Ebola River
E421543
The Ebola River is a waterway in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo that gained global notoriety as the geographic namesake of the deadly Ebola virus disease.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ebola River canonical | 2 |
| Ebola River (DRC) | 1 |
| Rivière Ebola | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4131883 — 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: Ebola River Context triple: [Ebola virus disease, namedAfter, Ebola River]
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A.
Ubangi River
The Ubangi River is a major Central African waterway that forms part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic before joining the Congo River.
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B.
Gongola River
The Gongola River is a major river in northeastern Nigeria that flows through the savanna region before joining the Benue River.
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C.
Kidepo River
The Kidepo River is a seasonal watercourse flowing through the remote savanna and rugged landscapes of northeastern Uganda and South Sudan, forming a key natural feature of Kidepo Valley National Park.
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D.
Beni River
The Beni River is a major waterway in northern Bolivia that flows through the Amazon Basin, supporting rich biodiversity and local communities along its course.
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E.
Odzi River
The Odzi River is a significant river in eastern Zimbabwe that flows through Manicaland Province and contributes to the Save 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: Ebola River Target entity description: The Ebola River is a waterway in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo that gained global notoriety as the geographic namesake of the deadly Ebola virus disease.
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A.
Ubangi River
The Ubangi River is a major Central African waterway that forms part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic before joining the Congo River.
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B.
Gongola River
The Gongola River is a major river in northeastern Nigeria that flows through the savanna region before joining the Benue River.
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C.
Kidepo River
The Kidepo River is a seasonal watercourse flowing through the remote savanna and rugged landscapes of northeastern Uganda and South Sudan, forming a key natural feature of Kidepo Valley National Park.
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D.
Beni River
The Beni River is a major waterway in northern Bolivia that flows through the Amazon Basin, supporting rich biodiversity and local communities along its course.
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E.
Odzi River
The Odzi River is a significant river in eastern Zimbabwe that flows through Manicaland Province and contributes to the Save River system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ebola River (DRC)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ebola River
Rivière Ebola ⓘ
linked to:
Ebola River
|
| country |
Belgian Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Belgian Congo (as associated territory)
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Zaire ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| drainageBasin | Congo River drainage basin ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Équateur Province ⓘ |
| gaveNameTo |
Ebola virus
ⓘ
linked to:
Ebolavirus
Ebola virus disease ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateRegion | northern DR Congo ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyNote | name used by researchers to avoid stigmatizing Yambuku ⓘ |
| hasMouthIn |
Mongala River
ⓘ
linked to:
Tshuapa River
|
| hasNameOrigin |
Ebola virus
ⓘ
linked to:
Ebolavirus
|
| hasNotabilityReason |
namesake of Ebola virus
ⓘ
namesake of Ebola virus disease ⓘ |
| hydrologicalType | freshwater river ⓘ |
| isInPoliticalEntity | Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
former Équateur District
ⓘ
linked to:
Équateur Province
former Équateur Province ⓘ northern Congo rainforest ⓘ northern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| nearSettlement |
Bumba
ⓘ
Yambuku ⓘ
linked to:
Yambuku, Zaire
|
| partOf |
Congo River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Congo River
|
| partOfBasin |
Congo River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Congo River
|
| tributaryOf |
Mongala River
ⓘ
linked to:
Tshuapa 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: Ebola River Description of subject: The Ebola River is a waterway in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo that gained global notoriety as the geographic namesake of the deadly Ebola virus disease.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ebola River
linked to: Ebola River