Tygart Dam
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Tygart Dam is a concrete gravity dam in West Virginia that forms Tygart Lake and provides flood control, water supply, and recreational opportunities along the Tygart Valley River.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15778532 — 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: Tygart Dam Context triple: [Tygart Valley River, hasDam, Tygart Dam]
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A.
Smith Mountain Dam
Smith Mountain Dam is a hydroelectric and pumped-storage dam in Virginia that creates Smith Mountain Lake on the Roanoke River.
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B.
Apalachia Dam
Apalachia Dam is a hydroelectric dam in western North Carolina that impounds the Hiwassee River to generate power and help manage regional water resources.
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C.
Leesville Dam
Leesville Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control structure on the Roanoke River in Virginia that creates Leesville Lake.
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D.
Jennings Randolph Dam
Jennings Randolph Dam is a large earthen flood-control and water-supply dam on the North Branch Potomac River along the Maryland–West Virginia border in the United States.
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E.
Watauga Dam
Watauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam in northeastern Tennessee that impounds the Watauga River to provide power generation, flood control, and recreational opportunities in the Tennessee Valley region.
- 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: Tygart Dam Target entity description: Tygart Dam is a concrete gravity dam in West Virginia that forms Tygart Lake and provides flood control, water supply, and recreational opportunities along the Tygart Valley River.
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A.
Smith Mountain Dam
Smith Mountain Dam is a hydroelectric and pumped-storage dam in Virginia that creates Smith Mountain Lake on the Roanoke River.
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B.
Apalachia Dam
Apalachia Dam is a hydroelectric dam in western North Carolina that impounds the Hiwassee River to generate power and help manage regional water resources.
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C.
Leesville Dam
Leesville Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control structure on the Roanoke River in Virginia that creates Leesville Lake.
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D.
Jennings Randolph Dam
Jennings Randolph Dam is a large earthen flood-control and water-supply dam on the North Branch Potomac River along the Maryland–West Virginia border in the United States.
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E.
Watauga Dam
Watauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam in northeastern Tennessee that impounds the Watauga River to provide power generation, flood control, and recreational opportunities in the Tennessee Valley region.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.