Alton Dam
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Alton Dam is a major structure on the Upper Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, that helps control river navigation and water levels as part of the Alton Lock and Dam complex.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alton Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15055005 — 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: Alton Dam Context triple: [Alton Lock and Dam, hasPart, Alton Dam]
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A.
Edenville Dam
Edenville Dam was an earthen embankment dam in central Michigan, USA, known for its catastrophic failure in May 2020 that caused major downstream flooding.
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B.
Harriman Dam
Harriman Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Vermont that impounds the Deerfield River to form Harriman Reservoir, one of the state’s largest lakes.
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C.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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D.
Rock Island Dam
Rock Island Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, notable as one of the first major dams built on the river for power generation and river control.
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E.
LaBarge Dam
LaBarge Dam is a small hydroengineering structure located on the Thornapple River in Michigan, used primarily for water level control and local recreation.
- 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: Alton Dam Target entity description: Alton Dam is a major structure on the Upper Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, that helps control river navigation and water levels as part of the Alton Lock and Dam complex.
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A.
Edenville Dam
Edenville Dam was an earthen embankment dam in central Michigan, USA, known for its catastrophic failure in May 2020 that caused major downstream flooding.
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B.
Harriman Dam
Harriman Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Vermont that impounds the Deerfield River to form Harriman Reservoir, one of the state’s largest lakes.
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C.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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D.
Rock Island Dam
Rock Island Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, notable as one of the first major dams built on the river for power generation and river control.
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E.
LaBarge Dam
LaBarge Dam is a small hydroengineering structure located on the Thornapple River in Michigan, used primarily for water level control and local recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.