Des Moines Creek
E571982
Des Moines Creek is a small stream in King County, Washington, that flows through the city of Des Moines into Puget Sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Des Moines Creek canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6133145 — 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: Des Moines Creek Context triple: [Des Moines, Washington, hasBodyOfWater, Des Moines Creek]
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A.
Des Moines River
The Des Moines River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River that flows through Iowa and Minnesota, playing a central role in the geography and history of Des Moines and the surrounding region.
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B.
Raccoon River
The Raccoon River is a central Iowa waterway that flows through the Des Moines area and serves as a major source of the city's drinking water and recreation.
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C.
West Branch Iowa River
The West Branch Iowa River is a tributary stream in Iowa that serves as one of the primary headwaters forming the Iowa River.
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D.
East Branch Iowa River
The East Branch Iowa River is a tributary stream in Iowa that serves as one of the primary headwaters forming the Iowa River.
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E.
Iowa River
The Iowa River is a major waterway in the U.S. state of Iowa that flows generally southeastward and ultimately joins the Mississippi River.
- 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: Des Moines Creek Target entity description: Des Moines Creek is a small stream in King County, Washington, that flows through the city of Des Moines into Puget Sound.
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A.
Des Moines River
The Des Moines River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River that flows through Iowa and Minnesota, playing a central role in the geography and history of Des Moines and the surrounding region.
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B.
Raccoon River
The Raccoon River is a central Iowa waterway that flows through the Des Moines area and serves as a major source of the city's drinking water and recreation.
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C.
West Branch Iowa River
The West Branch Iowa River is a tributary stream in Iowa that serves as one of the primary headwaters forming the Iowa River.
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D.
East Branch Iowa River
The East Branch Iowa River is a tributary stream in Iowa that serves as one of the primary headwaters forming the Iowa River.
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E.
Iowa River
The Iowa River is a major waterway in the U.S. state of Iowa that flows generally southeastward and ultimately joins the Mississippi River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stream ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | King County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Puget Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | City of Des Moines, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem | riparian habitat ⓘ |
| hasMouthNear | Des Moines Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | City of Des Moines, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAirport | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Des Moines, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationArea | Des Moines Creek Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
King County, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
King County
Pacific Northwest ⓘ Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Puget Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Puget Sound watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | King County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| watercourseType | small stream ⓘ |
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: Des Moines Creek Description of subject: Des Moines Creek is a small stream in King County, Washington, that flows through the city of Des Moines into Puget Sound.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Des Moines, Washington (to the north)