Briones Dam
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Briones Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam in Contra Costa County, California, that creates and regulates the Briones Reservoir as part of the East Bay’s municipal water supply system.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18977832 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Briones Dam Context triple: [Briones Reservoir, impoundedBy, Briones Dam]
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Perris Dam
Perris Dam is a large earthfill embankment dam in Riverside County, California, that forms Lake Perris as part of the state’s major water storage and distribution system.
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Briones Reservoir
Briones Reservoir is a man-made lake in Contra Costa County, California, used for water supply and recreational activities such as rowing.
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C.
Calaveras Reservoir
Calaveras Reservoir is a major water storage reservoir in California’s Diablo Range that supplies drinking water to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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D.
Santa Fe Dam
Santa Fe Dam is a large flood-control and water-conservation dam and recreation area located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California.
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Contra Loma Reservoir
Contra Loma Reservoir is a man-made lake and recreational area in Antioch, California, used for water storage, fishing, and outdoor activities.
- 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: Briones Dam Target entity description: Briones Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam in Contra Costa County, California, that creates and regulates the Briones Reservoir as part of the East Bay’s municipal water supply system.
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A.
Perris Dam
Perris Dam is a large earthfill embankment dam in Riverside County, California, that forms Lake Perris as part of the state’s major water storage and distribution system.
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B.
Briones Reservoir
Briones Reservoir is a man-made lake in Contra Costa County, California, used for water supply and recreational activities such as rowing.
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C.
Calaveras Reservoir
Calaveras Reservoir is a major water storage reservoir in California’s Diablo Range that supplies drinking water to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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D.
Santa Fe Dam
Santa Fe Dam is a large flood-control and water-conservation dam and recreation area located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California.
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E.
Contra Loma Reservoir
Contra Loma Reservoir is a man-made lake and recreational area in Antioch, California, used for water storage, fishing, and outdoor activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.