Bear River (California)
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Bear River (California) is a Sierra Nevada foothills river in northern California that flows through Nevada and Placer counties, supporting regional water supply, recreation, and hydroelectric power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bear River (California) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10148286 — 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: Bear River (California) Context triple: [Wolf Creek (Nevada County, California), tributaryOf, Bear River (California)]
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A.
Bear River (Washington)
Bear River (Washington) is a small coastal river in southwestern Washington State that drains forested and rural areas before emptying into Willapa Bay on the Pacific coast.
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B.
Bruneau River
The Bruneau River is a remote, rugged river in Idaho and Nevada known for its deep canyons and whitewater rafting, forming part of the Snake River watershed.
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C.
Russian River (California)
The Russian River is a major Northern California waterway known for winding through Sonoma and Mendocino counties, supporting vineyards, recreation, and wildlife habitats before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
New River (California)
New River is a tributary stream in Northern California that flows through the Klamath Mountains and contributes to the Trinity River system.
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E.
Butte Creek
Butte Creek is a stream in northwestern Oregon known for flowing through rural landscapes and supporting local recreation and wildlife habitats.
- 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: Bear River (California) Target entity description: Bear River (California) is a Sierra Nevada foothills river in northern California that flows through Nevada and Placer counties, supporting regional water supply, recreation, and hydroelectric power.
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A.
Bear River (Washington)
Bear River (Washington) is a small coastal river in southwestern Washington State that drains forested and rural areas before emptying into Willapa Bay on the Pacific coast.
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B.
Bruneau River
The Bruneau River is a remote, rugged river in Idaho and Nevada known for its deep canyons and whitewater rafting, forming part of the Snake River watershed.
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C.
Russian River (California)
The Russian River is a major Northern California waterway known for winding through Sonoma and Mendocino counties, supporting vineyards, recreation, and wildlife habitats before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
New River (California)
New River is a tributary stream in Northern California that flows through the Klamath Mountains and contributes to the Trinity River system.
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E.
Butte Creek
Butte Creek is a stream in northwestern Oregon known for flowing through rural landscapes and supporting local recreation and wildlife habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| category |
Rivers of Nevada County, California
ⓘ
Rivers of Northern California ⓘ Rivers of Placer County, California ⓘ Tributaries of the Feather River (California) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainageBasin | Sacramento River drainage basin ⓘ |
| ecoregion | Sierra Nevada foothill woodland ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Feather River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Nevada County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Placer County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDam |
Camp Far West Dam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rollins Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
hydroelectric facilities
ⓘ
irrigation canals ⓘ water diversion structures ⓘ |
| hasRecreationArea |
Bear River Campground (Placer County)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bear River Park and Campground (Nevada County) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservoir |
Camp Far West Reservoir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rollins Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWatershed | Bear River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern California
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Auburn, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grass Valley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sacramento–San Joaquin River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Sierra Nevada, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| supports |
aquatic habitat
ⓘ
riparian habitat ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
| tributaryOf |
Feather River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sacramento River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ regional water supply ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural water supply
ⓘ
flood control ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ |
| waterManagementAgency |
Nevada Irrigation District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Placer County Water Agency 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: Bear River (California) Description of subject: Bear River (California) is a Sierra Nevada foothills river in northern California that flows through Nevada and Placer counties, supporting regional water supply, recreation, and hydroelectric power.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.