Ofanto River
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The Ofanto River is a major river in southern Italy that flows through the regions of Campania, Basilicata, and Apulia before emptying into the Adriatic Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ofanto River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4959571 — 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: Ofanto River Context triple: [Canosa di Puglia, locatedNear, Ofanto River]
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A.
Letaba River
The Letaba River is a major watercourse in northeastern South Africa that flows through the Kruger National Park, supporting diverse wildlife and ecosystems along its banks.
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B.
Vaza-Barris River
The Vaza-Barris River is a significant waterway in northeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Sergipe before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
Actopan River
The Actopan River is a freshwater river in the Mexican state of Veracruz known for its clear waters, scenic canyons, and popularity for rafting and ecotourism.
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D.
Marquez River
The Marquez River is a watercourse in Bolivia that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the saline Poopó Lake on the Andean Altiplano.
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E.
Mayales River
The Mayales River is a Nicaraguan river that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the large freshwater lake known as Gran Lago (Lake Nicaragua).
- 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: Ofanto River Target entity description: The Ofanto River is a major river in southern Italy that flows through the regions of Campania, Basilicata, and Apulia before emptying into the Adriatic Sea.
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A.
Letaba River
The Letaba River is a major watercourse in northeastern South Africa that flows through the Kruger National Park, supporting diverse wildlife and ecosystems along its banks.
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B.
Vaza-Barris River
The Vaza-Barris River is a significant waterway in northeastern Brazil that flows through the state of Sergipe before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
Actopan River
The Actopan River is a freshwater river in the Mexican state of Veracruz known for its clear waters, scenic canyons, and popularity for rafting and ecotourism.
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D.
Marquez River
The Marquez River is a watercourse in Bolivia that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the saline Poopó Lake on the Andean Altiplano.
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E.
Mayales River
The Mayales River is a Nicaraguan river that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the large freshwater lake known as Gran Lago (Lake Nicaragua).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| associatedWithBattle | Battle of Cannae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinArea | approximately 2700 square kilometers ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToHydrographicDistrict | Southern Apennines hydrographic district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| crossesProvince |
Avellino
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barletta-Andria-Trani NERFINISHED ⓘ Foggia NERFINISHED ⓘ Potenza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasinShape | elongated ⓘ |
| economicUse | agricultural water supply ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floodRisk | subject to seasonal flooding ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally west-to-east ⓘ |
| flowsNearCity |
Barletta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canosa di Puglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsNearTown |
Melfi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minervino Murge NERFINISHED ⓘ Venosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThroughRegion |
Apulia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Basilicata NERFINISHED ⓘ Campania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Fiume Ofanto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Roman bridge near Canosa di Puglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | referenced in Roman literature ⓘ |
| hasEstuaryType | delta-less mouth ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalRegime | Mediterranean pluvial regime ⓘ |
| historicalName | Aufidus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| length | approximately 170 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Horace
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Livy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedNear | Gulf of Manfredonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearImportantArchaeologicalSite |
Cannae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canosa di Puglia archaeological area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughGeographicArea | Ofanto valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionHydrologicalBasin | Adriatic Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Irpinia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceMountainRange | Apennines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | Campania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributary |
Atella River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ofantino stream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | 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: Ofanto River Description of subject: The Ofanto River is a major river in southern Italy that flows through the regions of Campania, Basilicata, and Apulia before emptying into the Adriatic Sea.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.