Upper Krishna Project
E180310
The Upper Krishna Project is a major irrigation and hydroelectric development scheme in Karnataka, India, designed to utilize the waters of the Krishna River for agricultural, power generation, and drinking water purposes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Krishna Project canonical | 5 |
| Krishna River irrigation system | 1 |
| Upper Krishna irrigation scheme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1571027 — 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: Upper Krishna Project Context triple: [Almatti Dam, partOf, Upper Krishna Project]
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A.
Narmada Dam project
The Narmada Dam project is a large and controversial river development and hydroelectric scheme in India, widely debated for its environmental and social impacts, including displacement of local communities.
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B.
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam is a major masonry dam in Karnataka, India, built across the Kaveri River and known for forming the large KRS reservoir and the Brindavan Gardens.
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C.
Indira Gandhi Canal
The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of India’s longest irrigation canals, built to bring water from the Sutlej and Beas rivers to arid regions of Rajasthan, transforming parts of the Thar Desert into cultivable land.
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D.
Srisailam Dam
Srisailam Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Andhra Pradesh, India, built across the Krishna River and known for its large reservoir and role in regional water management.
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E.
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a major masonry dam in southern India, renowned as one of the world’s largest man-made lakes and a key source of irrigation and hydroelectric power for the region.
- 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: Upper Krishna Project Target entity description: The Upper Krishna Project is a major irrigation and hydroelectric development scheme in Karnataka, India, designed to utilize the waters of the Krishna River for agricultural, power generation, and drinking water purposes.
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A.
Narmada Dam project
The Narmada Dam project is a large and controversial river development and hydroelectric scheme in India, widely debated for its environmental and social impacts, including displacement of local communities.
-
B.
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam is a major masonry dam in Karnataka, India, built across the Kaveri River and known for forming the large KRS reservoir and the Brindavan Gardens.
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C.
Indira Gandhi Canal
The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of India’s longest irrigation canals, built to bring water from the Sutlej and Beas rivers to arid regions of Rajasthan, transforming parts of the Thar Desert into cultivable land.
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D.
Srisailam Dam
Srisailam Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Andhra Pradesh, India, built across the Krishna River and known for its large reservoir and role in regional water management.
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E.
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a major masonry dam in southern India, renowned as one of the world’s largest man-made lakes and a key source of irrigation and hydroelectric power for the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydroelectric project
ⓘ
irrigation project ⓘ |
| aim |
creation of new irrigated command areas
ⓘ
stabilization of existing irrigated areas ⓘ utilization of allocated Krishna River waters for Karnataka ⓘ |
| basin | Krishna River basin ⓘ |
| benefitsSector |
agriculture
ⓘ
drinking water ⓘ electricity supply ⓘ |
| category |
Hydroelectric power stations in Karnataka
ⓘ
Irrigation in Karnataka ⓘ Krishna River projects ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | South India ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
barrage structures
ⓘ
canal network ⓘ distribution canals ⓘ powerhouses ⓘ |
| hydroelectricPlant |
Almatti Hydroelectric Power Station
ⓘ
Narayanpur Dam ⓘ
surface form:
Narayanpur Hydroelectric Power Station
|
| impact |
improved drinking water availability in beneficiary towns and villages
ⓘ
increased agricultural productivity in command areas ⓘ |
| includesDam |
Almatti Dam
ⓘ
Narayanpur Dam ⓘ |
| includesReservoir |
Almatti Reservoir
ⓘ
Narayanpur Dam ⓘ
surface form:
Narayanpur Reservoir
|
| location |
Kalyana-Karnataka region
ⓘ
surface form:
northern Karnataka
|
| managingAuthority |
Government of Karnataka
ⓘ
Karnataka Water Resources Department ⓘ |
| purpose |
drinking water supply
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
| region | Deccan Plateau ⓘ |
| river | Krishna River ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Bagalkot district
ⓘ
Bijapur district ⓘ Gulbarga ⓘ
surface form:
Gulbarga district
Raichur ⓘ
surface form:
Raichur district
drought-prone areas of northern Karnataka ⓘ |
| state | Karnataka ⓘ |
| typeOfIrrigation |
canal irrigation
ⓘ
lift irrigation ⓘ |
| waterSource | Krishna River ⓘ |
| waterUse | multi-purpose ⓘ |
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: Upper Krishna Project Description of subject: The Upper Krishna Project is a major irrigation and hydroelectric development scheme in Karnataka, India, designed to utilize the waters of the Krishna River for agricultural, power generation, and drinking water purposes.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Upper Krishna irrigation scheme
this entity surface form:
Krishna River irrigation system