River Mulde
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The River Mulde is a river in central Germany that flows through the states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt before joining the Elbe.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mulde River | 12 |
| Zwickauer Mulde | 4 |
| Mulde | 1 |
| Mulde river system | 1 |
| River Mulde canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1624737 — 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: River Mulde Context triple: [District of Leipzig, traversedBy, River Mulde]
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A.
Chemnitz River
The Chemnitz River is a waterway in the German state of Saxony that flows through and gives its name to the city of Chemnitz.
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B.
River Spree
River Spree is a major river flowing through Berlin, Germany, known for shaping the city’s landscape and passing many historic and cultural landmarks.
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C.
Dahme
The Dahme is a river in eastern Germany that flows through Brandenburg and Berlin before joining the Spree.
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D.
Saale
The Saale is a major river in central Germany that flows through the states of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, and Bavaria before joining the Elbe.
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E.
Inn River
The Inn River is a major Alpine river in Central Europe that flows through Switzerland, Austria, and Germany before joining the Danube.
- 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: River Mulde Target entity description: The River Mulde is a river in central Germany that flows through the states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt before joining the Elbe.
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A.
Chemnitz River
The Chemnitz River is a waterway in the German state of Saxony that flows through and gives its name to the city of Chemnitz.
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B.
River Spree
River Spree is a major river flowing through Berlin, Germany, known for shaping the city’s landscape and passing many historic and cultural landmarks.
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C.
Dahme
The Dahme is a river in eastern Germany that flows through Brandenburg and Berlin before joining the Spree.
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D.
Saale
The Saale is a major river in central Germany that flows through the states of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, and Bavaria before joining the Elbe.
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E.
Inn River
The Inn River is a major Alpine river in Central Europe that flows through Switzerland, Austria, and Germany before joining the Danube.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| confluenceLocation | near Colditz ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| crosses | German Central Uplands ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Elbe drainage basin ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Dessau
ⓘ
surface form:
Dessau-Roßlau
Eilenburg ⓘ Glauchau ⓘ Grimma ⓘ Saxony ⓘ Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ Wurzen ⓘ Zwickau ⓘ |
| formedByConfluenceOf |
Freiberger Mulde
ⓘ
Freiberger Mulde ⓘ
surface form:
Zwickauer Mulde
|
| hasBridge |
Mulde Bridge Grimma
ⓘ
surface form:
Pöppelmann Bridge in Grimma
|
| hasEcologicalSignificance | supports riparian habitats ⓘ |
| hasFloodHistory | subject to periodic flooding ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Freiberger Mulde
ⓘ
Freiberger Mulde ⓘ
surface form:
Zwickauer Mulde
|
| hasValley |
Mulde
ⓘ
surface form:
Mulde Valley
Mulde ⓘ
surface form:
Muldetal (Mulde valley)
|
| length | approximately 147 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central Germany
ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
surface form:
state of Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
surface form:
state of Saxony-Anhalt
|
| mouthLocation |
Saxony-Anhalt
ⓘ
near Dessau ⓘ |
| mouthOf | Elbe ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Leipzig ⓘ |
| notableFloodEvent | 2002 European floods ⓘ |
| partOf |
Elbe River Basin District
ⓘ
surface form:
Elbe watershed
|
| passesNear | Colditz Castle ⓘ |
| region |
Saxony
ⓘ
surface form:
Free State of Saxony
state of Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Elbe
ⓘ
surface form:
Elbe river system
|
| sourceRegion | Ore Mountains ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Elbe ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ water sports ⓘ |
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: River Mulde Description of subject: The River Mulde is a river in central Germany that flows through the states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt before joining the Elbe.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dessau-Roßlau
this entity surface form:
Mulde
this entity surface form:
Zwickauer Mulde
this entity surface form:
Zwickauer Mulde
this entity surface form:
Zwickauer Mulde
this entity surface form:
Zwickauer Mulde
this entity surface form:
Mulde River
this entity surface form:
Mulde River
this entity surface form:
Mulde River
this entity surface form:
Mulde River
this entity surface form:
Mulde River
this entity surface form:
Mulde River
this entity surface form:
Mulde River
this entity surface form:
Mulde River
this entity surface form:
Mulde River
this entity surface form:
Mulde river system
this entity surface form:
Mulde River