R. L. Harris Dam
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R. L. Harris Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Alabama that impounds the Tallapoosa River to form Lake Wedowee and generate power.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| R. L. Harris Dam canonical | 1 |
| R.L. Harris Dam | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6812176 — 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: R. L. Harris Dam Context triple: [Lake Wedowee, createdBy, R. L. Harris Dam]
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A.
Morris Sheppard Dam
Morris Sheppard Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control structure in Texas that impounds the Brazos River to form Possum Kingdom Lake.
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B.
W. Kerr Scott Dam
W. Kerr Scott Dam is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-control and recreation dam in North Carolina that creates W. Kerr Scott Reservoir on the Yadkin River.
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C.
Chatfield Dam
Chatfield Dam is a large flood-control and water-storage structure in Colorado that creates Chatfield Reservoir on the South Platte River near Denver.
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D.
Goodwin Dam
Goodwin Dam is a concrete gravity diversion dam on California’s Stanislaus River that helps regulate river flow and supplies irrigation water to surrounding agricultural areas.
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E.
Harriman Dam
Harriman Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Vermont that impounds the Deerfield River to form Harriman Reservoir, one of the state’s largest lakes.
- 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: R. L. Harris Dam Target entity description: R. L. Harris Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Alabama that impounds the Tallapoosa River to form Lake Wedowee and generate power.
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A.
Morris Sheppard Dam
Morris Sheppard Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control structure in Texas that impounds the Brazos River to form Possum Kingdom Lake.
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B.
W. Kerr Scott Dam
W. Kerr Scott Dam is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-control and recreation dam in North Carolina that creates W. Kerr Scott Reservoir on the Yadkin River.
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C.
Chatfield Dam
Chatfield Dam is a large flood-control and water-storage structure in Colorado that creates Chatfield Reservoir on the South Platte River near Denver.
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D.
Goodwin Dam
Goodwin Dam is a concrete gravity diversion dam on California’s Stanislaus River that helps regulate river flow and supplies irrigation water to surrounding agricultural areas.
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E.
Harriman Dam
Harriman Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Vermont that impounds the Deerfield River to form Harriman Reservoir, one of the state’s largest lakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gravity dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| category |
Buildings and structures in Clay County, Alabama
ⓘ
Buildings and structures in Randolph County, Alabama ⓘ Dams in Alabama ⓘ Hydroelectric power plants in Alabama ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createsReservoir | Lake Wedowee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservoirSurfaceName | Lake Wedowee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
boating
ⓘ
electricity generation ⓘ fishing ⓘ water sports ⓘ |
| impounds | Tallapoosa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty |
Clay County, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Randolph County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Wedowee, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Tallapoosa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | R. L. Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Alabama Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Alabama Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tallapoosa River hydroelectric system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| region |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
|
| reservoirName | Lake Wedowee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| structureType | concrete dam ⓘ |
| watercourseDammed | Tallapoosa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: R. L. Harris Dam Description of subject: R. L. Harris Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Alabama that impounds the Tallapoosa River to form Lake Wedowee and generate power.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
R.L. Harris Dam