Catskill Aqueduct
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The Catskill Aqueduct is a major component of New York City's water supply system, transporting drinking water from the Catskill Mountains to the city and its reservoirs.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catskill Aqueduct canonical | 14 |
| Catskill Aqueduct intake structures | 1 |
| Catskill Aqueduct system | 1 |
| Catskill–Delaware water supply system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1692161 — 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: Catskill Aqueduct Context triple: [Kensico Reservoir, receivesWaterVia, Catskill Aqueduct]
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Delaware Aqueduct
The Delaware Aqueduct is a historic 19th-century suspension aqueduct that carried the Delaware and Hudson Canal over the Delaware River and is now preserved as the oldest surviving wire suspension bridge in the United States.
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B.
Delaware and Hudson Canal
The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
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C.
Old Croton Dam
Old Croton Dam was the original 19th-century masonry dam that formed part of New York City’s first major public water supply system before being superseded by the New Croton Dam.
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Kensico Dam
Kensico Dam is a massive early-20th-century masonry dam in Valhalla, New York, that forms the Kensico Reservoir and serves as a key component of New York City's water supply system.
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E.
North Bay Aqueduct
The North Bay Aqueduct is a key water conveyance facility in California that delivers State Water Project supplies to communities in Solano and Napa counties.
- 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: Catskill Aqueduct Target entity description: The Catskill Aqueduct is a major component of New York City's water supply system, transporting drinking water from the Catskill Mountains to the city and its reservoirs.
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A.
Delaware Aqueduct
The Delaware Aqueduct is a historic 19th-century suspension aqueduct that carried the Delaware and Hudson Canal over the Delaware River and is now preserved as the oldest surviving wire suspension bridge in the United States.
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B.
Delaware and Hudson Canal
The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
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C.
Old Croton Dam
Old Croton Dam was the original 19th-century masonry dam that formed part of New York City’s first major public water supply system before being superseded by the New Croton Dam.
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D.
Kensico Dam
Kensico Dam is a massive early-20th-century masonry dam in Valhalla, New York, that forms the Kensico Reservoir and serves as a key component of New York City's water supply system.
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E.
North Bay Aqueduct
The North Bay Aqueduct is a key water conveyance facility in California that delivers State Water Project supplies to communities in Solano and Napa counties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Catskill Aqueduct Description of subject: The Catskill Aqueduct is a major component of New York City's water supply system, transporting drinking water from the Catskill Mountains to the city and its reservoirs.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Catskill–Delaware water supply system
this entity surface form:
Catskill Aqueduct intake structures
this entity surface form:
Catskill Aqueduct system