Eupen Dam
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Eupen Dam is a major gravity dam in eastern Belgium that creates the Eupen Reservoir on the Vesdre River, providing drinking water supply and flood control for the surrounding region.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eupen Dam canonical | 6 |
| Barrage d’Eupen | 1 |
| Talsperre Eupen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7369687 — 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: Eupen Dam Context triple: [Vesdre, hasDam, Eupen Dam]
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A.
Bütgenbach Dam
Bütgenbach Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control structure in eastern Belgium that creates Lake Bütgenbach, a popular site for recreation and water sports.
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B.
Grevelingendam
Grevelingendam is a major dam in the southwestern Netherlands that forms part of the Delta Works, protecting the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta from flooding while separating the Grevelingenmeer from the North Sea.
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C.
Damme
Damme is a town and municipality in the District of Vechta in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its rural character and regional cultural traditions.
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D.
Amerongen weir
Amerongen weir is a major hydraulic structure on the Nederrijn in the Netherlands that regulates river water levels and flow through a system of floodgates.
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E.
Sorpe Dam
The Sorpe Dam is a German earth-fill dam in the Ruhr region that was a key target of the RAF’s World War II “Dambusters” raid, Operation Chastise.
- 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: Eupen Dam Target entity description: Eupen Dam is a major gravity dam in eastern Belgium that creates the Eupen Reservoir on the Vesdre River, providing drinking water supply and flood control for the surrounding region.
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A.
Bütgenbach Dam
Bütgenbach Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control structure in eastern Belgium that creates Lake Bütgenbach, a popular site for recreation and water sports.
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B.
Grevelingendam
Grevelingendam is a major dam in the southwestern Netherlands that forms part of the Delta Works, protecting the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta from flooding while separating the Grevelingenmeer from the North Sea.
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C.
Damme
Damme is a town and municipality in the District of Vechta in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its rural character and regional cultural traditions.
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D.
Amerongen weir
Amerongen weir is a major hydraulic structure on the Nederrijn in the Netherlands that regulates river water levels and flow through a system of floodgates.
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E.
Sorpe Dam
The Sorpe Dam is a German earth-fill dam in the Ruhr region that was a key target of the RAF’s World War II “Dambusters” raid, Operation Chastise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Belgium ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| createsReservoir |
Eupen Reservoir
ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Eupen
|
| function | regulation of Vesdre River flow ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Barrage d’Eupen
ⓘ
linked to:
Eupen Dam
Stuwdam van Eupen ⓘ Talsperre Eupen ⓘ
linked to:
Eupen Dam
|
| hasPart |
bottom outlet
ⓘ
intake tower ⓘ spillway ⓘ |
| hasReservoirUse |
potable water storage
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eupen
ⓘ
Province of Liège ⓘ eastern Belgium ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Hautes Fagnes–Eifel Nature Park
ⓘ
linked to:
Hohes Venn–Eifel Nature Park
|
| locatedNear | High Fens ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Vesdre River ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| operator | SWDE ⓘ |
| owner | SWDE ⓘ |
| purpose |
drinking water supply
ⓘ
flood control ⓘ |
| riverBasin | Meuse basin ⓘ |
| waterSupplyTo |
Eupen
ⓘ
surrounding region in eastern Belgium ⓘ |
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: Eupen Dam Description of subject: Eupen Dam is a major gravity dam in eastern Belgium that creates the Eupen Reservoir on the Vesdre River, providing drinking water supply and flood control for the surrounding region.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eupen Dam
linked to: Eupen Dam