Xingó Dam
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Xingó Dam is a large hydroelectric dam complex in northeastern Brazil that generates power and helps regulate the flow of the São Francisco River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Xingó Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10071599 — 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: Xingó Dam Context triple: [São Francisco River, hasDam, Xingó Dam]
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A.
Itaparica Dam
Itaparica Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and reservoir complex on Brazil’s São Francisco River, primarily used for power generation and water regulation.
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B.
Santo Antônio Dam
Santo Antônio Dam is a large hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, built on the Madeira River near Porto Velho to generate electricity as part of the Madeira River energy complex.
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C.
São Simão Dam
São Simão Dam is a large hydroelectric power facility in Brazil known for generating electricity and forming the São Simão Reservoir on the Paranaíba River.
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D.
Gouvães Dam
Gouvães Dam is a hydroelectric dam in northern Portugal that forms part of the Tâmega River energy complex, contributing to regional power generation and water management.
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E.
Barra Bonita Dam
Barra Bonita Dam is a hydroelectric and navigation dam complex in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known for regulating the Tietê River and forming the Barra Bonita Reservoir.
- 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: Xingó Dam Target entity description: Xingó Dam is a large hydroelectric dam complex in northeastern Brazil that generates power and helps regulate the flow of the São Francisco River.
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A.
Itaparica Dam
Itaparica Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and reservoir complex on Brazil’s São Francisco River, primarily used for power generation and water regulation.
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B.
Santo Antônio Dam
Santo Antônio Dam is a large hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, built on the Madeira River near Porto Velho to generate electricity as part of the Madeira River energy complex.
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C.
São Simão Dam
São Simão Dam is a large hydroelectric power facility in Brazil known for generating electricity and forming the São Simão Reservoir on the Paranaíba River.
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D.
Gouvães Dam
Gouvães Dam is a hydroelectric dam in northern Portugal that forms part of the Tâmega River energy complex, contributing to regional power generation and water management.
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E.
Barra Bonita Dam
Barra Bonita Dam is a hydroelectric and navigation dam complex in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, known for regulating the Tietê River and forming the Barra Bonita Reservoir.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gravity dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| affects | São Francisco River flow regime ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderBetween | Sergipe and Alagoas ⓘ |
| capacityPerTurbine | 500 MW ⓘ |
| commissioningDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Brazilian Interconnected Power System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1987 ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| damHeight | 140 m ⓘ |
| damLength | 830 m ⓘ |
| downstreamFrom | Paulo Afonso Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| energySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| gridConnectionVoltageLevel | 500 kV ⓘ |
| hasPowerPlant | Xingó Hydroelectric Power Plant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | 3000 MW ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northeast Region, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCanyon | Xingó Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInState |
Alagoas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sergipe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Canindé de São Francisco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piranhas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | São Francisco River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Xingó Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 6 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| operator |
CHESF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner |
Brazilian federal government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eletrobras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | São Francisco River hydroelectric complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation improvement ⓘ river flow regulation ⓘ |
| regionServed | Northeast Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Xingó Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | 60 km² ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity | 3.8 km³ ⓘ |
| riverSystem | São Francisco River basin ⓘ |
| spillwayType | gated spillway ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| upstreamFrom | lower São Francisco River ⓘ |
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: Xingó Dam Description of subject: Xingó Dam is a large hydroelectric dam complex in northeastern Brazil that generates power and helps regulate the flow of the São Francisco River.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.