Lake James
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Lake James is a man-made reservoir in western North Carolina known for its clear waters, recreational opportunities, and role in regional hydroelectric power generation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake James canonical | 4 |
| Lake James State Park | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2905362 — 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: Lake James Context triple: [Catawba River, hasReservoir, Lake James]
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A.
Lake Wilcox
Lake Wilcox is a kettle lake in Richmond Hill, Ontario, known as a popular local spot for recreation, nature viewing, and waterfront parks.
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B.
Lake Horton
Lake Horton is a reservoir in Fayette County, Georgia, primarily used as a drinking water source and recreational area for activities like fishing and boating.
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C.
Lake Martin
Lake Martin is a large, man-made reservoir in central Alabama known for its scenic shoreline, recreational boating, and lakeside communities.
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D.
Lake Pat Cleburne
Lake Pat Cleburne is a man-made reservoir in Cleburne, Texas, primarily serving as the city's municipal water supply and a popular spot for fishing and recreation.
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E.
Lewis Smith Lake
Lewis Smith Lake is a large, deep reservoir in north-central Alabama known for its clear water, extensive shoreline, and popularity for boating, fishing, and lakeside 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: Lake James Target entity description: Lake James is a man-made reservoir in western North Carolina known for its clear waters, recreational opportunities, and role in regional hydroelectric power generation.
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A.
Lake Wilcox
Lake Wilcox is a kettle lake in Richmond Hill, Ontario, known as a popular local spot for recreation, nature viewing, and waterfront parks.
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B.
Lake Horton
Lake Horton is a reservoir in Fayette County, Georgia, primarily used as a drinking water source and recreational area for activities like fishing and boating.
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C.
Lake Martin
Lake Martin is a large, man-made reservoir in central Alabama known for its scenic shoreline, recreational boating, and lakeside communities.
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D.
Lake Pat Cleburne
Lake Pat Cleburne is a man-made reservoir in Cleburne, Texas, primarily serving as the city's municipal water supply and a popular spot for fishing and recreation.
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E.
Lewis Smith Lake
Lewis Smith Lake is a large, deep reservoir in north-central Alabama known for its clear water, extensive shoreline, and popularity for boating, fishing, and lakeside recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial lake
ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ |
| basinCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy | impoundment of the Catawba River ⓘ |
| createdFor |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power production ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
| hasAccessType |
marinas
ⓘ
public boat ramps ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
paddle sports
ⓘ
scuba diving ⓘ |
| hasFishSpecies |
catfish
ⓘ
crappie ⓘ largemouth bass ⓘ smallmouth bass ⓘ walleye ⓘ |
| hasHydroelectricPlant | Bridgewater Hydroelectric Station ⓘ |
| hasRecreationArea |
Lake James
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lake James State Park
|
| hasRegulation | shoreline development controls ⓘ |
| hasShorelineFeature |
Lake James
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lake James State Park
|
| hasWaterClarity | high ⓘ |
| inflow |
Catawba River
ⓘ
Linville River ⓘ Paddy Creek ⓘ |
| knownFor |
camping
ⓘ
clear water ⓘ fishing ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ swimming ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Carolina
ⓘ
western North Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Burke County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McDowell County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed |
Catawba River
ⓘ
surface form:
Catawba River basin
|
| locatedNear |
Blue Ridge Mountains
ⓘ
Pisgah National Forest ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Marion, North Carolina
ⓘ
Morganton, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Morganton, North Carolina
Nebo, North Carolina ⓘ |
| operator |
Duke Power Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Duke Energy
|
| outflow | Catawba River ⓘ |
| partOf | Catawba–Wateree Hydroelectric Project ⓘ |
| usedFor |
recreational boating
ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ water sports ⓘ wildlife observation ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lake James Description of subject: Lake James is a man-made reservoir in western North Carolina known for its clear waters, recreational opportunities, and role in regional hydroelectric power generation.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Morganton, North Carolina
subject surface form:
Western North Carolina
this entity surface form:
Lake James State Park
this entity surface form:
Lake James State Park