Kurobe Dam
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Kurobe Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Japan’s Northern Alps, renowned for its impressive scale, scenic mountain setting, and status as a key sightseeing highlight along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kurobe Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10383754 — 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: Kurobe Dam Context triple: [Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, feature, Kurobe Dam]
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Guri Dam
Guri Dam is one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams, located on the Caroní River in Venezuela and a major source of the country’s electricity.
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Oahe Dam
Oahe Dam is a large earth-fill dam on the Missouri River in South Dakota, forming Lake Oahe, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States and a major source of hydroelectric power, irrigation, and flood control.
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Ikeda Dam
Ikeda Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Japan known for generating power and regulating water flow on the Yoshino River.
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Koka Dam
Koka Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Ethiopia that creates the Koka Reservoir on the Awash River.
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Ukai Dam
Ukai Dam is a major multi-purpose reservoir and hydroelectric dam in Gujarat, India, built on the Tapi River for irrigation, 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: Kurobe Dam Target entity description: Kurobe Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Japan’s Northern Alps, renowned for its impressive scale, scenic mountain setting, and status as a key sightseeing highlight along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
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A.
Guri Dam
Guri Dam is one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams, located on the Caroní River in Venezuela and a major source of the country’s electricity.
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B.
Oahe Dam
Oahe Dam is a large earth-fill dam on the Missouri River in South Dakota, forming Lake Oahe, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States and a major source of hydroelectric power, irrigation, and flood control.
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C.
Ikeda Dam
Ikeda Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Japan known for generating power and regulating water flow on the Yoshino River.
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Koka Dam
Koka Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Ethiopia that creates the Koka Reservoir on the Awash River.
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E.
Ukai Dam
Ukai Dam is a major multi-purpose reservoir and hydroelectric dam in Gujarat, India, built on the Tapi River for irrigation, power generation, and flood control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch dam
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concrete dam ⓘ hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| accessVia |
Kurobe Cable Car
NERFINISHED
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Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route buses ⓘ |
| casualtiesDuringConstruction | over 100 workers ⓘ |
| climate | heavy snowfall area ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| constructionDifficulty | very high ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | concrete arch design ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| constructionWorkers | thousands ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| crestElevation | 1,454 m above sea level ⓘ |
| crosses | Kurobe River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Kansai Electric Power Company engineers ⓘ |
| floodControlFunction | limited ⓘ |
| hasBoatCruise | yes ⓘ |
| hasBusAccess | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| hasTunnel | Kanden Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasViewingDeck | yes ⓘ |
| height | 186 m ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | about 335 MW ⓘ |
| length | 492 m ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chūbu region
NERFINISHED
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Hida Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese Northern Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurobe Gorge NERFINISHED ⓘ Toyama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Chūbu-Sangaku National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Tateyama, Toyama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale hydroelectric development in postwar Japan
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massive water discharge in summer ⓘ scenic mountain setting ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| operator | Kansai Electric Power Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Kansai Electric Power Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | power generation ⓘ |
| publicOpeningSeason | typically late April to November ⓘ |
| regionServed | Kansai region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacityTotal | about 200,000,000 m³ ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Lake Kurobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | about 3.5 km² ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kurobe Dam Description of subject: Kurobe Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Japan’s Northern Alps, renowned for its impressive scale, scenic mountain setting, and status as a key sightseeing highlight along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Referenced by (1)
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