Weiss Dam
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Weiss Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Coosa River in northeastern Alabama that impounds Weiss Lake for power generation, flood control, and recreation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weiss Dam canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7271018 — 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: Weiss Dam Context triple: [Weiss Lake, createdBy, Weiss Dam]
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A.
Merwin Dam
Merwin Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Washington State’s Lewis River that forms Lake Merwin and generates power for the region.
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B.
Keechelus Dam
Keechelus Dam is an earthfill dam in Washington State that forms Keechelus Lake, providing water storage and regulation as part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Yakima irrigation system.
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C.
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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D.
Belver Dam
Belver Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tagus River in Portugal, used primarily for power generation and river flow regulation.
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E.
Gerber Dam
Gerber Dam is an irrigation and water storage dam in southern Oregon that helps regulate water supply for agriculture and flood control within the Klamath 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: Weiss Dam Target entity description: Weiss Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Coosa River in northeastern Alabama that impounds Weiss Lake for power generation, flood control, and recreation.
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A.
Merwin Dam
Merwin Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Washington State’s Lewis River that forms Lake Merwin and generates power for the region.
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B.
Keechelus Dam
Keechelus Dam is an earthfill dam in Washington State that forms Keechelus Lake, providing water storage and regulation as part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Yakima irrigation system.
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C.
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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D.
Belver Dam
Belver Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tagus River in Portugal, used primarily for power generation and river flow regulation.
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E.
Gerber Dam
Gerber Dam is an irrigation and water storage dam in southern Oregon that helps regulate water supply for agriculture and flood control within the Klamath Basin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gravity dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createsReservoir | Weiss Lake ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
electricity generation
ⓘ
flood mitigation ⓘ recreational resource management ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Weiss Lake ⓘ |
| hasUse |
navigation support
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ tourism support ⓘ water level regulation ⓘ |
| impounds | Weiss Lake ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith | Weiss Lake shoreline development ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Coosa River hydroelectric system
ⓘ
linked to:
Coosa River reservoir system
|
| locatedIn |
Cherokee County, Alabama
ⓘ
northeastern Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Centre, Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Coosa River ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| region |
Southeastern United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| riverSystem | Coosa River ⓘ |
| watercourse | Coosa River ⓘ |
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: Weiss Dam Description of subject: Weiss Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Coosa River in northeastern Alabama that impounds Weiss Lake for power generation, flood control, and recreation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.