afterbay dam
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An afterbay dam is a secondary dam built downstream of a main dam or power plant to regulate water levels, store tailwater, and smooth out flow fluctuations for irrigation, power generation, or flood control.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| afterbay dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16299531 — 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: afterbay dam Context triple: [Stanislaus Afterbay Dam, hasStructureType, afterbay dam]
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A.
Oahe Dam
Oahe Dam is a large earth-fill dam on the Missouri River in South Dakota, forming Lake Oahe, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States and a major source of hydroelectric power, irrigation, and flood control.
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B.
Kajaki Dam
Kajaki Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan, known both for its strategic importance and as the site of significant military activity during the Afghan conflict.
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C.
Yonki Dam
Yonki Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Papua New Guinea that supplies significant power to the country’s highlands region.
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D.
Amawalk Dam
Amawalk Dam is an early 20th-century masonry dam in Westchester County, New York, that impounds the Amawalk Reservoir as part of New York City's water supply system.
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E.
Hidase Dam
Hidase Dam is a massive hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, designed to be one of Africa’s largest power-generating and infrastructure projects.
- 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: afterbay dam Target entity description: An afterbay dam is a secondary dam built downstream of a main dam or power plant to regulate water levels, store tailwater, and smooth out flow fluctuations for irrigation, power generation, or flood control.
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A.
Oahe Dam
Oahe Dam is a large earth-fill dam on the Missouri River in South Dakota, forming Lake Oahe, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States and a major source of hydroelectric power, irrigation, and flood control.
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B.
Kajaki Dam
Kajaki Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan, known both for its strategic importance and as the site of significant military activity during the Afghan conflict.
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C.
Yonki Dam
Yonki Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Papua New Guinea that supplies significant power to the country’s highlands region.
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D.
Amawalk Dam
Amawalk Dam is an early 20th-century masonry dam in Westchester County, New York, that impounds the Amawalk Reservoir as part of New York City's water supply system.
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E.
Hidase Dam
Hidase Dam is a massive hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, designed to be one of Africa’s largest power-generating and infrastructure projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.