Garrison Dam
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Garrison Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota, forming Lake Sakakawea, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Garrison Dam canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4528891 — 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: Garrison Dam Context triple: [Missouri River Basin, hasMajorDam, Garrison Dam]
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A.
Gillespie Dam
Gillespie Dam is an early 20th-century concrete gravity dam on Arizona’s Gila River, historically used for irrigation and now noted as a local landmark and wildlife habitat area.
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B.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
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C.
Denison Dam
Denison Dam is a large earthen dam on the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma, built for flood control, hydroelectric power generation, and water supply.
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D.
J.C. Boyle Dam
J.C. Boyle Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Klamath River in southern Oregon, known for power generation and its role in regional water and environmental management.
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E.
O'Shaughnessy Dam
O'Shaughnessy Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in Yosemite National Park that creates the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, supplying water and hydroelectric power to the San Francisco Bay Area.
- 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: Garrison Dam Target entity description: Garrison Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota, forming Lake Sakakawea, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States.
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A.
Gillespie Dam
Gillespie Dam is an early 20th-century concrete gravity dam on Arizona’s Gila River, historically used for irrigation and now noted as a local landmark and wildlife habitat area.
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B.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
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C.
Denison Dam
Denison Dam is a large earthen dam on the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma, built for flood control, hydroelectric power generation, and water supply.
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D.
J.C. Boyle Dam
J.C. Boyle Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Klamath River in southern Oregon, known for power generation and its role in regional water and environmental management.
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E.
O'Shaughnessy Dam
O'Shaughnessy Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in Yosemite National Park that creates the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, supplying water and hydroelectric power to the San Francisco Bay Area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flood control dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| connectedInfrastructure | Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1954 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1947 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crosses | Missouri River ⓘ |
| damType | earth-fill embankment dam ⓘ |
| energySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| floodControlRole | major flood control structure on the Missouri River ⓘ |
| formsReservoir | Lake Sakakawea ⓘ |
| height | about 64 meters ⓘ |
| impact |
creation of Lake Sakakawea recreation areas
ⓘ
displacement of Native American communities ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | about 583 megawatts ⓘ |
| isAmong |
largest earth-fill dams in the world
ⓘ
largest reservoirs in the United States by volume ⓘ |
| length | about 3,444 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Dakota ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty | McLean County, North Dakota ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Garrison, North Dakota ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Missouri River ⓘ |
| managesReservoir | Lake Sakakawea water levels ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby town of Garrison ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Bismarck, North Dakota ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 5 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|
| ownedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program
ⓘ
linked to:
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
|
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ navigation support ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| region | north-central North Dakota ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Upper Midwest
ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Midwest of the United States
|
| reservoirName | Lake Sakakawea ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | about 1,280 square kilometers ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity | about 29 cubic kilometers ⓘ |
| riverBasin | Missouri River Basin ⓘ |
| spillwayType | gated overflow spillway ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
boating on Lake Sakakawea
ⓘ
camping and tourism ⓘ sport fishing on Lake Sakakawea ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| watercourse | Missouri River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Garrison Dam Description of subject: Garrison Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota, forming Lake Sakakawea, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.