West Fork Des Moines River
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The West Fork Des Moines River is a tributary of the Des Moines River in northwestern Iowa and southwestern Minnesota, flowing through agricultural landscapes and small communities before joining the main river.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West Fork Des Moines River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13173878 — 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: West Fork Des Moines River Context triple: [Three Rivers Trail (Iowa), followsRiver, West Fork Des Moines River]
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A.
West Branch Iowa River
The West Branch Iowa River is a tributary stream in Iowa that serves as one of the primary headwaters forming the Iowa River.
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B.
Des Moines River
The Des Moines River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River that flows through Iowa and Minnesota, playing a central role in the geography and history of Des Moines and the surrounding region.
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C.
East Branch Iowa River
The East Branch Iowa River is a tributary stream in Iowa that serves as one of the primary headwaters forming the Iowa River.
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D.
Des Moines Creek
Des Moines Creek is a small stream in King County, Washington, that flows through the city of Des Moines into Puget Sound.
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E.
Raccoon River
The Raccoon River is a central Iowa waterway that flows through the Des Moines area and serves as a major source of the city's drinking water and recreation.
- 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: West Fork Des Moines River Target entity description: The West Fork Des Moines River is a tributary of the Des Moines River in northwestern Iowa and southwestern Minnesota, flowing through agricultural landscapes and small communities before joining the main river.
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A.
West Branch Iowa River
The West Branch Iowa River is a tributary stream in Iowa that serves as one of the primary headwaters forming the Iowa River.
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B.
Des Moines River
The Des Moines River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River that flows through Iowa and Minnesota, playing a central role in the geography and history of Des Moines and the surrounding region.
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C.
East Branch Iowa River
The East Branch Iowa River is a tributary stream in Iowa that serves as one of the primary headwaters forming the Iowa River.
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D.
Des Moines Creek
Des Moines Creek is a small stream in King County, Washington, that flows through the city of Des Moines into Puget Sound.
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E.
Raccoon River
The Raccoon River is a central Iowa waterway that flows through the Des Moines area and serves as a major source of the city's drinking water and recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
tributary ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainageBasin | Des Moines River drainage basin ⓘ |
| environment | predominantly agricultural ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ agricultural landscapes ⓘ small communities ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flows through rural areas
ⓘ
subject to agricultural runoff ⓘ |
| hasUse |
agricultural water supply
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iowa
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ northwestern Iowa ⓘ southwestern Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth | Des Moines River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Des Moines River watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mississippi River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Des Moines River system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mississippi River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Des Moines River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watercourseType | perennial 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: West Fork Des Moines River Description of subject: The West Fork Des Moines River is a tributary of the Des Moines River in northwestern Iowa and southwestern Minnesota, flowing through agricultural landscapes and small communities before joining the main river.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.