Cottonwood Creek
E443320
Cottonwood Creek is a stream in Northern California that drains the eastern slopes of the Coast Ranges before joining the Sacramento River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cottonwood Creek canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2095224 — 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: Cottonwood Creek Context triple: [Sacramento River, tributary, Cottonwood Creek]
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A.
Clear Creek
Clear Creek is a mountain stream in Colorado that became a key corridor for early mining camps and settlements during the Colorado Gold Rush.
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B.
Clear Creek
Clear Creek is a stream in Northern California that feeds into the Sacramento River and is known for its scenic canyon, salmon habitat, and recreational opportunities.
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C.
Tokopah Creek
Tokopah Creek is a mountain stream in California’s Sierra Nevada that flows through Tokopah Valley in Sequoia National Park, known for its scenic cascades and alpine surroundings.
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D.
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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E.
Rush Creek
Rush Creek is a significant Sierra Nevada stream in California that flows into Mono Lake and supports important riparian and aquatic ecosystems.
- 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: Cottonwood Creek Target entity description: Cottonwood Creek is a stream in Northern California that drains the eastern slopes of the Coast Ranges before joining the Sacramento River.
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A.
Clear Creek
Clear Creek is a stream in Northern California that feeds into the Sacramento River and is known for its scenic canyon, salmon habitat, and recreational opportunities.
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B.
Clear Creek
Clear Creek is a mountain stream in Colorado that became a key corridor for early mining camps and settlements during the Colorado Gold Rush.
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C.
Tokopah Creek
Tokopah Creek is a mountain stream in California’s Sierra Nevada that flows through Tokopah Valley in Sequoia National Park, known for its scenic cascades and alpine surroundings.
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D.
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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E.
Rush Creek
Rush Creek is a significant Sierra Nevada stream in California that flows into Mono Lake and supports important riparian and aquatic ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
stream ⓘ watercourse ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| drainageDirection | generally eastward ⓘ |
| drains | eastern slopes of the California Coast Ranges ⓘ |
| flowRegime |
rainfall and snowmelt fed
ⓘ
seasonal ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | community of Cottonwood, California ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
Mediterranean-climate stream
ⓘ
riparian ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasMouthElevation | approximately 100 feet ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | named for cottonwood trees along its banks ⓘ |
| hasWildlifeHabitat |
aquatic invertebrates
ⓘ
fish ⓘ riparian birds ⓘ |
| isNaturalFeatureOf | Northern California landscape ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Northern California ⓘ Shasta County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Shasta County
Tehama County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Tehama County
|
| mouth | Sacramento River ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| partOf |
Sacramento River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Sacramento River Basin
|
| region | Sacramento Valley ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Sacramento River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Sacramento River Basin
|
| sourceRegion |
California Coast Ranges
ⓘ
linked to:
Coastal Ranges
|
| tributaryOf | Sacramento River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
irrigation
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ |
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: Cottonwood Creek Description of subject: Cottonwood Creek is a stream in Northern California that drains the eastern slopes of the Coast Ranges before joining the Sacramento River.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.