brooklyn, New York, that runs through Marine Park and is known for its salt marshes and role in local urban ecology.
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C.
Grass Valley Creek
Grass Valley Creek is a smaller watercourse in Southern California that feeds into the Mojave River within the arid Mojave Desert region.
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D.
Prosser Creek
Prosser Creek is a small mountain stream in the Sierra Nevada of California that feeds into the Truckee River and is associated with the Prosser Creek Reservoir near Truckee.
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E.
Carroll Creek
Carroll Creek is a small waterway in Frederick, Maryland, known for the Carroll Creek Linear Park and its role in the city's flood control and downtown revitalization.
- 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: Patterson Creek Target entity description: Patterson Creek is a significant stream in the eastern United States that drains parts of West Virginia and Maryland before joining the South Branch Potomac River.
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A.
Parker Creek
Parker Creek is a significant stream in California’s Mono Basin that contributes to the region’s hydrology and ecosystem.
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B.
Gerritsen Creek
Gerritsen Creek is a tidal creek in Brooklyn, New York, that runs through Marine Park and is known for its salt marshes and role in local urban ecology.
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C.
Grass Valley Creek
Grass Valley Creek is a smaller watercourse in Southern California that feeds into the Mojave River within the arid Mojave Desert region.
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D.
Prosser Creek
Prosser Creek is a small mountain stream in the Sierra Nevada of California that feeds into the Truckee River and is associated with the Prosser Creek Reservoir near Truckee.
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E.
Carroll Creek
Carroll Creek is a small waterway in Frederick, Maryland, known for the Carroll Creek Linear Park and its role in the city's flood control and downtown revitalization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
stream ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| drains |
parts of Maryland
ⓘ
parts of West Virginia ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Maryland
ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalFunction |
drainage of parts of Maryland
ⓘ
drainage of parts of West Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maryland
ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ eastern United States ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern United States
|
| mouth | South Branch Potomac River ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | West Virginia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Potomac River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Potomac River
|
| region |
Appalachian region
ⓘ
linked to:
Appalachian region of the United States
|
| tributaryOf | South Branch Potomac River ⓘ |
| watercourseType | tributary ⓘ |
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: Patterson Creek Description of subject: Patterson Creek is a significant stream in the eastern United States that drains parts of West Virginia and Maryland before joining the South Branch Potomac River.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.