Puerco River
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The Puerco River is a tributary waterway in the southwestern United States that flows through parts of New Mexico and Arizona before joining the Little Colorado River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puerco River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10169623 — 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: Puerco River Context triple: [Little Colorado River, hasTributary, Puerco River]
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A.
Mandovi River
The Mandovi River is a major west-flowing river in western India that plays a central role in Goa’s ecology, transport, and tourism.
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B.
Frio River
The Frio River is a clear, spring-fed river in Texas known for its scenic limestone banks, cool waters, and popularity for tubing, swimming, and camping.
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C.
Conchas River
The Conchas River is a tributary waterway in the southwestern United States that feeds into the Canadian River, contributing to its flow and watershed.
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D.
Nueces River
The Nueces River is a major river in south-central Texas that flows southeastward to the Gulf of Mexico, historically significant for its role in regional settlement, ranching, and water supply.
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E.
Devils River
Devils River is a clear, spring-fed river in southwestern Texas known for its remote, rugged setting and exceptional water quality, popular for paddling, fishing, and wildlife viewing.
- 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: Puerco River Target entity description: The Puerco River is a tributary waterway in the southwestern United States that flows through parts of New Mexico and Arizona before joining the Little Colorado River.
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A.
Mandovi River
The Mandovi River is a major west-flowing river in western India that plays a central role in Goa’s ecology, transport, and tourism.
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B.
Frio River
The Frio River is a clear, spring-fed river in Texas known for its scenic limestone banks, cool waters, and popularity for tubing, swimming, and camping.
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C.
Conchas River
The Conchas River is a tributary waterway in the southwestern United States that feeds into the Canadian River, contributing to its flow and watershed.
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D.
Nueces River
The Nueces River is a major river in south-central Texas that flows southeastward to the Gulf of Mexico, historically significant for its role in regional settlement, ranching, and water supply.
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E.
Devils River
Devils River is a clear, spring-fed river in southwestern Texas known for its remote, rugged setting and exceptional water quality, popular for paddling, fishing, and wildlife viewing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| affectedBy | uranium mining ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crosses | Navajo Nation ⓘ |
| dischargesInto | Little Colorado River ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Arizona
ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
radioactive contamination
ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ |
| hasFloodRisk | flash flooding ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ Southwestern United States ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
|
| mouthOf | Little Colorado River ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
dirty river
ⓘ
pig river ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1979 Church Rock uranium mill spill ⓘ |
| partOf |
Little Colorado River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Colorado River
|
| region | Colorado Plateau ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Colorado River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado River Basin
|
| state |
Arizona
ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Little Colorado River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
livestock watering
ⓘ
traditional Native American uses ⓘ |
| watercourseType | intermittent 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: Puerco River Description of subject: The Puerco River is a tributary waterway in the southwestern United States that flows through parts of New Mexico and Arizona before joining the Little Colorado River.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.