Poiqu River
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The Poiqu River is a transboundary river originating in Tibet that flows south into Nepal, where it becomes known as the Bhote Koshi River and is noted for its steep gradient and whitewater rapids.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poiqu River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10130805 — 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: Poiqu River Context triple: [Bhote Koshi River, upstreamName, Poiqu River]
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A.
Velino River
The Velino River is a watercourse in central Italy that flows through the city of Rieti before joining the Nera River near Terni.
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B.
Sestra River
The Sestra River is a watercourse in northwestern Russia that flows into the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea.
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C.
Uvod River
The Uvod River is a waterway in western Russia that serves as a tributary within the Volga basin, contributing to the regional river network and local ecosystems.
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D.
Olza River
The Olza River is a Central European river that flows through the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, forming part of the border between Poland and the Czech Republic.
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E.
Vacha River
The Vacha River is a significant river in southern Bulgaria known for its deep gorges, hydroelectric dams, and reservoirs as it flows through the Rhodope Mountains.
- 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: Poiqu River Target entity description: The Poiqu River is a transboundary river originating in Tibet that flows south into Nepal, where it becomes known as the Bhote Koshi River and is noted for its steep gradient and whitewater rapids.
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A.
Velino River
The Velino River is a watercourse in central Italy that flows through the city of Rieti before joining the Nera River near Terni.
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B.
Sestra River
The Sestra River is a watercourse in northwestern Russia that flows into the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea.
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C.
Uvod River
The Uvod River is a waterway in western Russia that serves as a tributary within the Volga basin, contributing to the regional river network and local ecosystems.
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D.
Olza River
The Olza River is a Central European river that flows through the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, forming part of the border between Poland and the Czech Republic.
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E.
Vacha River
The Vacha River is a significant river in southern Bulgaria known for its deep gorges, hydroelectric dams, and reservoirs as it flows through the Rhodope Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| borderCrossingRegion | China–Nepal border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
| downstreamName | Bhote Koshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | south ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Bhote Koshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
steep gradient
ⓘ
steep gradient ⓘ whitewater rapids ⓘ whitewater rapids ⓘ |
| hasMouthIn | Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSourceIn | Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTransboundary | true ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Tibetan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Himalayas
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Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Koshi River basin
NERFINISHED
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Koshi River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transitionsNameTo | Bhote Koshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| upstreamName | Poiqu River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
kayaking
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kayaking ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ |
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: Poiqu River Description of subject: The Poiqu River is a transboundary river originating in Tibet that flows south into Nepal, where it becomes known as the Bhote Koshi River and is noted for its steep gradient and whitewater rapids.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.