Red Cedar River
E191326
The Red Cedar River is a tributary of the Grand River in Michigan that flows through the campus of Michigan State University and the city of East Lansing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Cedar River canonical | 6 |
| Red Cedar River, West Branch | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T783798 — 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: Red Cedar River Context triple: [Lansing, Michigan, river, Red Cedar River]
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A.
Lake River
Lake River is a tributary waterway in southwestern Washington State that connects Vancouver Lake to the Columbia River.
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B.
Kinnickinnic River
The Kinnickinnic River is an urban waterway in southeastern Wisconsin that flows through Milwaukee before emptying into Lake Michigan.
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C.
Cedar River
Cedar River is a major river in Iowa and Minnesota known for flowing through cities like Cedar Rapids and contributing significantly to the region’s ecology and economy.
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D.
Cedar River
The Cedar River is a river in Washington State that flows from the Cascade Range through rural and suburban areas before ultimately feeding into Lake Washington near Seattle.
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E.
Thur River
The Thur River is a major river in northeastern Switzerland that flows through the cantons of St. Gallen, Thurgau, and Zurich before joining the Rhine.
- 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: Red Cedar River Target entity description: The Red Cedar River is a tributary of the Grand River in Michigan that flows through the campus of Michigan State University and the city of East Lansing.
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A.
Lake River
Lake River is a tributary waterway in southwestern Washington State that connects Vancouver Lake to the Columbia River.
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B.
Kinnickinnic River
The Kinnickinnic River is an urban waterway in southeastern Wisconsin that flows through Milwaukee before emptying into Lake Michigan.
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C.
Cedar River
Cedar River is a major river in Iowa and Minnesota known for flowing through cities like Cedar Rapids and contributing significantly to the region’s ecology and economy.
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D.
Cedar River
The Cedar River is a river in Washington State that flows from the Cascade Range through rural and suburban areas before ultimately feeding into Lake Washington near Seattle.
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E.
Thur River
The Thur River is a major river in northeastern Switzerland that flows through the cantons of St. Gallen, Thurgau, and Zurich before joining the Rhine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Michigan State University traditions ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainageBasin | south-central Lower Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ |
| elevationAtMouth |
approximately 250 meters
ⓘ
approximately 820 feet ⓘ |
| flowsInto |
Grand River (Michigan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand River at Lansing, Michigan
|
| flowsThrough |
East Lansing
ⓘ
surface form:
East Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan ⓘ Meridian Township, Michigan ⓘ Michigan State University campus ⓘ Okemos ⓘ
surface form:
Okemos, Michigan
|
| hasBridge |
Farm Lane Bridge
ⓘ
Kedzie Bridge ⓘ Spartan Stadium ⓘ
surface form:
Spartan Stadium footbridge
|
| hasLeftTributary |
Red Cedar River
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Cedar River, West Branch
|
| hasRightTributary | Sycamore Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Columbia Creek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deer Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Doan Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Mud Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Pine Lake Outlet ⓘ Red Cedar River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Red Cedar River, West Branch
Sycamore Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWatershedArea |
approximately 1,194 square kilometers
ⓘ
approximately 461 square miles ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 51 miles
ⓘ
approximately 82 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ingham County, Michigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Livingston County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiawassee County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Michigan State University fight song
ⓘ
surface form:
MSU fight song "MSU Shadows"
|
| mouthLocation |
Grand River (Michigan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand River at Lansing, Michigan
|
| notableFor | running through Michigan State University campus ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Lakes Basin ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Spartan Stadium
ⓘ
surface form:
Michigan State University Spartan Stadium
Michigan State University main campus core ⓘ |
| region | Lower Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Grand River watershed ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | near Williamston, Michigan area ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan (most of state)
ⓘ
surface form:
Michigan
|
| tributaryOf | Grand River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
canoeing
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ kayaking ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| watercourseThrough | Michigan State University campus arboretum ⓘ |
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: Red Cedar River Description of subject: The Red Cedar River is a tributary of the Grand River in Michigan that flows through the campus of Michigan State University and the city of East Lansing.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Red Cedar River, West Branch
this entity surface form:
Red Cedar River, West Branch
subject surface form:
Grand River (Michigan)