Brouwers Dam
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Brouwers Dam is a major Dutch dam and causeway that forms part of the Delta Works, separating the Grevelingenmeer from the North Sea and connecting the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Goeree-Overflakkee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brouwers Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4630978 — 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: Brouwers Dam Context triple: [Schouwen-Duiveland, connectedBy, Brouwers Dam]
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A.
Vanderkloof Dam
Vanderkloof Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in South Africa, located on the Orange River and forming one of the country’s largest reservoirs.
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B.
Hinze Dam
Hinze Dam is a major rock and earth-fill dam on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, that creates Advancetown Lake and supplies water, flood mitigation, and recreation for the region.
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C.
Blowering Dam
Blowering Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam on the Tumut River in New South Wales, Australia, forming Blowering Reservoir and playing a key role in hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and flood mitigation within the Murrumbidgee catchment.
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D.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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E.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
- 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: Brouwers Dam Target entity description: Brouwers Dam is a major Dutch dam and causeway that forms part of the Delta Works, separating the Grevelingenmeer from the North Sea and connecting the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Goeree-Overflakkee.
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A.
Vanderkloof Dam
Vanderkloof Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in South Africa, located on the Orange River and forming one of the country’s largest reservoirs.
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B.
Hinze Dam
Hinze Dam is a major rock and earth-fill dam on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, that creates Advancetown Lake and supplies water, flood mitigation, and recreation for the region.
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C.
Blowering Dam
Blowering Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam on the Tumut River in New South Wales, Australia, forming Blowering Reservoir and playing a key role in hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and flood mitigation within the Murrumbidgee catchment.
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D.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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E.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Delta Works structure
ⓘ
causeway ⓘ dam ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Brouwersdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Goeree-Overflakkee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Schouwen-Duiveland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1971 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1962 ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| crosses | Brouwershavense Gat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
flood protection
ⓘ
road transport ⓘ storm surge protection ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
cycling
ⓘ
diving ⓘ kitesurfing ⓘ walking ⓘ windsurfing ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentBodyOfWater |
Grevelingenmeer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
beaches
ⓘ
parking areas ⓘ viewpoints ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 6.5 kilometres ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Brouwershaven
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ouddorp NERFINISHED ⓘ Renesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoad | N57 ⓘ |
| hasType | closed dam ⓘ |
| hasUse |
recreation
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ transport corridor ⓘ |
| isPartOfProject | Delta Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Holland
ⓘ
Zeeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | North Sea coast of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Rijkswaterstaat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1971 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Delta Works
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dutch coastal defence system ⓘ |
| purpose |
closing tidal inlet
ⓘ
creating a lake (Grevelingenmeer) ⓘ |
| regionServed |
South Holland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zeeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates |
Grevelingenmeer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brouwers Dam Description of subject: Brouwers Dam is a major Dutch dam and causeway that forms part of the Delta Works, separating the Grevelingenmeer from the North Sea and connecting the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Goeree-Overflakkee.
Referenced by (1)
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