Comal River
E427917
The Comal River is a short, spring-fed river in New Braunfels, Texas, popular for recreation such as tubing and known for its clear, constant-temperature waters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Comal River canonical | 5 |
| Comal Springs | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4234115 — 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: Comal River Context triple: [South-Central Texas, containsRiver, Comal River]
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A.
San Antonio River
The San Antonio River is a waterway in California’s Coast Range region that flows through Monterey County and is historically associated with nearby Spanish missions.
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B.
San Antonio River
The San Antonio River is a spring-fed waterway in south-central Texas best known for flowing through downtown San Antonio and forming the centerpiece of the city’s famous River Walk.
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C.
San Antonio River
The San Antonio River is a notable watercourse in Argentina’s Córdoba Province, flowing through popular tourist areas in the Punilla Valley and contributing to the region’s scenic landscapes and recreation.
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D.
Alamo River
The Alamo River is a man-made drainage waterway in the Imperial Valley of Southern California that carries agricultural runoff southward into the Salton Sea.
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E.
San Jacinto River
The San Jacinto River is a waterway in Southern California that flows through the Inland Empire region, contributing to local water supply, agriculture, and flood control.
- 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: Comal River Target entity description: The Comal River is a short, spring-fed river in New Braunfels, Texas, popular for recreation such as tubing and known for its clear, constant-temperature waters.
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A.
San Antonio River
The San Antonio River is a spring-fed waterway in south-central Texas best known for flowing through downtown San Antonio and forming the centerpiece of the city’s famous River Walk.
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B.
San Antonio River
The San Antonio River is a waterway in California’s Coast Range region that flows through Monterey County and is historically associated with nearby Spanish missions.
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C.
San Antonio River
The San Antonio River is a notable watercourse in Argentina’s Córdoba Province, flowing through popular tourist areas in the Punilla Valley and contributing to the region’s scenic landscapes and recreation.
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D.
Alamo River
The Alamo River is a man-made drainage waterway in the Imperial Valley of Southern California that carries agricultural runoff southward into the Salton Sea.
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E.
San Jacinto River
The San Jacinto River is a waterway in Southern California that flows through the Inland Empire region, contributing to local water supply, agriculture, and flood control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
spring-fed river ⓘ |
| city | New Braunfels, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | habitat for endangered species ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Comal County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecoregion | Edwards Plateau region of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowCharacteristic | perennial ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Schlitterbahn Waterpark New Braunfels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Little Guadalupe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAttraction | Schlitterbahn Waterpark New Braunfels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Landa Lake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
man-made chutes and dams ⓘ |
| hasManagementAuthority | City of New Braunfels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Downtown New Braunfels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince Solms Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegulation |
alcohol restrictions
ⓘ
littering prohibitions ⓘ tubing regulations ⓘ |
| hydrologicalType | spring-fed ⓘ |
| isLocatedIn |
Comal County, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas Hill Country NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTributaryOf | Guadalupe River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 2.5 miles
ⓘ
approximately 4.0 kilometers ⓘ |
| mouth | Guadalupe River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | New Braunfels, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear water
ⓘ
constant spring flow ⓘ recreational tubing ⓘ short length ⓘ |
| recreationActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
paddleboarding ⓘ scuba diving ⓘ snorkeling ⓘ swimming ⓘ tubing ⓘ |
| source | Comal Springs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Landa Park, New Braunfels, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| springSystem | Edwards Aquifer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| supportsSpecies |
Texas wild-rice
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fountain darter ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | major local tourist attraction ⓘ |
| waterClarity | clear ⓘ |
| waterTemperature |
approximately 22 degrees Celsius
ⓘ
approximately 72 degrees Fahrenheit ⓘ |
| waterTemperatureCharacteristic | nearly constant year-round ⓘ |
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: Comal River Description of subject: The Comal River is a short, spring-fed river in New Braunfels, Texas, popular for recreation such as tubing and known for its clear, constant-temperature waters.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Comal Springs
this entity surface form:
Comal Springs