Tongtian River
E403811
The Tongtian River is a major upper reach of the Yangtze River in western China, flowing from the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau through remote, mountainous terrain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tongtian River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3865611 — 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: Tongtian River Context triple: [Tanggula Mountains, sourceOf, Tongtian River]
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A.
Xiaoqing River
The Xiaoqing River is a significant river in Shandong Province, China, flowing through the city of Jinan and serving as an important regional waterway.
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B.
Luoqing River
The Luoqing River is a regional river in Guangxi, China, that flows through and helps shape the city of Liuzhou.
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C.
Hanshui River
The Hanshui River is a major tributary of the Yangtze River in central China, flowing through Shaanxi and Hubei provinces and playing a key role in the region’s ecology, history, and transportation.
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D.
Xin’an River
The Xin’an River is a major river in eastern China known for its scenic landscapes and as an important tributary contributing to the Qiantang River system.
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E.
Hutuo River
The Hutuo River is a major river in northern China’s Hebei Province that flows through the city of Shijiazhuang and serves as an important regional water source.
- 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: Tongtian River Target entity description: The Tongtian River is a major upper reach of the Yangtze River in western China, flowing from the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau through remote, mountainous terrain.
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A.
Xiaoqing River
The Xiaoqing River is a significant river in Shandong Province, China, flowing through the city of Jinan and serving as an important regional waterway.
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B.
Luoqing River
The Luoqing River is a regional river in Guangxi, China, that flows through and helps shape the city of Liuzhou.
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C.
Hanshui River
The Hanshui River is a major tributary of the Yangtze River in central China, flowing through Shaanxi and Hubei provinces and playing a key role in the region’s ecology, history, and transportation.
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D.
Xin’an River
The Xin’an River is a major river in eastern China known for its scenic landscapes and as an important tributary contributing to the Qiantang River system.
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E.
Hutuo River
The Hutuo River is a major river in northern China’s Hebei Province that flows through the city of Shijiazhuang and serves as an important regional water source.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
upper reach of the Yangtze River ⓘ |
| basinCountry | China ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
Qinghai
ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ |
| elevation | high-altitude ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Qinghai
ⓘ
surface form:
Qinghai Province
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalRole | major headwater of the Yangtze River ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-altitude river valleys
ⓘ
remote, sparsely populated basin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western China ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tibetan Plateau ⓘ |
| mouthRiver | Jinsha River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Yangtze River
ⓘ
Yangtze River basin ⓘ |
| region |
eastern Tibetan Plateau
ⓘ
upper Yangtze River region ⓘ
surface form:
upper Yangtze region
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| sourceRegion | Tibetan Plateau ⓘ |
| terrain |
mountainous
ⓘ
remote ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Yangtze River ⓘ |
| upstreamNameOf | Jinsha River ⓘ |
| watercourseSystem |
Yangtze River
ⓘ
surface form:
Yangtze River system
|
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: Tongtian River Description of subject: The Tongtian River is a major upper reach of the Yangtze River in western China, flowing from the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau through remote, mountainous terrain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.