Shiroro Dam
E368336
Shiroro Dam is a major hydroelectric power facility on the Kaduna River in Niger State, Nigeria, supplying electricity and supporting water management in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shiroro Dam canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3483598 — 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: Shiroro Dam Context triple: [Niger State, knownFor, Shiroro Dam]
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A.
Surobi Dam
Surobi Dam is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam located on the Kabul River in eastern Afghanistan.
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B.
Lodoyo Dam
Lodoyo Dam is a water control and irrigation structure located on the Brantas River in East Java, Indonesia.
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C.
Sutami Dam
Sutami Dam is a major multipurpose dam in East Java, Indonesia, used primarily for hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and flood control on the Brantas River.
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D.
Amawalk Dam
Amawalk Dam is an early 20th-century masonry dam in Westchester County, New York, that impounds the Amawalk Reservoir as part of New York City's water supply system.
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E.
Harangi Dam
Harangi Dam is a masonry dam built across the Harangi River, a tributary of the Kaveri, in Karnataka, India, primarily used for irrigation and water storage.
- 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: Shiroro Dam Target entity description: Shiroro Dam is a major hydroelectric power facility on the Kaduna River in Niger State, Nigeria, supplying electricity and supporting water management in the region.
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A.
Surobi Dam
Surobi Dam is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam located on the Kabul River in eastern Afghanistan.
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B.
Lodoyo Dam
Lodoyo Dam is a water control and irrigation structure located on the Brantas River in East Java, Indonesia.
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C.
Sutami Dam
Sutami Dam is a major multipurpose dam in East Java, Indonesia, used primarily for hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and flood control on the Brantas River.
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D.
Amawalk Dam
Amawalk Dam is an early 20th-century masonry dam in Westchester County, New York, that impounds the Amawalk Reservoir as part of New York City's water supply system.
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E.
Harangi Dam
Harangi Dam is a masonry dam built across the Harangi River, a tributary of the Kaveri, in Karnataka, India, primarily used for irrigation and water storage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gravity dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Nigeria ⓘ |
| commissioningDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1983 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
Federal Republic of Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Nigeria
|
| electricalCapacity | 600 megawatts ⓘ |
| energySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| gridConnection |
Transmission Company of Nigeria network
ⓘ
linked to:
Transmission Company of Nigeria
|
| hasImpact |
fisheries and aquatic ecosystems
ⓘ
regional economic development ⓘ river flow regulation ⓘ |
| hasReservoir | Shiroro Lake ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | 600 MW ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Niger State ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | North Central Nigeria ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
West Africa Time
ⓘ
linked to:
West Africa Time (WAT)
|
| locatedNear | Shiroro ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Kaduna River ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (regulation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
|
| nearbyCity | Minna ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 4 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| operator |
Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading PLC
ⓘ
North South Power Company Limited ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Federal Government of Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Nigeria
|
| partOf | Nigerian national grid ⓘ |
| purpose |
electricity generation
ⓘ
flood control ⓘ irrigation support ⓘ water management ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Abuja
ⓘ
Niger State ⓘ Northwest Nigeria ⓘ
linked to:
North West Nigeria
|
| reservoirUse |
fishing
ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| safetyConcern | risk of flooding downstream in case of failure ⓘ |
| significance |
key component of Nigeria’s power infrastructure
ⓘ
major source of hydroelectric power in Nigeria ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +1 ⓘ |
| watercourse | Kaduna 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: Shiroro Dam Description of subject: Shiroro Dam is a major hydroelectric power facility on the Kaduna River in Niger State, Nigeria, supplying electricity and supporting water management in the region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.