Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)
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The Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) is a Midwestern U.S. river flowing through Illinois and Indiana, known for draining rich agricultural lands before joining the Wabash River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6026762 — 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 (Wabash River tributary) Context triple: [Wabash River, hasTributary, Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)]
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A.
Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
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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B.
Huron River (Ohio)
The Huron River in Ohio is a tributary of Lake Erie that flows through north-central Ohio, including the vicinity of Milan, and is known for its scenic, recreational, and ecological significance.
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C.
Mad River (Ohio)
Mad River is a tributary of the Great Miami River in western Ohio, known for its clear, spring-fed waters and popularity for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing.
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D.
Sulphur River
The Sulphur River is a river in northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas known for its forested bottomlands, wildlife habitat, and role in regional water supply and recreation.
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E.
Black River (Ohio)
Black River (Ohio) is a river in northern Ohio that flows into Lake Erie and has historically supported industry, shipping, and recreation in the Lorain area.
- 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 (Wabash River tributary) Target entity description: The Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) is a Midwestern U.S. river flowing through Illinois and Indiana, known for draining rich agricultural lands before joining the Wabash River.
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A.
Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
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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B.
Huron River (Ohio)
The Huron River in Ohio is a tributary of Lake Erie that flows through north-central Ohio, including the vicinity of Milan, and is known for its scenic, recreational, and ecological significance.
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C.
Mad River (Ohio)
Mad River is a tributary of the Great Miami River in western Ohio, known for its clear, spring-fed waters and popularity for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing.
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D.
Sulphur River
The Sulphur River is a river in northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas known for its forested bottomlands, wildlife habitat, and role in regional water supply and recreation.
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E.
Black River (Ohio)
Black River (Ohio) is a river in northern Ohio that flows into Lake Erie and has historically supported industry, shipping, and recreation in the Lorain area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distinguishedFrom |
Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vermilion River (Lake Erie) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageRegion |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drains | agricultural land ⓘ |
| flowsInDirection | generally southward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasName | Vermilion River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
agricultural drainage
ⓘ
local recreation ⓘ |
| hasWatershedCharacteristic | intensive row-crop agriculture ⓘ |
| isPartOfHydrologicalSystem | Wabash–Ohio–Mississippi river system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| mouth | Wabash River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mississippi River watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ohio River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Wabash River watershed ⓘ |
| region | American Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Wabash River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watercourseType | freshwater river ⓘ |
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 (Wabash River tributary) Description of subject: The Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) is a Midwestern U.S. river flowing through Illinois and Indiana, known for draining rich agricultural lands before joining the Wabash River.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.