Skunk River
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The Skunk River is a river in central Iowa that flows through communities such as Ames and ultimately joins the Des Moines River.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Skunk River | 6 |
| Skunk River canonical | 5 |
| Skunk River watershed | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8518225 — 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: Skunk River Context triple: [Ames, Iowa, hasRiver, Skunk River]
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A.
Rock River
Rock River is a tributary of the Big Sioux River flowing through parts of Iowa and South Dakota in the United States.
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B.
Rock River
Rock River is a major waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through Wisconsin and Illinois before joining the Mississippi River.
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C.
Straight River
Straight River is a tributary waterway in southern Minnesota that flows through Rice County before joining the Cannon River.
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D.
Pomme de Terre River
The Pomme de Terre River is a tributary waterway in western Minnesota that flows through agricultural and prairie landscapes before joining the Minnesota River.
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E.
Maquoketa River
The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, known for its scenic bluffs, recreational opportunities, and role in draining a largely rural agricultural watershed.
- 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: Skunk River Target entity description: The Skunk River is a river in central Iowa that flows through communities such as Ames and ultimately joins the Des Moines River.
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A.
Rock River
Rock River is a tributary of the Big Sioux River flowing through parts of Iowa and South Dakota in the United States.
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B.
Rock River
Rock River is a major waterway in the Midwestern United States that flows through Wisconsin and Illinois before joining the Mississippi River.
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C.
Straight River
Straight River is a tributary waterway in southern Minnesota that flows through Rice County before joining the Cannon River.
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D.
Pomme de Terre River
The Pomme de Terre River is a tributary waterway in western Minnesota that flows through agricultural and prairie landscapes before joining the Minnesota River.
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E.
Maquoketa River
The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, known for its scenic bluffs, recreational opportunities, and role in draining a largely rural agricultural watershed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
Interstate 35
ⓘ
U.S. Highway 30 ⓘ various county roads ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Mississippi River basin ⓘ |
| flowsGenerallyToward | southeast ⓘ |
| flowsNear |
Iowa State University
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa State College
|
| flowsThrough |
Ames, Iowa
ⓘ
Hamilton County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Jasper County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion County, Iowa ⓘ Polk County, Iowa ⓘ Story County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ agricultural land ⓘ |
| hasConservationEffort |
habitat restoration projects
ⓘ
watershed management projects ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | riparian habitat ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
nonpoint source pollution
ⓘ
nutrient runoff ⓘ sedimentation ⓘ |
| hasFloodRisk | seasonal flooding ⓘ |
| hasLandUseInBasin |
pasture
ⓘ
row-crop agriculture ⓘ urban development ⓘ |
| hasMonitoringProgram | water quality monitoring ⓘ |
| hasPart |
North Skunk River
ⓘ
South Skunk River ⓘ
linked to:
Skunk River
|
| hasWatershed |
Skunk River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Skunk River
|
| hasWildlife |
aquatic invertebrates
ⓘ
fish ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iowa
ⓘ
central Iowa ⓘ |
| mouthOf | Des Moines River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | skunk ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Ames, Iowa
ⓘ
Colfax, Iowa ⓘ
linked to:
City of Colfax, Iowa
Pella, Iowa ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mississippi River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi River basin
|
| riverSystem |
Des Moines River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Des Moines River
|
| tributaryOf | Des Moines River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
canoeing
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| USState | Iowa ⓘ |
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: Skunk River Description of subject: The Skunk River is a river in central Iowa that flows through communities such as Ames and ultimately joins the Des Moines River.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Skunk River
subject linked to:
central Iowa
linked to: Skunk River
linked to: Skunk River
linked to: Skunk River
linked to: Skunk River
linked to: Skunk River