Three Gorges
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Three Gorges is a famous scenic and historically significant canyon region along the Yangtze River in China, renowned for its dramatic landscapes and the massive Three Gorges Dam.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Three Gorges canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8420953 — 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: Three Gorges Context triple: [Xiling Gorge, partOf, Three Gorges]
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Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is a massive hydroelectric gravity dam in China, renowned as one of the world’s largest power stations and a major flood-control and navigation project.
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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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C.
Xiangjiaba Dam
Xiangjiaba Dam is a major hydroelectric gravity dam in southwest China, known for its large installed capacity and role in generating power and regulating flow on the upper Yangtze River.
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Xiluodu Dam
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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E.
Wudongde Dam
Wudongde Dam is a major hydroelectric gravity dam on the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River in southwest China, known for its large installed capacity and role in regional power generation and flood control.
- 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: Three Gorges Target entity description: Three Gorges is a famous scenic and historically significant canyon region along the Yangtze River in China, renowned for its dramatic landscapes and the massive Three Gorges Dam.
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A.
Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is a massive hydroelectric gravity dam in China, renowned as one of the world’s largest power stations and a major flood-control and navigation project.
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B.
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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C.
Xiangjiaba Dam
Xiangjiaba Dam is a major hydroelectric gravity dam in southwest China, known for its large installed capacity and role in generating power and regulating flow on the upper Yangtze River.
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D.
Xiluodu Dam
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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E.
Wudongde Dam
Wudongde Dam is a major hydroelectric gravity dam on the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River in southwest China, known for its large installed capacity and role in regional power generation and flood control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canyon region
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geographical region ⓘ gorge ⓘ scenic area ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Three Gorges Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseName | 三峡 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| elevationFeature | steep canyon walls ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
habitat alteration
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landscape change due to reservoir ⓘ resettlement of local populations ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Qutang Gorge
NERFINISHED
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Wu Gorge NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiling Gorge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
important navigation route
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strategic military passage ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Three Gorges Dam
NERFINISHED
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cultural heritage ⓘ dramatic landscapes ⓘ historical significance ⓘ narrow gorges ⓘ steep cliffs ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
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Chongqing Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Chongqing Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Chongqing Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Hubei Province ⓘ Hubei Province ⓘ Hubei Province ⓘ Yangtze River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCityNearby |
Chongqing
NERFINISHED
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Yichang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Chinese historical records
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classical Chinese poetry ⓘ |
| partOf | Yangtze River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | inland waterway ⓘ |
| river | Yangtze River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
major scenic area of the Yangtze River
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symbol of Yangtze River landscapes ⓘ |
| tourismActivity |
cultural tours
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river cruises ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| transliteration | Sanxia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | river gorge ⓘ |
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: Three Gorges Description of subject: Three Gorges is a famous scenic and historically significant canyon region along the Yangtze River in China, renowned for its dramatic landscapes and the massive Three Gorges Dam.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.