Aras
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The Aras is a major river in the South Caucasus and northwestern Iran that flows along several international borders before joining the Kura River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aras canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4677110 — 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: Aras Context triple: [Kura, tributary, Aras]
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A.
Jibal
Jibal was a historical region in western Iran, centered around the Zagros Mountains and key cities like Rayy and Hamadan, that served as an important political and cultural center in the medieval Islamic world.
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B.
Mahameru
Mahameru is the revered local name for Mount Semeru, the highest and one of the most active volcanoes on the island of Java in Indonesia.
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C.
Büyük Altay
Büyük Altay is the popular nickname of Altay S.K., a historic Turkish football club based in İzmir.
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D.
Dagi
Dagi is a diminutive form of the given name Dagmar, commonly used as an affectionate nickname.
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E.
Rishra
Rishra is an industrial town and municipal area in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, India, known for its jute mills and proximity to Kolkata along the Hooghly River.
- 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: Aras Target entity description: The Aras is a major river in the South Caucasus and northwestern Iran that flows along several international borders before joining the Kura River.
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A.
Jibal
Jibal was a historical region in western Iran, centered around the Zagros Mountains and key cities like Rayy and Hamadan, that served as an important political and cultural center in the medieval Islamic world.
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B.
Mahameru
Mahameru is the revered local name for Mount Semeru, the highest and one of the most active volcanoes on the island of Java in Indonesia.
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C.
Büyük Altay
Büyük Altay is the popular nickname of Altay S.K., a historic Turkish football club based in İzmir.
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D.
Dagi
Dagi is a diminutive form of the given name Dagmar, commonly used as an affectionate nickname.
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E.
Rishra
Rishra is an industrial town and municipal area in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, India, known for its jute mills and proximity to Kolkata along the Hooghly River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Arax
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Araxes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| averageDischarge | about 285 cubic metres per second ⓘ |
| basinArea | about 102,000 square kilometres ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
Armenia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Armenia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ Iran ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| dischargeLocation | at mouth into Kura River ⓘ |
| ecoregion | Caspian lowland and steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally west to east ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Kura River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsBorderBetween |
Iran and Armenia
ⓘ
Iran and Azerbaijan ⓘ Turkey and Armenia ⓘ Turkey and Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan exclave) ⓘ |
| hasDam | Aras Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservoir | Aras Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 1,072 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Caucasus
ⓘ
northwestern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | ancient Greek sources as Araxes ⓘ |
| mouthCountry | Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | near Sabirabad, Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| mouthOf | Kura River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Jabrayil District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julfa NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakhchivan City NERFINISHED ⓘ Parsabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Yerevan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Caucasus ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Kura River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceElevation | about 2,700 metres ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceMountainRange | Bingöl Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | Eastern Anatolia Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributary |
Akhuryan River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arpa River NERFINISHED ⓘ Arpachay River NERFINISHED ⓘ Balharud River NERFINISHED ⓘ Bazarchay River NERFINISHED ⓘ Hrazdan River NERFINISHED ⓘ Karnut River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kasagh River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kendalan River NERFINISHED ⓘ Khachinchay River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurekchay River NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakhchivanchay River NERFINISHED ⓘ Qareh Sū River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tartar River NERFINISHED ⓘ Voghji River NERFINISHED ⓘ Vorotan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
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hydroelectric power generation ⓘ 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: Aras Description of subject: The Aras is a major river in the South Caucasus and northwestern Iran that flows along several international borders before joining the Kura River.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.