Eel River (Indiana)
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Eel River (Indiana) is a tributary of the Wabash River in northeastern Indiana, known for flowing through several counties and lending its name to nearby townships and communities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eel River (Indiana) canonical | 3 |
| Eel River (tributary of the Wabash River) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9675701 — 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: Eel River (Indiana) Context triple: [Eel River Township, Allen County, Indiana, namedAfter, Eel River (Indiana)]
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A.
White River (Indiana)
White River (Indiana) is a major central Indiana river that flows through cities such as Muncie and Indianapolis before joining the Wabash River.
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B.
St. Joe River
The St. Joe River is a scenic river in northern Idaho known for its clear waters, forested mountain surroundings, and popularity for fishing, boating, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Elkhart River
The Elkhart River is a river in northern Indiana that flows through several counties before joining the St. Joseph River, contributing to the watershed that ultimately drains into Lake Michigan.
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D.
St. Joseph River
The St. Joseph River is a major river in the Midwestern United States that flows through Michigan and Indiana before emptying into Lake Michigan at the city of St. Joseph, Michigan.
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E.
Vermilion River (Illinois)
Vermilion River (Illinois) is a tributary of the Wabash River in east-central Illinois that flows through communities such as Danville and drains a largely agricultural region.
- 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: Eel River (Indiana) Target entity description: Eel River (Indiana) is a tributary of the Wabash River in northeastern Indiana, known for flowing through several counties and lending its name to nearby townships and communities.
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A.
White River (Indiana)
White River (Indiana) is a major central Indiana river that flows through cities such as Muncie and Indianapolis before joining the Wabash River.
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B.
St. Joe River
The St. Joe River is a scenic river in northern Idaho known for its clear waters, forested mountain surroundings, and popularity for fishing, boating, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Elkhart River
The Elkhart River is a river in northern Indiana that flows through several counties before joining the St. Joseph River, contributing to the watershed that ultimately drains into Lake Michigan.
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D.
St. Joseph River
The St. Joseph River is a major river in the Midwestern United States that flows through Michigan and Indiana before emptying into Lake Michigan at the city of St. Joseph, Michigan.
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E.
Vermilion River (Illinois)
Vermilion River (Illinois) is a tributary of the Wabash River in east-central Illinois that flows through communities such as Danville and drains a largely agricultural region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| flowsInto | Wabash River near Logansport, Indiana ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Allen County, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kosciusko County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Miami County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Noble County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Wabash County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitley County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
was a route used during early European-American settlement of northern Indiana
ⓘ
was a travel and trade route for Native American peoples ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for the abundance of eels once found in its waters ⓘ |
| lendsNameTo |
Eel River Township, Allen County, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eel River Township, Clay County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Eel River Township, Owen County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Eel River Township, Wabash County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Allen County, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kosciusko County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Miami County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Noble County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Wabash County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitley County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northeastern Indiana ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Wabash County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthRiver | Wabash River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfRiverSystem |
Mississippi River watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wabash River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Indiana ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Wabash River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| USGSFeatureID | 434068 ⓘ |
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: Eel River (Indiana) Description of subject: Eel River (Indiana) is a tributary of the Wabash River in northeastern Indiana, known for flowing through several counties and lending its name to nearby townships and communities.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eel River (tributary of the Wabash River)