St. Lawrence River drainage basin
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The St. Lawrence River drainage basin is the vast watershed in North America that collects and channels water from the Great Lakes and numerous tributary rivers into the St. Lawrence River and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6248612 — 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: St. Lawrence River drainage basin Context triple: [Trent River, partOf, St. Lawrence River drainage basin]
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A.
Lake Ontario drainage basin
The Lake Ontario drainage basin is the extensive watershed area that collects and channels water from surrounding lakes, rivers, and land into Lake Ontario, one of North America’s Great Lakes.
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B.
St. Lawrence Valley
The St. Lawrence Valley is a major lowland region along the St. Lawrence River in Canada and the northeastern United States, known for its fertile plains, dense population, and role as a key transportation and economic corridor.
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C.
Hudson Bay drainage basin
The Hudson Bay drainage basin is a vast watershed in northern North America that collects runoff from numerous rivers and lakes across Canada and parts of the United States, all ultimately flowing into Hudson Bay.
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D.
Ottawa River watershed
The Ottawa River watershed is the drainage basin that collects and channels water from a vast area of eastern Ontario and western Quebec into the Ottawa River, influencing regional ecosystems, water resources, and communities.
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E.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
- 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: St. Lawrence River drainage basin Target entity description: The St. Lawrence River drainage basin is the vast watershed in North America that collects and channels water from the Great Lakes and numerous tributary rivers into the St. Lawrence River and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean.
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A.
Lake Ontario drainage basin
The Lake Ontario drainage basin is the extensive watershed area that collects and channels water from surrounding lakes, rivers, and land into Lake Ontario, one of North America’s Great Lakes.
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B.
St. Lawrence Valley
The St. Lawrence Valley is a major lowland region along the St. Lawrence River in Canada and the northeastern United States, known for its fertile plains, dense population, and role as a key transportation and economic corridor.
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C.
Hudson Bay drainage basin
The Hudson Bay drainage basin is a vast watershed in northern North America that collects runoff from numerous rivers and lakes across Canada and parts of the United States, all ultimately flowing into Hudson Bay.
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D.
Ottawa River watershed
The Ottawa River watershed is the drainage basin that collects and channels water from a vast area of eastern Ontario and western Quebec into the Ottawa River, influencing regional ecosystems, water resources, and communities.
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E.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drainage basin
ⓘ
river basin ⓘ watershed ⓘ |
| containsWaterBody |
Lake Erie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Huron NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Superior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainageDirection | northeast ⓘ |
| drainsInto |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hydrologicalSystem | Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
Great Lakes Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Erie basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Huron basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Michigan basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Ontario basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Superior basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Chaudière River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Detroit River NERFINISHED ⓘ Niagara River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa River NERFINISHED ⓘ Richelieu River NERFINISHED ⓘ Saguenay River NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-François River NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Maurice River NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Clair River NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ Trent River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oceanBasin | North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outlet | Gulf of St. Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Lakes–St. Lawrence watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryOutflow | St. Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivesRunoffFrom |
Great Lakes region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parts of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ parts of the Canadian Shield ⓘ |
| subnationalRegion |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontario Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisconsin 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: St. Lawrence River drainage basin Description of subject: The St. Lawrence River drainage basin is the vast watershed in North America that collects and channels water from the Great Lakes and numerous tributary rivers into the St. Lawrence River and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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St. Lawrence River basin
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Saint Lawrence River basin
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St. Lawrence River basin
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Saint Lawrence River system
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Saint Lawrence River basin
this entity surface form:
St. Lawrence River Basin
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Saint Lawrence River system
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Gulf of St. Lawrence watershed
this entity surface form:
St. Lawrence River basin
this entity surface form:
Saint Lawrence River basin
this entity surface form:
Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
this entity surface form:
Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
this entity surface form:
Saint Lawrence River basin
this entity surface form:
Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
this entity surface form:
St. Lawrence River Basin
this entity surface form:
St. Lawrence River basin
this entity surface form:
Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
this entity surface form:
Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
this entity surface form:
St. Lawrence River watershed
this entity surface form:
Saint Lawrence River watershed
subject surface form:
Little Island (Oneida Lake)
this entity surface form:
St. Lawrence River watershed