Marowijne River
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The Marowijne River is a major river in northeastern South America that forms much of the border between Suriname and French Guiana and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marowijne River canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6756702 — 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: Marowijne River Context triple: [Marowijne District, bordersAlong, Marowijne River]
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A.
Nymboida River
The Nymboida River is a major freshwater river in northern New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its rugged gorges, whitewater rafting, and role in regional water supply and hydroelectric power generation.
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B.
Motatán River
The Motatán River is a significant watercourse in western Venezuela that drains the Andean region and supports surrounding agricultural and urban areas.
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C.
Bandia River
The Bandia River is a lesser-known river in India that serves as a tributary of the Indravati River within the Godavari basin.
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D.
Jonte River
The Jonte River is a scenic watercourse in southern France that flows through the dramatic limestone landscapes and gorges of the Grands Causses region.
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E.
Letaba River
The Letaba River is a major watercourse in northeastern South Africa that flows through the Kruger National Park, supporting diverse wildlife and ecosystems along its banks.
- 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: Marowijne River Target entity description: The Marowijne River is a major river in northeastern South America that forms much of the border between Suriname and French Guiana and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
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A.
Nymboida River
The Nymboida River is a major freshwater river in northern New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its rugged gorges, whitewater rafting, and role in regional water supply and hydroelectric power generation.
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B.
Motatán River
The Motatán River is a significant watercourse in western Venezuela that drains the Andean region and supports surrounding agricultural and urban areas.
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C.
Bandia River
The Bandia River is a lesser-known river in India that serves as a tributary of the Indravati River within the Godavari basin.
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D.
Jonte River
The Jonte River is a scenic watercourse in southern France that flows through the dramatic limestone landscapes and gorges of the Grands Causses region.
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E.
Letaba River
The Letaba River is a major watercourse in northeastern South Africa that flows through the Kruger National Park, supporting diverse wildlife and ecosystems along its banks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Maroni River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Maroni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternativeNameUsedIn | French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
France
ⓘ
French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderDisputeArea | upper Marowijne / Lawa region ⓘ |
| borderDisputeInvolves |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| countryBorder |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesBiome | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| dischargeLocation | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Atlantic Ocean basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecoregion | Guianan moist forests ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Suriname–French Guiana border region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsBorderBetween | Suriname and French Guiana ⓘ |
| hasEstuaryType | tidal estuary ⓘ |
| hasIslandAtMouth | Braamspunt area (sand spit region) ⓘ |
| hasSettlementOnBank |
Albina, Suriname
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRegionAlongBanks |
French
ⓘ
Sranan Tongo NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous Cariban and Arawakan languages ⓘ |
| length | approximately 680 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Guiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern South America ⓘ |
| majorTributary |
Lawa River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oelemari River NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamaka River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tapanahony River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | near Galibi, Suriname ⓘ |
| nameUsedIn |
Dutch language
ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyProtectedArea | Galibi Nature Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Guiana Shield drainage system ⓘ |
| sourceRegion |
Brazil–Suriname border area
ⓘ
Tumuk Humak Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Suriname ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ river transport ⓘ |
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: Marowijne River Description of subject: The Marowijne River is a major river in northeastern South America that forms much of the border between Suriname and French Guiana and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.