Wapato Canal
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Wapato Canal is an irrigation canal in central Washington State that delivers Yakima River water to agricultural lands as part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Yakima Project.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wapato Canal canonical | 1 |
| Yakima River irrigation canals | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6594644 — 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: Wapato Canal Context triple: [Yakima Project, component, Wapato Canal]
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A.
Big Pine Canal
Big Pine Canal is an irrigation waterway near the town of Big Pine in California’s Owens Valley, historically used to divert Sierra Nevada snowmelt for local agriculture and water supply.
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B.
Surplus Canal
Surplus Canal is a man-made waterway in Utah designed to divert excess flow from the Jordan River for flood control and irrigation.
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C.
Tehama-Colusa Canal
The Tehama-Colusa Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s Sacramento Valley that delivers Central Valley Project water to agricultural lands and communities.
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D.
Contra Costa Canal
The Contra Costa Canal is a man-made waterway in California that delivers irrigation and municipal water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta to communities in Contra Costa County.
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E.
Barkley Canal
Barkley Canal is a man-made waterway in western Kentucky that links Kentucky Lake with Lake Barkley, enabling navigation between the two reservoirs.
- 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: Wapato Canal Target entity description: Wapato Canal is an irrigation canal in central Washington State that delivers Yakima River water to agricultural lands as part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Yakima Project.
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A.
Big Pine Canal
Big Pine Canal is an irrigation waterway near the town of Big Pine in California’s Owens Valley, historically used to divert Sierra Nevada snowmelt for local agriculture and water supply.
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B.
Surplus Canal
Surplus Canal is a man-made waterway in Utah designed to divert excess flow from the Jordan River for flood control and irrigation.
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C.
Tehama-Colusa Canal
The Tehama-Colusa Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s Sacramento Valley that delivers Central Valley Project water to agricultural lands and communities.
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D.
Contra Costa Canal
The Contra Costa Canal is a man-made waterway in California that delivers irrigation and municipal water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta to communities in Contra Costa County.
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E.
Barkley Canal
Barkley Canal is a man-made waterway in western Kentucky that links Kentucky Lake with Lake Barkley, enabling navigation between the two reservoirs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
irrigation canal
ⓘ
water conveyance infrastructure ⓘ |
| benefits |
irrigated crop production
ⓘ
local agricultural economy ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasUse | delivery of Yakima River water to farms ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| locatedIn |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
Yakima County, Washington ⓘ Yakima Valley ⓘ central Washington ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Wapato, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Wapato
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| managingAgency |
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| operator |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| partOf |
Yakima Project
ⓘ
federal reclamation project infrastructure ⓘ |
| projectComponentOf |
Yakima Reclamation Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Yakima River Basin Water Project
|
| purpose | irrigation ⓘ |
| regionServed | central Washington agricultural areas ⓘ |
| sectorServed | agriculture ⓘ |
| serves | agricultural lands ⓘ |
| usesWaterFrom | Yakima River ⓘ |
| waterConveyanceType | open canal ⓘ |
| waterSourceType | river diversion ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Wapato Canal Description of subject: Wapato Canal is an irrigation canal in central Washington State that delivers Yakima River water to agricultural lands as part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Yakima Project.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wapato Canal