Dillsboro Dam (former)
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Dillsboro Dam (former) was a small hydroelectric dam on North Carolina’s Tuckasegee River that was removed to restore the river’s natural flow and improve ecological conditions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Dillsboro Dam (former) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23218495 — 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: Dillsboro Dam (former) Context triple: [Tuckasegee River, hasDam, Dillsboro Dam (former)]
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A.
Cumberland Mills Dam
Cumberland Mills Dam is a historic hydroelectric and industrial dam located on the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine.
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B.
Tuckertown Dam
Tuckertown Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina that forms Tuckertown Reservoir as part of a series of power-generating dams along the river.
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C.
Fife Brook Dam
Fife Brook Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts, known for regulating river flow and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
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D.
Cowans Ford Dam
Cowans Ford Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Catawba River in North Carolina that created Lake Norman, the state’s largest man-made lake.
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E.
New Hope Dam
New Hope Dam is the former name of B. Everett Jordan Dam, a major flood-control and water-supply structure on the Haw River in North Carolina that creates Jordan Lake.
- 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: Dillsboro Dam (former) Target entity description: Dillsboro Dam (former) was a small hydroelectric dam on North Carolina’s Tuckasegee River that was removed to restore the river’s natural flow and improve ecological conditions.
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A.
Cumberland Mills Dam
Cumberland Mills Dam is a historic hydroelectric and industrial dam located on the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine.
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B.
Tuckertown Dam
Tuckertown Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina that forms Tuckertown Reservoir as part of a series of power-generating dams along the river.
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C.
Fife Brook Dam
Fife Brook Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts, known for regulating river flow and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
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D.
Cowans Ford Dam
Cowans Ford Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Catawba River in North Carolina that created Lake Norman, the state’s largest man-made lake.
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E.
New Hope Dam
New Hope Dam is the former name of B. Everett Jordan Dam, a major flood-control and water-supply structure on the Haw River in North Carolina that creates Jordan Lake.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.