Bull Shoals Dam
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Bull Shoals Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on the White River in northern Arkansas, built for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bull Shoals Dam canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7258993 — 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: Bull Shoals Dam Context triple: [Bull Shoals Lake, createdBy, Bull Shoals Dam]
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A.
Boone Dam
Boone Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam in northeastern Tennessee that creates Boone Lake and is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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B.
High Rock Dam
High Rock Dam is a hydroelectric dam in North Carolina that impounds the Yadkin River to form High Rock Lake, a major reservoir for power generation and recreation.
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C.
Eufaula Dam
Eufaula Dam is a major flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma that forms Lake Eufaula, one of the largest reservoirs in the United States.
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D.
Leesville Dam
Leesville Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control structure on the Roanoke River in Virginia that creates Leesville Lake.
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E.
Guntersville Dam
Guntersville Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam and navigation lock on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama.
- 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: Bull Shoals Dam Target entity description: Bull Shoals Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on the White River in northern Arkansas, built for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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A.
Boone Dam
Boone Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam in northeastern Tennessee that creates Boone Lake and is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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B.
High Rock Dam
High Rock Dam is a hydroelectric dam in North Carolina that impounds the Yadkin River to form High Rock Lake, a major reservoir for power generation and recreation.
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C.
Eufaula Dam
Eufaula Dam is a major flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma that forms Lake Eufaula, one of the largest reservoirs in the United States.
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D.
Leesville Dam
Leesville Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control structure on the Roanoke River in Virginia that creates Leesville Lake.
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E.
Guntersville Dam
Guntersville Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam and navigation lock on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete gravity dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| constructionStartDate | 1947 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasDesign | concrete gravity ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
downstream flow regulation
ⓘ
recreation support ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Bull Shoals Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPowerPlant | Bull Shoals Dam Powerhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservoirUse |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasSpillwayType | controlled overflow ⓘ |
| hasUse |
flood mitigation
ⓘ
hydroelectricity generation ⓘ |
| height |
256 feet
ⓘ
78 meters ⓘ |
| impounds | Bull Shoals Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDownstreamOf | Table Rock Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStructureOn | White River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUpstreamOf | Norfork Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length |
2256 feet
ⓘ
688 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Arkansas ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty |
Baxter County, Arkansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marion County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Arkansas ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bull Shoals, Arkansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mountain Home, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | White River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | USACE Little Rock District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| nearBorderOf | Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf | White River dam system ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ |
| regionServed |
northern Arkansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Bull Shoals Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem | White River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfConcreteDam | gravity ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Bull Shoals Dam Description of subject: Bull Shoals Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on the White River in northern Arkansas, built for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
White River (Arkansas–Missouri)