Peoria Lock and Dam
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Peoria Lock and Dam is a navigation structure on the Illinois River that helps manage river traffic and water levels as part of the Illinois Waterway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peoria Lock and Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3499141 — 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: Peoria Lock and Dam Context triple: [Illinois Waterway system, hasPart, Peoria Lock and Dam]
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A.
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Dresden Island Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois Waterway that helps regulate river levels and facilitate barge traffic in northeastern Illinois.
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B.
Murray Lock and Dam
Murray Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Arkansas, that helps regulate river flow and support commercial barge traffic.
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C.
Lockport Lock and Dam
Lockport Lock and Dam is a major lock and dam complex on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal that controls water levels, aids navigation, and helps manage flood and wastewater flows between the Chicago area and the Des Plaines River.
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D.
Dardanelle Lock and Dam
Dardanelle Lock and Dam is a major navigation and hydroelectric structure on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, forming part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
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E.
Webbers Falls Lock and Dam
Webbers Falls Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma that forms part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
- 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: Peoria Lock and Dam Target entity description: Peoria Lock and Dam is a navigation structure on the Illinois River that helps manage river traffic and water levels as part of the Illinois Waterway.
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A.
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Dresden Island Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois Waterway that helps regulate river levels and facilitate barge traffic in northeastern Illinois.
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B.
Murray Lock and Dam
Murray Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Arkansas, that helps regulate river flow and support commercial barge traffic.
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C.
Lockport Lock and Dam
Lockport Lock and Dam is a major lock and dam complex on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal that controls water levels, aids navigation, and helps manage flood and wastewater flows between the Chicago area and the Des Plaines River.
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D.
Dardanelle Lock and Dam
Dardanelle Lock and Dam is a major navigation and hydroelectric structure on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, forming part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
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E.
Webbers Falls Lock and Dam
Webbers Falls Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma that forms part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
infrastructure
ⓘ
lock and dam ⓘ navigation structure ⓘ |
| controls | river pool level ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| enables |
downstream navigation
ⓘ
upstream navigation ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
dam
ⓘ
lock ⓘ |
| infrastructureType |
low-head dam
ⓘ
river lock ⓘ |
| isPartOfSystem | federal navigation system ⓘ |
| locatedInBasin |
Mississippi River Basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi River basin
|
| locatedNear |
Peoria, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Peoria, Illinois, United States
|
| locatedOnWaterway | Illinois River ⓘ |
| manages |
river traffic
ⓘ
water levels ⓘ |
| navigationRole | maintain navigable depth ⓘ |
| partOf |
Illinois Waterway
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois Waterway system
|
| primaryFunction | navigation ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate navigation
ⓘ
regulate water levels ⓘ |
| regionServed |
central Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Illinois
|
| riverSystem | Illinois Waterway system ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| usedFor |
barge traffic
ⓘ
commercial navigation ⓘ recreational boat traffic ⓘ |
| watercourse | Illinois River ⓘ |
| waterwayTypeServed | inland waterway ⓘ |
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: Peoria Lock and Dam Description of subject: Peoria Lock and Dam is a navigation structure on the Illinois River that helps manage river traffic and water levels as part of the Illinois Waterway.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.