Jordan Lake
E622015
Jordan Lake is a large man-made reservoir in central North Carolina known for recreation, wildlife habitat, and regional water supply and flood control.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jordan Lake canonical | 1 |
| Jordan Lake watershed | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6818273 — 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: Jordan Lake Context triple: [Haw River, mouth, Jordan Lake]
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A.
High Rock Lake
High Rock Lake is a large reservoir in central North Carolina popular for boating, fishing, and recreational activities.
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B.
Hiwassee Lake
Hiwassee Lake is a man-made reservoir in western North Carolina known for its scenic mountain setting, recreational boating and fishing, and role in regional hydroelectric power generation.
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C.
Jennings Randolph Lake
Jennings Randolph Lake is a man-made reservoir on the North Branch Potomac River, created for flood control, water supply, and recreation along the Maryland–West Virginia border.
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D.
Fontana Lake
Fontana Lake is a large reservoir in western North Carolina, known for its deep, clear waters, extensive shoreline, and proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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E.
Watts Bar Lake
Watts Bar Lake is a large man-made reservoir in eastern Tennessee known for boating, fishing, and recreation, created by the impoundment of the Tennessee River.
- 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: Jordan Lake Target entity description: Jordan Lake is a large man-made reservoir in central North Carolina known for recreation, wildlife habitat, and regional water supply and flood control.
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A.
High Rock Lake
High Rock Lake is a large reservoir in central North Carolina popular for boating, fishing, and recreational activities.
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B.
Hiwassee Lake
Hiwassee Lake is a man-made reservoir in western North Carolina known for its scenic mountain setting, recreational boating and fishing, and role in regional hydroelectric power generation.
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C.
Jennings Randolph Lake
Jennings Randolph Lake is a man-made reservoir on the North Branch Potomac River, created for flood control, water supply, and recreation along the Maryland–West Virginia border.
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D.
Fontana Lake
Fontana Lake is a large reservoir in western North Carolina, known for its deep, clear waters, extensive shoreline, and proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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E.
Watts Bar Lake
Watts Bar Lake is a large man-made reservoir in eastern Tennessee known for boating, fishing, and recreation, created by the impoundment of the Tennessee River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | reservoir ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | construction of B. Everett Jordan Dam ⓘ |
| formedByDamOn | Haw River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitatFor |
bald eagles
ⓘ
migratory waterfowl ⓘ wading birds ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
canoeing
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ kayaking ⓘ picnicking ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
campgrounds
ⓘ
multiple boat ramps ⓘ public beaches ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea | Jordan Lake State Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegulation | no permanent residential development on water ⓘ |
| hasUse |
birdwatching
ⓘ
boating ⓘ camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ sailing ⓘ swimming ⓘ |
| inflowsFrom |
Haw River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Hope Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chatham County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Apex, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cary, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Chapel Hill, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgency | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | B. Everett Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outflowsTo | Cape Fear River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cape Fear River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ water supply ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| recreationAreaManagedBy | North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Piedmont region of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shorelineLength | approximately 180 miles ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | approximately 14000 acres ⓘ |
| waterSupplyFor |
Apex, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cary, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Chatham County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Durham, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Orange County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearImpounded | early 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jordan Lake Description of subject: Jordan Lake is a large man-made reservoir in central North Carolina known for recreation, wildlife habitat, and regional water supply and flood control.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.