Samish River
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The Samish River is a river in northwestern Washington State that flows through Skagit County into Samish Bay, supporting local ecosystems, agriculture, and small communities along its course.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samish River canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11527775 — 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: Samish River Context triple: [Edison, Washington, locatedOn, Samish River]
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A.
Wahkiakum River
The Wahkiakum River is a small coastal river in southwest Washington State that flows through forested terrain before emptying into the Columbia River.
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B.
Nooksack River
The Nooksack River is a major river in northwestern Washington State that drains the western slopes of the North Cascades and flows through Whatcom County to Bellingham Bay.
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C.
Quinault River
The Quinault River is a glacially fed river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through temperate rainforest to the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Snohomish River
The Snohomish River is a major river in western Washington State that flows through Snohomish County into Puget Sound, helping drain the Cascade Range and supporting regional ecosystems and communities.
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E.
Skokomish River
The Skokomish River is a river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through Mason County into Hood Canal, known for its salmon runs and frequent flooding.
- 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: Samish River Target entity description: The Samish River is a river in northwestern Washington State that flows through Skagit County into Samish Bay, supporting local ecosystems, agriculture, and small communities along its course.
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A.
Wahkiakum River
The Wahkiakum River is a small coastal river in southwest Washington State that flows through forested terrain before emptying into the Columbia River.
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B.
Nooksack River
The Nooksack River is a major river in northwestern Washington State that drains the western slopes of the North Cascades and flows through Whatcom County to Bellingham Bay.
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C.
Quinault River
The Quinault River is a glacially fed river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through temperate rainforest to the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Snohomish River
The Snohomish River is a major river in western Washington State that flows through Snohomish County into Puget Sound, helping drain the Cascade Range and supporting regional ecosystems and communities.
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E.
Skokomish River
The Skokomish River is a river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through Mason County into Hood Canal, known for its salmon runs and frequent flooding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| drainageBasin |
Samish River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Samish River–Samish Bay watershed
|
| ecologicalRole |
salmon habitat
ⓘ
wildlife corridor ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Puget Sound ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Samish Bay ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Skagit County, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Skagit County
|
| hasEconomicImportance |
local agriculture
ⓘ
shellfish harvesting in Samish Bay ⓘ |
| hasLandUseInBasin |
agricultural land
ⓘ
forested areas ⓘ rural residential areas ⓘ |
| hasMouthElevation | sea level ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Skagit County ⓘ Washington State ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
northwestern Washington ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Samish Bay ⓘ |
| partOf |
Samish Bay watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Samish River–Samish Bay watershed
|
| region |
Skagit County, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Skagit County
|
| supports |
agriculture
ⓘ
local ecosystems ⓘ small communities ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Puget Sound ⓘ |
| 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: Samish River Description of subject: The Samish River is a river in northwestern Washington State that flows through Skagit County into Samish Bay, supporting local ecosystems, agriculture, and small communities along its course.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.