Río Yaqui
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Río Yaqui is one of the major rivers in northwestern Mexico, flowing through the state of Sonora and supporting extensive agricultural regions before reaching the sea.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yaqui River | 4 |
| Río Yaqui canonical | 2 |
| Valle del Yaqui | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1931285 — 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: Río Yaqui Context triple: [Gulf of California, hasInflow, Río Yaqui]
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A.
Yaqui
The Yaqui are an Indigenous people of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, especially northern Mexico, known for their rich ceremonial traditions, distinctive Pascola and Deer dances, and enduring resistance to colonization.
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B.
Río Sinaloa
Río Sinaloa is a significant river in the Mexican state of Sinaloa that supports regional agriculture, ecosystems, and nearby communities.
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C.
Rio Conchos
Rio Conchos is a major river in northern Mexico that significantly contributes to the flow of the Rio Grande and supports agriculture and communities in the Chihuahuan Desert region.
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D.
San Pedro River
The San Pedro River is a significant river in southern Chile known for flowing through the Los Ríos Region and supporting local ecosystems, hydropower, and recreation.
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E.
Grijalva River
The Grijalva River is a major river in southeastern Mexico that flows through the states of Chiapas and Tabasco, supporting hydroelectric power generation and agriculture before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
- 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: Río Yaqui Target entity description: Río Yaqui is one of the major rivers in northwestern Mexico, flowing through the state of Sonora and supporting extensive agricultural regions before reaching the sea.
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A.
Yaqui
The Yaqui are an Indigenous people of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, especially northern Mexico, known for their rich ceremonial traditions, distinctive Pascola and Deer dances, and enduring resistance to colonization.
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B.
Río Sinaloa
Río Sinaloa is a significant river in the Mexican state of Sinaloa that supports regional agriculture, ecosystems, and nearby communities.
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C.
Rio Conchos
Rio Conchos is a major river in northern Mexico that significantly contributes to the flow of the Rio Grande and supports agriculture and communities in the Chihuahuan Desert region.
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D.
San Pedro River
The San Pedro River is a significant river in southern Chile known for flowing through the Los Ríos Region and supporting local ecosystems, hydropower, and recreation.
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E.
Grijalva River
The Grijalva River is a major river in southeastern Mexico that flows through the states of Chiapas and Tabasco, supporting hydroelectric power generation and agriculture before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Río Yaqui
ⓘ
surface form:
Yaqui River
|
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Yaqui people ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| drainageBasinLocatedIn | Sonora ⓘ |
| emptiesNear | coast of Sonora ⓘ |
| flowsInto |
Gulf of California
ⓘ
Gulf of California ⓘ
surface form:
Sea of Cortez
|
| flowsThrough | Sonora ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportanceFor | Sonora ⓘ |
| hasMajorDam |
Presa El Novillo
ⓘ
Angostura Dam ⓘ
surface form:
Presa La Angostura
Presa Álvaro Obregón ⓘ |
| hasMouthNear |
Bahía de Lobos
ⓘ
Ciudad Obregón ⓘ |
| hasWatershedIn | Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ |
| isMajorRiverOf | northwestern Mexico ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sonora ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Northwestern Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Mexico
|
| mouthLocatedIn |
Gulf of California
ⓘ
Gulf of California ⓘ
surface form:
Sea of Cortez
|
| partOf | Sonora river system ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedIn | Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ |
| supports |
Yaqui Valley agriculture
ⓘ
agricultural regions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hydroelectric power
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
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: Río Yaqui Description of subject: Río Yaqui is one of the major rivers in northwestern Mexico, flowing through the state of Sonora and supporting extensive agricultural regions before reaching the sea.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yaqui River
this entity surface form:
Yaqui River
this entity surface form:
Valle del Yaqui
this entity surface form:
Yaqui River
this entity surface form:
Yaqui River