Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
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Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) is a river in Illinois that flows through the state's north-central region before joining the Illinois River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5925832 — 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: Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) Context triple: [Illinois River, hasTributary, Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)]
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A.
Illinois River (Arkansas River tributary)
The Illinois River (Arkansas River tributary) is a scenic waterway flowing through parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma, known for its recreational opportunities and environmental significance within the Arkansas River basin.
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B.
Old Mill Creek, Illinois
Old Mill Creek, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and location within Lake County near the Wisconsin border.
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C.
Verdigris River
The Verdigris River is a significant river in the central United States that flows through Kansas and Oklahoma, contributing to the Arkansas River watershed and regional navigation and irrigation systems.
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D.
Salt Creek (Illinois)
Salt Creek is a tributary stream of the Des Plaines River in northeastern Illinois that flows through several suburbs of Chicago, including Elmhurst.
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E.
Uhl River
The Uhl River is a Himalayan river in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, known for flowing through the Kangra Valley and supporting local hydropower and irrigation.
- 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: Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) Target entity description: Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) is a river in Illinois that flows through the state's north-central region before joining the Illinois River.
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A.
Illinois River (Arkansas River tributary)
The Illinois River (Arkansas River tributary) is a scenic waterway flowing through parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma, known for its recreational opportunities and environmental significance within the Arkansas River basin.
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B.
Old Mill Creek, Illinois
Old Mill Creek, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and location within Lake County near the Wisconsin border.
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C.
Verdigris River
The Verdigris River is a significant river in the central United States that flows through Kansas and Oklahoma, contributing to the Arkansas River watershed and regional navigation and irrigation systems.
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D.
Salt Creek (Illinois)
Salt Creek is a tributary stream of the Des Plaines River in northeastern Illinois that flows through several suburbs of Chicago, including Elmhurst.
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E.
Uhl River
The Uhl River is a Himalayan river in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, known for flowing through the Kangra Valley and supporting local hydropower and irrigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distinguishedFrom |
Vermilion River (Ohio River tributary)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Ford County, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
LaSalle County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Livingston County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ McLean County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontiac, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Streator, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodford County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature | whitewater rapids near Streator ⓘ |
| hasLeftTributary | South Fork Vermilion River (Illinois) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasName | Vermilion River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRightTributary | North Fork Vermilion River (Illinois) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
north-central Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | near Oglesby, Illinois ⓘ |
| mouthOf | Illinois River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Midwestern United States rivers ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Illinois River watershed
ⓘ
Mississippi River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | near Roberts, Illinois ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Illinois River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
canoeing
ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
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: Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) Description of subject: Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) is a river in Illinois that flows through the state's north-central region before joining the Illinois River.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.