O’Neill Forebay
E341832
O’Neill Forebay is a regulating reservoir in California’s San Joaquin Valley that helps manage water storage and delivery for the larger San Luis Reservoir system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| O’Neill Forebay canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3109170 — 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: O’Neill Forebay Context triple: [San Luis Reservoir, hasPart, O’Neill Forebay]
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A.
Piute Dam
Piute Dam is an irrigation and water storage structure on the Sevier River in south-central Utah, forming Piute Reservoir to support agriculture in the surrounding region.
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B.
O'Shaughnessy Dam
O'Shaughnessy Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in Yosemite National Park that creates the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, supplying water and hydroelectric power to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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C.
Oxbow Dam
Oxbow Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in eastern Oregon, forming Oxbow Reservoir as part of the Hells Canyon Complex.
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D.
McNary Dam
McNary Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and navigation lock complex on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
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E.
Yuba Reservoir
Yuba Reservoir is a man-made lake in central Utah popular for boating, fishing, and camping.
- 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: O’Neill Forebay Target entity description: O’Neill Forebay is a regulating reservoir in California’s San Joaquin Valley that helps manage water storage and delivery for the larger San Luis Reservoir system.
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A.
Piute Dam
Piute Dam is an irrigation and water storage structure on the Sevier River in south-central Utah, forming Piute Reservoir to support agriculture in the surrounding region.
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B.
O'Shaughnessy Dam
O'Shaughnessy Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in Yosemite National Park that creates the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, supplying water and hydroelectric power to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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C.
Oxbow Dam
Oxbow Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in eastern Oregon, forming Oxbow Reservoir as part of the Hells Canyon Complex.
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D.
McNary Dam
McNary Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and navigation lock complex on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
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E.
Yuba Reservoir
Yuba Reservoir is a man-made lake in central Utah popular for boating, fishing, and camping.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial lake
ⓘ
regulating reservoir ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| connectedTo |
California Aqueduct
ⓘ
Delta–Mendota Canal ⓘ
linked to:
Delta-Mendota Canal
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevation | approximately 220 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| hasDam | O’Neill Dam ⓘ |
| hasFunction | forebay for pumping and generating facilities ⓘ |
| hasRecreationArea | O’Neill Forebay Wildlife Area ⓘ |
| inflow |
California Aqueduct
ⓘ
Delta–Mendota Canal ⓘ
linked to:
Delta-Mendota Canal
|
| isReservoirOf |
San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Valley Project
State Water Project’s South Bay and San Luis canals ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Merced County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Merced County
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Los Banos, California
ⓘ
San Luis Reservoir ⓘ |
| manages |
water delivery
ⓘ
water storage ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ralph B. O’Neill ⓘ |
| operator |
California Department of Water Resources
ⓘ
United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| outflow |
California Aqueduct
ⓘ
Delta–Mendota Canal ⓘ
linked to:
Delta-Mendota Canal
|
| partOf |
San Luis Reservoir system
ⓘ
linked to:
San Luis Reservoir
|
| partOfProject |
California State Water Project
ⓘ
linked to:
State Water Project
Central Valley Project ⓘ |
| purpose |
water conveyance
ⓘ
water regulation ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| receivesWaterFrom | San Luis Reservoir ⓘ |
| region | Central California ⓘ |
| regulates | flows from San Luis Reservoir ⓘ |
| usedFor |
industrial water supply
ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| waterManagementRole |
buffers changes in pumping operations at San Luis facilities
ⓘ
regulates short-term fluctuations in water deliveries ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (via aqueducts)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: O’Neill Forebay Description of subject: O’Neill Forebay is a regulating reservoir in California’s San Joaquin Valley that helps manage water storage and delivery for the larger San Luis Reservoir system.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.