Elephant Butte Dam
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Elephant Butte Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande in New Mexico, built in the early 20th century for irrigation, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16478126 — 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: Elephant Butte Dam Context triple: [Elephant Butte Reservoir, createdBy, Elephant Butte Dam]
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A.
Pueblo Dam
Pueblo Dam is a large multipurpose dam in Colorado that provides water storage, irrigation, and flood control as part of the Fryingpan–Arkansas water diversion and management system.
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B.
Blue Mesa Dam
Blue Mesa Dam is a large earthfill dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado, forming Blue Mesa Reservoir as part of the Colorado River Storage Project.
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C.
Elephant Butte Reservoir
Elephant Butte Reservoir is a large man-made lake on the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, known for recreation, irrigation storage, and hydroelectric power generation.
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D.
Horse Mesa Dam
Horse Mesa Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on Arizona’s Salt River that forms Apache Lake and helps provide hydroelectric power, water storage, and flood control in the region.
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E.
Jemez Canyon Dam
Jemez Canyon Dam is a flood-control and water-management structure on the Jemez River in New Mexico, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- 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: Elephant Butte Dam Target entity description: Elephant Butte Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande in New Mexico, built in the early 20th century for irrigation, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation.
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A.
Pueblo Dam
Pueblo Dam is a large multipurpose dam in Colorado that provides water storage, irrigation, and flood control as part of the Fryingpan–Arkansas water diversion and management system.
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B.
Blue Mesa Dam
Blue Mesa Dam is a large earthfill dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado, forming Blue Mesa Reservoir as part of the Colorado River Storage Project.
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C.
Elephant Butte Reservoir
Elephant Butte Reservoir is a large man-made lake on the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, known for recreation, irrigation storage, and hydroelectric power generation.
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D.
Horse Mesa Dam
Horse Mesa Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on Arizona’s Salt River that forms Apache Lake and helps provide hydroelectric power, water storage, and flood control in the region.
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E.
Jemez Canyon Dam
Jemez Canyon Dam is a flood-control and water-management structure on the Jemez River in New Mexico, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.