Little Patuxent River
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The Little Patuxent River is a tributary of the Patuxent River in central Maryland that flows through suburban communities and parklands, including much of Howard County.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Patuxent River canonical | 4 |
| Patuxent River watershed | 3 |
| Western Branch Patuxent River | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T886015 — 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: Little Patuxent River Context triple: [Howard County, hasRiver, Little Patuxent River]
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A.
Occoquan River
The Occoquan River is a tributary of the Potomac River in northern Virginia, known for its role in regional water supply, recreation, and the historic town of Occoquan along its banks.
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B.
Patuxent River
The Patuxent River is a major Maryland waterway that flows through central parts of the state and serves as an important ecological and historical tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.
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C.
Patapsco River
The Patapsco River is a major waterway in central Maryland that flows into the Chesapeake Bay and forms the harbor of Baltimore.
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D.
Middle River
Middle River is a central stretch of the River Cam in Cambridge, England, known for its scenic college-backed banks and popular punting routes.
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E.
Anacostia River
The Anacostia River is a tidal river in the Washington, D.C. area known for its historical significance, urban setting, and long-running environmental restoration efforts.
- 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: Little Patuxent River Target entity description: The Little Patuxent River is a tributary of the Patuxent River in central Maryland that flows through suburban communities and parklands, including much of Howard County.
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A.
Occoquan River
The Occoquan River is a tributary of the Potomac River in northern Virginia, known for its role in regional water supply, recreation, and the historic town of Occoquan along its banks.
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B.
Patuxent River
The Patuxent River is a major Maryland waterway that flows through central parts of the state and serves as an important ecological and historical tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.
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C.
Patapsco River
The Patapsco River is a major waterway in central Maryland that flows into the Chesapeake Bay and forms the harbor of Baltimore.
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D.
Middle River
Middle River is a central stretch of the River Cam in Cambridge, England, known for its scenic college-backed banks and popular punting routes.
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E.
Anacostia River
The Anacostia River is a tidal river in the Washington, D.C. area known for its historical significance, urban setting, and long-running environmental restoration efforts.
- 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
|
| flowsNear |
Maryland Route 32
ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Route 1 in Maryland
|
| flowsThrough |
Anne Arundel County
ⓘ
surface form:
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Howard County ⓘ
surface form:
Howard County, Maryland
parklands ⓘ suburban communities ⓘ |
| flowsUnder |
Interstate 95 in Prince George's County, Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 95 in Maryland
|
| hasTributary |
Deep Run
ⓘ
Dorsey Run ⓘ Middle Patuxent River ⓘ |
| hasUse |
recreation
ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| hasWatershedArea | part of the Patuxent River basin in central Maryland ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Maryland ⓘ |
| mouth | Patuxent River ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | near Crofton, Maryland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chesapeake Bay
ⓘ
surface form:
Chesapeake Bay watershed
|
| passesNear | Fort Meade, Maryland ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Columbia, Maryland
ⓘ
Savage, Maryland ⓘ |
| region |
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howard County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Little Patuxent River
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Patuxent River watershed
|
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Patuxent 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: Little Patuxent River Description of subject: The Little Patuxent River is a tributary of the Patuxent River in central Maryland that flows through suburban communities and parklands, including much of Howard County.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Patuxent River watershed
this entity surface form:
Western Branch Patuxent River
this entity surface form:
Patuxent River watershed
this entity surface form:
Patuxent River watershed