LaBarge Dam
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LaBarge Dam is a small hydroengineering structure located on the Thornapple River in Michigan, used primarily for water level control and local recreation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LaBarge Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8172663 — 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: LaBarge Dam Context triple: [Thornapple River (Michigan), hasDam, LaBarge Dam]
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A.
Red Rock Dam
Red Rock Dam is a large flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River in central Iowa, forming Lake Red Rock as the state’s largest reservoir.
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B.
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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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.
Garrison Dam
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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E.
Fengman Dam
Fengman Dam is a large hydroelectric gravity dam on the Songhua River in Jilin Province, China, known for its significant role in regional power generation and flood control.
- 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: LaBarge Dam Target entity description: LaBarge Dam is a small hydroengineering structure located on the Thornapple River in Michigan, used primarily for water level control and local recreation.
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A.
Red Rock Dam
Red Rock Dam is a large flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River in central Iowa, forming Lake Red Rock as the state’s largest reservoir.
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B.
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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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.
Garrison Dam
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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E.
Fengman Dam
Fengman Dam is a large hydroelectric gravity dam on the Songhua River in Jilin Province, China, known for its significant role in regional power generation and flood control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
ⓘ
hydraulic_structure ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasHydrologicalRole | river level management ⓘ |
| hasRecreationType |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | small dam ⓘ |
| hasUse |
flow regulation
ⓘ
recreational use ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Thornapple River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Thornapple River
|
| locatedInCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInRegion | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Thornapple River ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | water level control ⓘ |
| river | Thornapple River ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
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| usedFor | local recreation ⓘ |
| watercourse | Thornapple 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: LaBarge Dam Description of subject: LaBarge Dam is a small hydroengineering structure located on the Thornapple River in Michigan, used primarily for water level control and local recreation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.