Linth
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The Linth is a major river in eastern Switzerland that flows through the canton of Glarus before joining the Rhine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linth canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11605901 — 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: Linth Context triple: [Glarus, hasRiver, Linth]
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A.
Terling
Terling is a small rural village and civil parish in the county of Essex in eastern England, known for its historic buildings and countryside setting.
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B.
Tealing
Tealing is a small rural village in eastern Scotland, situated in the Angus council area just north of Dundee.
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C.
Linnton
Linnton is a riverside neighborhood in northwest Portland, Oregon, characterized by its mix of industrial areas, forested hillsides, and access to the Willamette River.
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D.
Tesseney
Tesseney is a town in western Eritrea near the Sudanese border, serving as a local commercial and agricultural center in the Gash-Barka region.
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E.
Linthouse
Linthouse is a district in the southwest of Glasgow, Scotland, historically associated with shipbuilding and located near the River Clyde.
- 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: Linth Target entity description: The Linth is a major river in eastern Switzerland that flows through the canton of Glarus before joining the Rhine.
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A.
Terling
Terling is a small rural village and civil parish in the county of Essex in eastern England, known for its historic buildings and countryside setting.
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B.
Tealing
Tealing is a small rural village in eastern Scotland, situated in the Angus council area just north of Dundee.
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C.
Linnton
Linnton is a riverside neighborhood in northwest Portland, Oregon, characterized by its mix of industrial areas, forested hillsides, and access to the Willamette River.
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D.
Tesseney
Tesseney is a town in western Eritrea near the Sudanese border, serving as a local commercial and agricultural center in the Gash-Barka region.
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E.
Linthouse
Linthouse is a district in the southwest of Glasgow, Scotland, historically associated with shipbuilding and located near the River Clyde.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| crosses |
Linth valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Linthal valley
|
| drains | parts of the Glarus Alps ⓘ |
| emergesFrom | Walensee ⓘ |
| flowsInto |
Lake Zurich system
ⓘ
Obersee (Lake Zurich) ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Zurich
Walensee ⓘ |
| flowsNear | Ziegelbrücke ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Glarus
ⓘ
Linth plain ⓘ
linked to:
Linth Plain
Linthal ⓘ Netstal ⓘ Näfels ⓘ Weesen ⓘ canton of Glarus ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Glarus
canton of St. Gallen ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 50 km ⓘ |
| hasMajorHumanModification |
Linth canal
ⓘ
Linth correction ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Linth River@en
ⓘ
linked to:
Linth River
Linth@de ⓘ Linth@fr ⓘ Linth@it ⓘ Linth@rm ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Maag
ⓘ
Sernf ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
ⓘ
canton of Glarus ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Glarus
eastern Switzerland ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Switzerland
|
| mouthOfWatercourse | Rhine ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Glarus
ⓘ
Weesen ⓘ Ziegelbrücke ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alpine river network
ⓘ
Linth–Limmat river system ⓘ
linked to:
Linth–Limmat waterway
|
| region |
canton of Glarus
ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of Glarus
canton of St. Gallen ⓘ
linked to:
Canton of St. Gallen
|
| riverSystem |
Rhine basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhine River Basin
|
| sourceLocation |
Glarus Alps
ⓘ
near Linth glacier ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Rhine ⓘ |
| usedFor |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ 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
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Input
Subject: Linth Description of subject: The Linth is a major river in eastern Switzerland that flows through the canton of Glarus before joining the Rhine.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.