Ithaca municipal water system
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The Ithaca municipal water system is the public utility network that supplies treated drinking water to the city of Ithaca and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ithaca municipal water system canonical | 1 |
| Ithaca water treatment plant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2265317 — 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: Ithaca municipal water system Context triple: [Six Mile Creek, partOf, Ithaca municipal water system]
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A.
Schoharie–Esopus water diversion system
The Schoharie–Esopus water diversion system is a key component of New York City's upstate water supply infrastructure that transfers water from the Schoharie Reservoir into the Esopus Creek watershed via tunnels and related facilities.
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B.
Skaneateles, New York
Skaneateles, New York is a picturesque lakeside village in central New York known for its clear blue lake, historic downtown, and upscale tourism.
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C.
New Croton Dam
New Croton Dam is a large masonry gravity dam in New York that forms the New Croton Reservoir, a key component of New York City’s water supply system.
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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.
Wappingers Falls
Wappingers Falls is a small village in New York’s Hudson Valley known for its historic mill sites and location along Wappinger Creek.
- 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: Ithaca municipal water system Target entity description: The Ithaca municipal water system is the public utility network that supplies treated drinking water to the city of Ithaca and surrounding areas.
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A.
Schoharie–Esopus water diversion system
The Schoharie–Esopus water diversion system is a key component of New York City's upstate water supply infrastructure that transfers water from the Schoharie Reservoir into the Esopus Creek watershed via tunnels and related facilities.
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B.
Skaneateles, New York
Skaneateles, New York is a picturesque lakeside village in central New York known for its clear blue lake, historic downtown, and upscale tourism.
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C.
New Croton Dam
New Croton Dam is a large masonry gravity dam in New York that forms the New Croton Reservoir, a key component of New York City’s water supply system.
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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.
Wappingers Falls
Wappingers Falls is a small village in New York’s Hudson Valley known for its historic mill sites and location along Wappinger Creek.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipal water system
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public utility ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | piped water distribution network ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
municipal budget
ⓘ
user water rates ⓘ |
| goal |
compliance with drinking water standards
ⓘ
reliable water delivery ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
water distribution mains
ⓘ
water service connections ⓘ water storage tanks ⓘ water treatment facilities ⓘ |
| hasStakeholder |
businesses in Ithaca, New York
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local government of Ithaca, New York ⓘ residents of Ithaca, New York ⓘ |
| implements |
water quality testing program
ⓘ
water treatment processes ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | urban infrastructure ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialCommunication | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Ithaca
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Ithaca, New York
U.S. state of New York ⓘ
surface form:
State of New York
Tompkins County ⓘ
surface form:
Tompkins County, New York
|
| monitors | water quality parameters ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
City of Ithaca
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Ithaca water department
|
| ownedBy |
City of Ithaca
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Ithaca government
|
| provides | treated drinking water ⓘ |
| purpose |
provision of potable water
ⓘ
public health protection ⓘ |
| regulates | water pressure in distribution network ⓘ |
| risk |
aging infrastructure
ⓘ
contamination incidents ⓘ |
| sector | water supply ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
City of Ithaca
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Ithaca, New York
surrounding areas of Ithaca, New York ⓘ |
| serviceType | continuous water supply ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
New York State drinking water regulations
ⓘ
federal drinking water regulations of the United States ⓘ |
| utilityClass | essential service ⓘ |
| utilityType | drinking water utility ⓘ |
| waterUse |
commercial water supply
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fire protection supply ⓘ institutional water supply ⓘ residential water supply ⓘ |
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: Ithaca municipal water system Description of subject: The Ithaca municipal water system is the public utility network that supplies treated drinking water to the city of Ithaca and surrounding areas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ithaca water treatment plant