Cortland, New York
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Cortland, New York is a small city in upstate New York known for its historic downtown, manufacturing heritage, and as the home of SUNY Cortland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cortland, New York canonical | 9 |
| Cortland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2512731 — 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: Cortland, New York Context triple: [Central New York, hasCity, Cortland, New York]
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Ithaca
Ithaca is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
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B.
Rensselaer, New York
Rensselaer, New York is a small city on the east bank of the Hudson River, directly across from Albany, known as a key regional rail and transportation hub.
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C.
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton, New York is a small city in upstate New York known as a former manufacturing hub and home to Binghamton University, located near the Pennsylvania border in the state's Southern Tier.
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D.
Cortlandt, New York
Cortlandt, New York is a suburban town in northern Westchester County along the Hudson River, known for its residential communities, parks, and proximity to New York City.
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E.
New Paltz, New York
New Paltz, New York is a historic Hudson Valley village and college town known for SUNY New Paltz, outdoor recreation near the Shawangunk Ridge, and a vibrant arts and dining scene.
- 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: Cortland, New York Target entity description: Cortland, New York is a small city in upstate New York known for its historic downtown, manufacturing heritage, and as the home of SUNY Cortland.
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A.
Ithaca
Ithaca is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
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B.
Rensselaer, New York
Rensselaer, New York is a small city on the east bank of the Hudson River, directly across from Albany, known as a key regional rail and transportation hub.
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C.
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton, New York is a small city in upstate New York known as a former manufacturing hub and home to Binghamton University, located near the Pennsylvania border in the state's Southern Tier.
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D.
Cortlandt, New York
Cortlandt, New York is a suburban town in northern Westchester County along the Hudson River, known for its residential communities, parks, and proximity to New York City.
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E.
New Paltz, New York
New Paltz, New York is a historic Hudson Valley village and college town known for SUNY New Paltz, outdoor recreation near the Shawangunk Ridge, and a vibrant arts and dining scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Cortland, New York
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cortland
|
| areaCode | 607 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countySeatOf | Cortland County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| daylightSavingTimeZone |
Eastern Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Daylight Time
|
| distanceToBinghamton | about 40 miles north ⓘ |
| distanceToSyracuse | about 35 miles south ⓘ |
| economicSector |
education
ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ retail and services ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1,130 feet ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1791 ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasCollegeSports |
SUNY Cortland
ⓘ
surface form:
SUNY Cortland Red Dragons
|
| hasUniversity |
SUNY Cortland
ⓘ
surface form:
State University of New York at Cortland
|
| historicalIndustry |
precision instruments
ⓘ
typewriter manufacturing ⓘ wire and cable manufacturing ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCityIn | 1900 ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsVillageIn | 1853 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being home to SUNY Cortland
ⓘ
historic downtown ⓘ manufacturing heritage ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cortland County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInValley |
Tioughnioga River
ⓘ
surface form:
Tioughnioga River valley
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| namedAfter | Pierre Van Cortlandt ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity |
Binghamton, New York
ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
surface form:
Syracuse, New York
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| nickname | Crown City ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Victorian-era architecture
ⓘ
historic downtown district ⓘ |
| partOf | Central New York ⓘ |
| postalCode | 13045 ⓘ |
| reasonForNickname | city is near the geographic crown of New York State ⓘ |
| region |
Upstate New York (broad sense)
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surface form:
Upstate New York
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| river | Tioughnioga River ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportation |
served by Interstate 81
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served by New York State Route 13 ⓘ served by New York State Route 281 ⓘ served by New York State Route 41 ⓘ served by U.S. Route 11 ⓘ |
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: Cortland, New York Description of subject: Cortland, New York is a small city in upstate New York known for its historic downtown, manufacturing heritage, and as the home of SUNY Cortland.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Samuel Nelson
this entity surface form:
Cortland