Sarthe River
E180117
The Sarthe River is a waterway in western France that flows through the regions of Normandy and Pays de la Loire before joining other rivers to form the Maine.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarthe River canonical | 12 |
| Loir–Sarthe–Loire river system | 1 |
| Sarthe river system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1088408 — 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: Sarthe River Context triple: [Anjou, containsRiver, Sarthe River]
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A.
Loir
The Loir is a river in central France that flows through the regions of Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire before joining the Sarthe.
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B.
Allier River
The Allier River is a major river in central France, known for its largely unspoiled natural course and as a tributary of the Loire.
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C.
Loire
The Loire is the longest river in France, renowned for its scenic valley dotted with historic châteaux and vineyards.
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D.
Dordogne River
The Dordogne River is a major river in south-central and southwestern France, renowned for its scenic valleys, historic towns, and role in the region’s cultural and natural heritage.
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E.
Yonne
Yonne is a major river in north-central France that flows through the Burgundy region before joining the Seine.
- 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: Sarthe River Target entity description: The Sarthe River is a waterway in western France that flows through the regions of Normandy and Pays de la Loire before joining other rivers to form the Maine.
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A.
Loir
The Loir is a river in central France that flows through the regions of Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire before joining the Sarthe.
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B.
Allier River
The Allier River is a major river in central France, known for its largely unspoiled natural course and as a tributary of the Loire.
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C.
Loire
The Loire is the longest river in France, renowned for its scenic valley dotted with historic châteaux and vineyards.
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D.
Dordogne River
The Dordogne River is a major river in south-central and southwestern France, renowned for its scenic valleys, historic towns, and role in the region’s cultural and natural heritage.
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E.
Yonne
Yonne is a major river in north-central France that flows through the Burgundy region before joining the Seine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| crossesRegion |
Normandy
ⓘ
Pays de la Loire ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Maine River at Angers ⓘ |
| flowsThroughCity |
Alençon
ⓘ
Angers ⓘ Le Mans ⓘ Sablé-sur-Sarthe ⓘ |
| flowsThroughDepartment |
Maine-et-Loire
ⓘ
Orne ⓘ Sarthe ⓘ |
| forms |
Maine (river)
ⓘ
surface form:
Maine River
|
| formsRiverWith |
Loir
ⓘ
surface form:
Loir River
Mayenne River ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Sarthe department ⓘ |
| length | approximately 313 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western France ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Normandy
ⓘ
Pays de la Loire ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| mouthCountry | France ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn |
Maine (river)
ⓘ
surface form:
Maine River
|
| partOfRiverSystem | Loire River basin ⓘ |
| sourceCountry | France ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Normandy ⓘ |
| tributaryOf |
Maine (river)
ⓘ
surface form:
Maine River
|
| usedFor |
irrigation
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ 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: Sarthe River Description of subject: The Sarthe River is a waterway in western France that flows through the regions of Normandy and Pays de la Loire before joining other rivers to form the Maine.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gallo-Roman walls of Le Mans
subject surface form:
Gallo-Roman walls of Le Mans
subject surface form:
Sarthe
subject surface form:
Sarthe
this entity surface form:
Sarthe river system
this entity surface form:
Loir–Sarthe–Loire river system