Oxford Dam
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Oxford Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Catawba River in North Carolina that forms Lake Hickory and helps provide power and water management for the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oxford Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13102455 — 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: Oxford Dam Context triple: [Lake Hickory, createdBy, Oxford Dam]
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A.
Yates Dam
Yates Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama, used primarily for power generation and water management.
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B.
Roxburgh Dam
Roxburgh Dam is a major hydroelectric power station in New Zealand’s South Island, known for harnessing the Clutha River / Mata-Au to generate electricity.
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C.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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D.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
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E.
Moondarra Dam
Moondarra Dam is a major water storage and irrigation structure in Queensland, Australia, built to supply water to the nearby city of Mount Isa and its mining operations.
- 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: Oxford Dam Target entity description: Oxford Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Catawba River in North Carolina that forms Lake Hickory and helps provide power and water management for the region.
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A.
Yates Dam
Yates Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama, used primarily for power generation and water management.
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B.
Roxburgh Dam
Roxburgh Dam is a major hydroelectric power station in New Zealand’s South Island, known for harnessing the Clutha River / Mata-Au to generate electricity.
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C.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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D.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
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E.
Moondarra Dam
Moondarra Dam is a major water storage and irrigation structure in Queensland, Australia, built to supply water to the nearby city of Mount Isa and its mining operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gravity dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createsLake | Lake Hickory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| energySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| formsReservoir | Lake Hickory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
electricity generation
ⓘ
river flow regulation ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Oxford Ford on the Catawba River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPowerPlant | yes ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalArea | Lake Hickory recreational area ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| impounds | Catawba River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDownstreamOf | Rhodhiss Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInfrastructureType | hydroelectric infrastructure ⓘ |
| isPartOfEnergyGrid | regional power grid of North Carolina ⓘ |
| isStructureType | dam ⓘ |
| isUpstreamOf | Lookout Shoals Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Carolina
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInCounty |
Alexander County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Catawba County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHydrologicalBasin | Catawba River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hickory, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oxford Ford, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Catawba River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearCity | Hickory, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Duke Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Duke Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Catawba River hydropower system
ⓘ
Catawba-Wateree Hydroelectric Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ recreation support ⓘ water management ⓘ |
| region | Catawba Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoir | Lake Hickory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Lake Hickory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Catawba River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
industrial water supply support
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navigation support ⓘ public water supply support ⓘ |
| watercourse | Catawba River 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
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Input
Subject: Oxford Dam Description of subject: Oxford Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Catawba River in North Carolina that forms Lake Hickory and helps provide power and water management for the region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.