Pitlochry Dam
E446732
Pitlochry Dam is a mid-20th-century hydroelectric dam on the River Tummel in Scotland, noted for its power station and popular salmon ladder attraction.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pitlochry Dam canonical | 2 |
| Pitlochry Dam power station | 1 |
| Pitlochry fish ladder | 1 |
| Tummel hydroelectric power scheme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4489944 — 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: Pitlochry Dam Context triple: [Pitlochry, hasHydroelectricScheme, Pitlochry Dam]
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A.
Feildes Weir
Feildes Weir is a historic river weir on the River Lea in England, used to control water levels and flow for navigation and water management.
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B.
Keenleyside Dam
Keenleyside Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada, forming part of the region’s large transboundary water management system.
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C.
Torrumbarry Weir
Torrumbarry Weir is a major river regulation structure on the Murray River in Victoria, Australia, used for water storage, irrigation, and navigation control.
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D.
Cluny Dam
Cluny Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Tasmania’s Derwent River that forms part of the state’s power generation and water management system.
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E.
Keswick Dam
Keswick Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sacramento River in Northern California that regulates flows and generates hydroelectric power as part of the region’s large federal water management 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: Pitlochry Dam Target entity description: Pitlochry Dam is a mid-20th-century hydroelectric dam on the River Tummel in Scotland, noted for its power station and popular salmon ladder attraction.
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A.
Feildes Weir
Feildes Weir is a historic river weir on the River Lea in England, used to control water levels and flow for navigation and water management.
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B.
Keenleyside Dam
Keenleyside Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada, forming part of the region’s large transboundary water management system.
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C.
Torrumbarry Weir
Torrumbarry Weir is a major river regulation structure on the Murray River in Victoria, Australia, used for water storage, irrigation, and navigation control.
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D.
Cluny Dam
Cluny Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Tasmania’s Derwent River that forms part of the state’s power generation and water management system.
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E.
Keswick Dam
Keswick Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sacramento River in Northern California that regulates flows and generates hydroelectric power as part of the region’s large federal water management system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydroelectric dam
ⓘ
infrastructure ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | mid-20th-century engineering ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Perth and Kinross
ⓘ
Dams in Scotland ⓘ Hydroelectric power stations in Scotland ⓘ Tourist attractions in Perth and Kinross ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1947 ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createsReservoir | Loch Faskally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses | River Tummel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| energySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| gridConnection | Scottish transmission network ⓘ |
| hasAccess |
pedestrian walkway
ⓘ
road access from Pitlochry ⓘ |
| hasBuilding | power station building ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
concrete gravity structure
ⓘ
fish counter ⓘ sluice gates ⓘ spillway ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Pitlochry Power Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pitlochry fish ladder NERFINISHED ⓘ visitor centre ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction |
dam walkway
ⓘ
salmon ladder ⓘ viewing gallery for fish ladder ⓘ |
| inception | 1951 ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
educational visits
ⓘ
salmon watching ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Pitlochry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricCounty | Perthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Highland Perthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Loch Faskally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | River Tummel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Pitlochry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| operator | SSE Renewables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | SSE plc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board schemes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tummel Valley hydroelectric scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
fish migration facilitation
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ river regulation ⓘ |
| region | Perth and Kinross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watercourse | River Tummel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Pitlochry Dam Description of subject: Pitlochry Dam is a mid-20th-century hydroelectric dam on the River Tummel in Scotland, noted for its power station and popular salmon ladder attraction.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Pitlochry, Scotland
subject linked to:
Pitlochry, Scotland
linked to: Pitlochry Dam
linked to: Pitlochry Dam
linked to: Pitlochry Dam