Corning Canal
E302840
The Corning Canal is an irrigation waterway in California that forms a segment of the federal Tehama-Colusa Canal system, delivering Sacramento River water to agricultural lands in the northern Central Valley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corning Canal canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2853733 — 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: Corning Canal Context triple: [Tehama-Colusa Canal, hasPart, Corning Canal]
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A.
Cayuga–Seneca Canal
The Cayuga–Seneca Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that links Cayuga and Seneca Lakes to the Erie Canal, facilitating regional transportation and recreation.
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B.
Oswego Canal
The Oswego Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that connects the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario, serving both commercial and recreational boat traffic.
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C.
Burlington Canal
The Burlington Canal is a navigational waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides ship access between Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour.
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D.
Tonawanda Creek
Tonawanda Creek is a tributary of the Niagara River in western New York that flows through communities such as Amherst and forms part of the Erie Canal.
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E.
Shinnecock Canal
Shinnecock Canal is a man-made waterway on Long Island, New York, that connects Great Peconic Bay with Shinnecock Bay and helps regulate tidal flow between them.
- 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: Corning Canal Target entity description: The Corning Canal is an irrigation waterway in California that forms a segment of the federal Tehama-Colusa Canal system, delivering Sacramento River water to agricultural lands in the northern Central Valley.
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A.
Cayuga–Seneca Canal
The Cayuga–Seneca Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that links Cayuga and Seneca Lakes to the Erie Canal, facilitating regional transportation and recreation.
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B.
Oswego Canal
The Oswego Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that connects the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario, serving both commercial and recreational boat traffic.
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C.
Burlington Canal
The Burlington Canal is a navigational waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides ship access between Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour.
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D.
Tonawanda Creek
Tonawanda Creek is a tributary of the Niagara River in western New York that flows through communities such as Amherst and forms part of the Erie Canal.
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E.
Shinnecock Canal
Shinnecock Canal is a man-made waterway on Long Island, New York, that connects Great Peconic Bay with Shinnecock Bay and helps regulate tidal flow between them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
irrigation canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| connectsTo | Tehama-Colusa Canal ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| flowsThrough | Corning, California ⓘ |
| hasFunction | conveyance of surface water ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | open canal ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | federal irrigation distribution network ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Tehama County ⓘ
surface form:
Tehama County, California
northern Central Valley ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | Sacramento River watershed ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
|
| namedAfter | Corning, California ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Valley Project
ⓘ
Tehama-Colusa Canal ⓘ
surface form:
Tehama-Colusa Canal system
|
| purpose | delivery of Sacramento River water to farms ⓘ |
| region | Northern California ⓘ |
| serves | agricultural lands ⓘ |
| servesSector | agriculture ⓘ |
| systemType | federal water project ⓘ |
| use | irrigation ⓘ |
| waterSource | Sacramento River ⓘ |
| waterUse | agricultural irrigation ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Corning Canal Description of subject: The Corning Canal is an irrigation waterway in California that forms a segment of the federal Tehama-Colusa Canal system, delivering Sacramento River water to agricultural lands in the northern Central Valley.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.