East Fork Des Moines River
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The East Fork Des Moines River is a tributary of the Des Moines River in the Upper Midwest that flows through northern Iowa and southern Minnesota, supporting local ecosystems and recreational activities along its course.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Fork Des Moines River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13173879 — 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: East Fork Des Moines River Context triple: [Three Rivers Trail (Iowa), followsRiver, East Fork Des Moines River]
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A.
West Fork Des Moines River
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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B.
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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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 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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E.
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.
- 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: East Fork Des Moines River Target entity description: The East Fork Des Moines River is a tributary of the Des Moines River in the Upper Midwest that flows through northern Iowa and southern Minnesota, supporting local ecosystems and recreational activities along its course.
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A.
West Fork Des Moines River
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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B.
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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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 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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
tributary ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| contributesTo | Des Moines River flow ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| flowsThrough |
Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalFunction | drainage of regional watershed ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Upper Midwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Des Moines River watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mississippi River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
local ecosystems
ⓘ
recreational activities ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Des Moines River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ wildlife observation ⓘ |
| watercourseType | freshwater 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: East Fork Des Moines River Description of subject: The East Fork Des Moines River is a tributary of the Des Moines River in the Upper Midwest that flows through northern Iowa and southern Minnesota, supporting local ecosystems and recreational activities along its course.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.