Aberdeen Lock and Dam
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Aberdeen Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Mississippi that helps manage river traffic and water levels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aberdeen Lock and Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10151560 — 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: Aberdeen Lock and Dam Context triple: [Tombigbee River, hasLockAndDam, Aberdeen Lock and Dam]
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Ortona Lock and Dam
Ortona Lock and Dam is a navigation and water-control structure on the Caloosahatchee River in Florida that helps manage water levels and vessel passage along the Okeechobee Waterway.
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B.
Murray Lock and Dam
Murray Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Arkansas, that helps regulate river flow and support commercial barge traffic.
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C.
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Dresden Island Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois Waterway that helps regulate river levels and facilitate barge traffic in northeastern Illinois.
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D.
Dardanelle Lock and Dam
Dardanelle Lock and Dam is a major navigation and hydroelectric structure on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, forming part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
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E.
McNary Lock and Dam
McNary Lock and Dam is a navigation lock facility integrated into the McNary Dam complex on the Columbia River, enabling river traffic to bypass the dam.
- 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: Aberdeen Lock and Dam Target entity description: Aberdeen Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Mississippi that helps manage river traffic and water levels.
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A.
Ortona Lock and Dam
Ortona Lock and Dam is a navigation and water-control structure on the Caloosahatchee River in Florida that helps manage water levels and vessel passage along the Okeechobee Waterway.
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B.
Murray Lock and Dam
Murray Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Arkansas, that helps regulate river flow and support commercial barge traffic.
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C.
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Dresden Island Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois Waterway that helps regulate river levels and facilitate barge traffic in northeastern Illinois.
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D.
Dardanelle Lock and Dam
Dardanelle Lock and Dam is a major navigation and hydroelectric structure on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, forming part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
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E.
McNary Lock and Dam
McNary Lock and Dam is a navigation lock facility integrated into the McNary Dam complex on the Columbia River, enabling river traffic to bypass the dam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flood-control structure
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lock and dam ⓘ navigation structure ⓘ |
| controlsRiverTrafficOn | Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| enables |
barge traffic
ⓘ
year-round navigation ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
dam
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navigation lock ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
flood control
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ river traffic management ⓘ water level management ⓘ |
| isPartOfInfrastructureType |
flood-control infrastructure
ⓘ
inland navigation infrastructure ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInRegion | northeastern Mississippi ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWaterManagementBasin | Tennessee-Tombigbee basin GENERATED ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managesWaterLevelsOn | Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway lock and dam system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | navigation improvement ⓘ |
| purpose |
to maintain a navigable channel depth
ⓘ
to reduce flood risk along the waterway ⓘ |
| regulates |
downstream water level
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upstream water level ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Tennessee-Tombigbee river system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryPurpose | flood control ⓘ |
| state | Mississippi ⓘ |
| structureType |
concrete dam
ⓘ
navigation lock complex ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
inland shipping
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial navigation
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recreational navigation ⓘ water level regulation for flood mitigation ⓘ |
| waterwayType | inland waterway ⓘ |
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: Aberdeen Lock and Dam Description of subject: Aberdeen Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Mississippi that helps manage river traffic and water levels.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.