North Fork Stanislaus River
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The North Fork Stanislaus River is a major Sierra Nevada mountain stream in California known for its steep granite canyon, whitewater recreation, and role in regional hydroelectric and water supply systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| North Fork Stanislaus River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3616686 — 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: North Fork Stanislaus River Context triple: [Stanislaus River, hasTributary, North Fork Stanislaus River]
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A.
South Fork Feather River
The South Fork Feather River is a major tributary of the Feather River in Northern California, flowing through the Sierra Nevada and contributing significantly to regional water storage and hydroelectric power.
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B.
South Fork Kings River
The South Fork Kings River is a major headwater branch of California’s Kings River, flowing through rugged canyons and alpine terrain in Kings Canyon National Park.
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C.
North Fork American River
The North Fork American River is a major tributary of California’s American River, known for its rugged canyon scenery, whitewater recreation, and relatively undisturbed natural habitat in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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D.
Kaweah River
The Kaweah River is a Sierra Nevada waterway in California that flows through Sequoia National Park and the foothills near the town of Three Rivers before feeding into Lake Kaweah.
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E.
Merced River
The Merced River is a major Sierra Nevada waterway in California renowned for carving Yosemite Valley and providing iconic scenic, recreational, and ecological value within and beyond Yosemite National Park.
- 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: North Fork Stanislaus River Target entity description: The North Fork Stanislaus River is a major Sierra Nevada mountain stream in California known for its steep granite canyon, whitewater recreation, and role in regional hydroelectric and water supply systems.
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A.
South Fork Feather River
The South Fork Feather River is a major tributary of the Feather River in Northern California, flowing through the Sierra Nevada and contributing significantly to regional water storage and hydroelectric power.
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B.
South Fork Kings River
The South Fork Kings River is a major headwater branch of California’s Kings River, flowing through rugged canyons and alpine terrain in Kings Canyon National Park.
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C.
North Fork American River
The North Fork American River is a major tributary of California’s American River, known for its rugged canyon scenery, whitewater recreation, and relatively undisturbed natural habitat in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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D.
Kaweah River
The Kaweah River is a Sierra Nevada waterway in California that flows through Sequoia National Park and the foothills near the town of Three Rivers before feeding into Lake Kaweah.
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E.
Merced River
The Merced River is a major Sierra Nevada waterway in California renowned for carving Yosemite Valley and providing iconic scenic, recreational, and ecological value within and beyond Yosemite National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainageBasin | western slope of Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Alpine County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Calaveras County NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuolumne County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
cold snowmelt flows
ⓘ
granite canyon ⓘ steep gradient ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
diversion facilities
ⓘ
hydroelectric dams ⓘ reservoirs ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | confluence with Stanislaus River ⓘ |
| partOf |
San Joaquin Valley water system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanislaus River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recreationAreaType | whitewater river ⓘ |
| region | Central Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Joaquin River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Stanislaus River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ kayaking ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ rafting ⓘ whitewater recreation ⓘ |
| waterResourceRole |
regional hydropower resource
ⓘ
regional water supply component ⓘ |
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: North Fork Stanislaus River Description of subject: The North Fork Stanislaus River is a major Sierra Nevada mountain stream in California known for its steep granite canyon, whitewater recreation, and role in regional hydroelectric and water supply systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.