Xiluodu Dam
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Xiluodu Dam is a major arch dam and one of China’s largest hydroelectric power stations, built on the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River to generate electricity and aid flood control.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xiluodu Dam canonical | 4 |
| Xiluodu Hydropower Station (participation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8363900 — 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: Xiluodu Dam Context triple: [upper Yangtze River region, hasHydropowerProject, Xiluodu Dam]
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A.
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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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.
Baishan Dam
Baishan Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in northeastern China, known for its large reservoir and role in regional power generation.
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D.
Song Loulou Dam
Song Loulou Dam is a major hydroelectric power facility in Cameroon that harnesses the flow of the Sanaga River to generate electricity for the region.
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E.
Xin’anjiang Reservoir
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.
- 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: Xiluodu Dam Target entity description: Xiluodu Dam is a major arch dam and one of China’s largest hydroelectric power stations, built on the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River to generate electricity and aid flood control.
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A.
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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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.
Baishan Dam
Baishan Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in northeastern China, known for its large reservoir and role in regional power generation.
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D.
Song Loulou Dam
Song Loulou Dam is a major hydroelectric power facility in Cameroon that harnesses the flow of the Sanaga River to generate electricity for the region.
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E.
Xin’anjiang Reservoir
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch dam
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hydroelectric power station ⓘ |
| annualGeneration | approximately 55 terawatt-hours ⓘ |
| basinCountry | China ⓘ |
| commissioningCompleted | 2014 ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | roller-compacted concrete ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| damCrestElevation | approximately 610 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| damHeight |
285.5 metres
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approximately 285 metres ⓘ |
| damLength | approximately 700 metres ⓘ |
| damType | concrete arch dam ⓘ |
| downstreamFrom | Wudongde Dam ⓘ |
| firstGeneratorCommissioningDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| installedCapacity |
13.86 gigawatts
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13860 megawatts ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Sichuan Province
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Yunnan Province ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | China ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Jinsha River canyon ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
Jinsha River
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upper Yangtze River ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 18 ⓘ |
| operator | China Three Gorges Corporation ⓘ |
| owner | China Three Gorges Corporation ⓘ |
| partOf | Yangtze River hydropower cascade ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | power generation ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
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hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation improvement ⓘ sediment control ⓘ |
| rankByInstalledCapacity |
one of the largest hydroelectric power stations in China
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one of the largest hydroelectric power stations in the world ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Xiluodu Reservoir ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity |
approximately 12.7 billion cubic metres
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approximately 12.7 cubic kilometres ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Yangtze River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Yangtze River
|
| secondaryFunction |
flood control
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sediment management ⓘ |
| spillwayType |
bottom outlets
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orifice spillway ⓘ surface spillway ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| unitCapacity | 770 megawatts ⓘ |
| upstreamFrom | Xiangjiaba Dam ⓘ |
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: Xiluodu Dam Description of subject: Xiluodu Dam is a major arch dam and one of China’s largest hydroelectric power stations, built on the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River to generate electricity and aid flood control.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Xiluodu Dam