Mimbres River
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The Mimbres River is a seasonal waterway in southwestern New Mexico that flows through the Mimbres Basin and is known for its historical significance to the Mimbres culture and surrounding desert ecosystems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mimbres River canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9512258 — 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: Mimbres River Context triple: [Mimbres branch, namedAfter, Mimbres River]
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A.
Verde River
The Verde River is a major perennial waterway in central Arizona that supports rich riparian ecosystems and recreational activities in an otherwise arid region.
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B.
Zuni River
The Zuni River is a tributary of the Little Colorado River in the American Southwest, flowing through western New Mexico and eastern Arizona and serving as an important water source for the Zuni people.
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C.
Jemez River
The Jemez River is a tributary of the Rio Grande in north-central New Mexico that flows through the Jemez Mountains and nearby pueblos, supporting local ecosystems and communities.
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D.
Animas River
The Animas River is a major river in the southwestern United States that flows through Colorado and New Mexico, known for its scenic mountain landscapes, recreational rafting and fishing, and historical ties to mining.
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E.
Little Colorado River
The Little Colorado River is a major tributary in the American Southwest that flows through Arizona’s high desert and deep canyons before joining the Colorado River near the Grand Canyon.
- 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: Mimbres River Target entity description: The Mimbres River is a seasonal waterway in southwestern New Mexico that flows through the Mimbres Basin and is known for its historical significance to the Mimbres culture and surrounding desert ecosystems.
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A.
Verde River
The Verde River is a major perennial waterway in central Arizona that supports rich riparian ecosystems and recreational activities in an otherwise arid region.
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B.
Zuni River
The Zuni River is a tributary of the Little Colorado River in the American Southwest, flowing through western New Mexico and eastern Arizona and serving as an important water source for the Zuni people.
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C.
Jemez River
The Jemez River is a tributary of the Rio Grande in north-central New Mexico that flows through the Jemez Mountains and nearby pueblos, supporting local ecosystems and communities.
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D.
Animas River
The Animas River is a major river in the southwestern United States that flows through Colorado and New Mexico, known for its scenic mountain landscapes, recreational rafting and fishing, and historical ties to mining.
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E.
Little Colorado River
The Little Colorado River is a major tributary in the American Southwest that flows through Arizona’s high desert and deep canyons before joining the Colorado River near the Grand Canyon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mimbres culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mogollon culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| climateZone |
arid
ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dischargeCharacteristic |
intermittent stream
ⓘ
seasonal flow ⓘ |
| drainageType | closed drainage basin ⓘ |
| ecoregion | Chihuahuan Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
groundwater depletion in Mimbres Basin
ⓘ
habitat fragmentation ⓘ reduced surface flow ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Doña Ana County, New Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grant County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Mimbres Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
desert grassland surroundings
ⓘ
riparian corridor ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Spanish language ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Deming, New Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mimbres, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
fishing
ⓘ
hiking along riparian corridor ⓘ |
| hydrologicalCharacteristic | endorheic basin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeological sites along its valley
ⓘ
historical significance to Mimbres culture ⓘ supporting desert ecosystems ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mimbres Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ southwestern New Mexico ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Mimbres Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “willows” in Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf | Mimbres Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Southwest
|
| sourceLocation |
Black Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gila National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
riparian vegetation
ⓘ
wildlife in surrounding desert ecosystems ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
| watercourseSystem | Mimbres River system 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: Mimbres River Description of subject: The Mimbres River is a seasonal waterway in southwestern New Mexico that flows through the Mimbres Basin and is known for its historical significance to the Mimbres culture and surrounding desert ecosystems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.