Grand Coulee Dam
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Grand Coulee Dam is a massive concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, renowned as one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States and a landmark of New Deal–era infrastructure.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T48259 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grand Coulee Dam Context triple: [Public Works Administration, notableProject, Grand Coulee Dam]
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Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River, renowned as a landmark feat of 20th-century American engineering and a major source of hydroelectric power and water management in the Southwest.
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B.
Nevada Fall
Nevada Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, known for its powerful drop and dramatic granite surroundings.
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C.
Vernal Fall
Vernal Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its powerful flow and popular hiking access via the Mist Trail.
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Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
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E.
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is a large, deep, and famously clear freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, straddling the border of California and Nevada and serving as a major destination for outdoor recreation and tourism.
- 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: Grand Coulee Dam Target entity description: Grand Coulee Dam is a massive concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, renowned as one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States and a landmark of New Deal–era infrastructure.
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A.
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River, renowned as a landmark feat of 20th-century American engineering and a major source of hydroelectric power and water management in the Southwest.
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B.
Nevada Fall
Nevada Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, known for its powerful drop and dramatic granite surroundings.
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C.
Vernal Fall
Vernal Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its powerful flow and popular hiking access via the Mist Trail.
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D.
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
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E.
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is a large, deep, and famously clear freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, straddling the border of California and Nevada and serving as a major destination for outdoor recreation and tourism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal public works project
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concrete gravity dam ⓘ hydroelectric power station ⓘ |
| builder |
Consolidated Builders, Inc.
ⓘ
MWAK Company ⓘ |
| completed | 1942 ⓘ |
| constructionBegan |
1933
ⓘ
July 1933 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Grant County, Washington ⓘ |
| creates | Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake ⓘ |
| crosses | Columbia River ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Bureau of Reclamation
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surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
|
| governingLaw |
Columbia Basin Project
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia Basin Project Act
|
| hasPart |
Left Powerhouse
ⓘ
Right Powerhouse ⓘ Third Powerhouse ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height |
about 168 meters
ⓘ
about 550 feet ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
New Deal
ⓘ
surface form:
New Deal era
|
| influencedBy | Tennessee Valley Authority model ⓘ |
| length |
about 1,592 meters
ⓘ
about 5,223 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| locatedOnRiver | Columbia River ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Grand Coulee, Washington
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surface form:
Grand Coulee
|
| nearestCity |
Electric City, Washington
ⓘ
Grand Coulee, Washington ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States
ⓘ
role in World War II industrial power supply ⓘ |
| NRHPListingYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| numberOfPowerhouses | 3 ⓘ |
| opened | 1941 ⓘ |
| operator |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
|
| ownedBy |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
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| partOf |
Columbia Basin Project
ⓘ
United States federal power system ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
| reservoir | Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| type | concrete gravity dam ⓘ |
| usedFor |
supplying electricity to the Pacific Northwest
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supplying irrigation water to the Columbia Basin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grand Coulee Dam Description of subject: Grand Coulee Dam is a massive concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, renowned as one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States and a landmark of New Deal–era infrastructure.
Referenced by (54)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Public Works Administration
subject surface form:
Public Works Administration
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee Dam main structure
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee Dam spillways
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee Dam power facilities
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee Dam power complex
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric system
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee Dam complex
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric complex
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee Dam Third Powerplant
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee Third Powerplant
this entity surface form:
Grand Coulee