Xin’anjiang Reservoir
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Xin’anjiang Reservoir is a large artificial lake in eastern China, best known for its role in flood control, hydroelectric power generation, and the creation of the scenic Thousand Island Lake.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xin’anjiang Reservoir canonical | 2 |
| Xin'anjiang Hydropower Station | 1 |
| Xin'anjiang Reservoir system | 1 |
| Xin’anjiang Dam | 1 |
| Xin’anjiang Hydropower Station | 1 |
| 新安江水库 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5238842 — 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: Xin’anjiang Reservoir Context triple: [Xin’an River, mouthLocation, Xin’anjiang Reservoir]
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A.
Meishan Reservoir
Meishan Reservoir is a major water storage and flood-control reservoir on China’s Huai River, supporting regional irrigation, water supply, and hydropower.
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B.
Liujiaxia Reservoir
Liujiaxia Reservoir is a large artificial lake on the Yellow River in north-central China, created by the Liujiaxia Dam and known for its hydroelectric power generation and scenic surroundings.
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C.
Shisanling Reservoir
Shisanling Reservoir is a man-made lake in Beijing’s Changping District, best known for its scenic setting near the Ming Tombs and surrounding historical sites.
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D.
Gezhouba Dam
Gezhouba Dam is a large hydroelectric gravity dam in Yichang, Hubei, China, notable as the first major dam built on the Yangtze River and an important source of power generation and river navigation control.
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E.
Danjiangkou
Danjiangkou is a county-level city in northwestern Hubei Province, China, known for the Danjiangkou Reservoir, a key source for the South–North Water Transfer Project.
- 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: Xin’anjiang Reservoir Target entity description: Xin’anjiang Reservoir is a large artificial lake in eastern China, best known for its role in flood control, hydroelectric power generation, and the creation of the scenic Thousand Island Lake.
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A.
Meishan Reservoir
Meishan Reservoir is a major water storage and flood-control reservoir on China’s Huai River, supporting regional irrigation, water supply, and hydropower.
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B.
Liujiaxia Reservoir
Liujiaxia Reservoir is a large artificial lake on the Yellow River in north-central China, created by the Liujiaxia Dam and known for its hydroelectric power generation and scenic surroundings.
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C.
Shisanling Reservoir
Shisanling Reservoir is a man-made lake in Beijing’s Changping District, best known for its scenic setting near the Ming Tombs and surrounding historical sites.
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D.
Gezhouba Dam
Gezhouba Dam is a large hydroelectric gravity dam in Yichang, Hubei, China, notable as the first major dam built on the Yangtze River and an important source of power generation and river navigation control.
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E.
Danjiangkou
Danjiangkou is a county-level city in northwestern Hubei Province, China, known for the Danjiangkou Reservoir, a key source for the South–North Water Transfer Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | reservoir ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Thousand Island Lake ⓘ |
| basinCountry | China ⓘ |
| constructionType | man-made reservoir ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| createdBy | Xin’anjiang Dam ⓘ |
| ecosystemType | reservoir ecosystem ⓘ |
| energySourceFor |
Xin’anjiang Hydropower Station
ⓘ
linked to:
Xin’anjiang Dam
|
| function | regulation of Xin’an River flow ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
boating
ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ |
| hasUse |
fisheries
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ |
| impact | submergence of valleys and settlements ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Xin’anjiang Hydropower Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Xin’anjiang Dam
|
| knownFor |
creation of Thousand Island Lake
ⓘ
flood control function ⓘ hydropower production ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Zhejiang Province
ⓘ
eastern China ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Chun’an County ⓘ |
| locatedNearCity | Hangzhou ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Xin’an River ⓘ |
| near | Qiandao Lake ⓘ |
| operator | Chinese hydropower authorities ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation improvement ⓘ tourism ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
| region | Hangzhou ⓘ |
| relatedInfrastructure |
Xin’anjiang Dam spillway
ⓘ
linked to:
Xin’anjiang Dam
Xin’anjiang Hydropower Station ⓘ
linked to:
Xin’anjiang Dam
|
| roleInDisasterPrevention | mitigation of downstream flooding ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | islands and lake scenery ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | freshwater lake ⓘ |
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: Xin’anjiang Reservoir Description of subject: Xin’anjiang Reservoir is a large artificial lake in eastern China, best known for its role in flood control, hydroelectric power generation, and the creation of the scenic Thousand Island Lake.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Xin’anjiang Reservoir
linked to: Xin’anjiang Reservoir
linked to: Xin’anjiang Reservoir
linked to: Xin’anjiang Reservoir
linked to: Xin’anjiang Reservoir