Capilano River
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Capilano River is a coastal river in North Vancouver, British Columbia, known for its canyon, suspension bridge, and role as a major regional drinking water source.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capilano River canonical | 3 |
| Capilano Lake watershed | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4925137 — 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: Capilano River Context triple: [Southwestern British Columbia, hasRiver, Capilano River]
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A.
Kootenay River
The Kootenay River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
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B.
Slocan River
The Slocan River is a scenic river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Slocan Valley and supporting outdoor recreation such as kayaking, fishing, and camping.
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C.
Caledon River
The Caledon River is a significant river in southern Africa that flows through Lesotho and South Africa, forming part of their border before joining the Orange River.
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D.
Thompson River
The Thompson River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, known for its role in the province’s interior drainage system and its confluence with the Fraser River near Lytton.
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E.
Nechako River
The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
- 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: Capilano River Target entity description: Capilano River is a coastal river in North Vancouver, British Columbia, known for its canyon, suspension bridge, and role as a major regional drinking water source.
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A.
Kootenay River
The Kootenay River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
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B.
Slocan River
The Slocan River is a scenic river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Slocan Valley and supporting outdoor recreation such as kayaking, fishing, and camping.
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C.
Caledon River
The Caledon River is a significant river in southern Africa that flows through Lesotho and South Africa, forming part of their border before joining the Orange River.
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D.
Thompson River
The Thompson River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, known for its role in the province’s interior drainage system and its confluence with the Fraser River near Lytton.
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E.
Nechako River
The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal river
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Capilano Suspension Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fishSpecies |
Chinook salmon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coho salmon NERFINISHED ⓘ steelhead trout ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Burrard Inlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Capilano River Hatchery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure | Cleveland Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Capilano Canyon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Capilano Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Capilano River Regional Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Capilano Canyon
NERFINISHED
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Capilano Suspension Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ regional drinking water supply role ⓘ salmon runs ⓘ scenic canyon ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Metro Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ North Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | North Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Metro Vancouver Regional District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation |
Burrard Inlet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Grouse Mountain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lions Gate Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Capilano watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedArea | Capilano River Regional Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recreation |
fishing
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ kayaking ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| sourceRegion |
Coast Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Shore Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| upstreamReservoir | Capilano Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power (historically, small-scale) ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ |
| watershedManagedBy | Metro Vancouver Water Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterSourceFor |
City of Vancouver
NERFINISHED
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Metro Vancouver drinking water supply ⓘ North Shore municipalities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Capilano River Description of subject: Capilano River is a coastal river in North Vancouver, British Columbia, known for its canyon, suspension bridge, and role as a major regional drinking water source.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Capilano Lake watershed