Souris River
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The Souris River is a winding prairie river in the north-central United States and south-central Canada that flows through North Dakota and Manitoba before joining the Assiniboine River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Souris River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3934197 — 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: Souris River Context triple: [Assiniboine River, hasTributary, Souris River]
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A.
Lievre River
The Lievre River is a significant waterway in western Quebec, Canada, known for flowing south through forested and rural areas before joining the Gatineau River.
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B.
Aller River
The Aller River is a major river in northern Germany that flows through Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt before joining the Weser River.
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C.
Doux River
The Doux River is a watercourse in southeastern France that flows through the historical Vivarais region of the Ardèche.
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D.
Coquille River
The Coquille River is a coastal river in southwestern Oregon that flows through forested valleys to the Pacific Ocean, supporting local communities, agriculture, and wildlife habitats.
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E.
Thielle River
The Thielle River is a watercourse in western Switzerland that drains Lake Neuchâtel and connects it with downstream lakes in the Swiss Plateau.
- 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: Souris River Target entity description: The Souris River is a winding prairie river in the north-central United States and south-central Canada that flows through North Dakota and Manitoba before joining the Assiniboine River.
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A.
Lievre River
The Lievre River is a significant waterway in western Quebec, Canada, known for flowing south through forested and rural areas before joining the Gatineau River.
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B.
Aller River
The Aller River is a major river in northern Germany that flows through Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt before joining the Weser River.
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C.
Doux River
The Doux River is a watercourse in southeastern France that flows through the historical Vivarais region of the Ardèche.
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D.
Coquille River
The Coquille River is a coastal river in southwestern Oregon that flows through forested valleys to the Pacific Ocean, supporting local communities, agriculture, and wildlife habitats.
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E.
Thielle River
The Thielle River is a watercourse in western Switzerland that drains Lake Neuchâtel and connects it with downstream lakes in the Swiss Plateau.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international river of North America
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mouse River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rivière Souris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| borderCrossing | United States–Canada border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesProvince |
Manitoba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesState | North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Hudson Bay drainage basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward and eastward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Manitoba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedByAgreement | Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
meandering
ⓘ
prairie river ⓘ |
| hasFloodControlInfrastructure |
dams
ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Antler River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Des Lacs River NERFINISHED ⓘ Plum Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
irrigation
ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| lengthApproxKm | 700 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Plains
ⓘ
North America ⓘ Prairies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | International Souris River Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth | Assiniboine River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthCountry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFloodEvent | 2011 Souris River flood ⓘ |
| partOf | Red River–Lake Winnipeg–Hudson Bay watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Brandon, Manitoba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Estevan, Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ Minot, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
north-central United States
ⓘ
south-central Canada ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Assiniboine River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo | flooding ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Assiniboine River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watershedType | agricultural watershed ⓘ |
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: Souris River Description of subject: The Souris River is a winding prairie river in the north-central United States and south-central Canada that flows through North Dakota and Manitoba before joining the Assiniboine River.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.