Owego
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Owego is a village in upstate New York known for its historic downtown along the Susquehanna River and role as a local governmental and commercial center.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Owego canonical | 3 |
| Owego, New York | 2 |
| Town of Owego, New York | 2 |
| Owego Central Historic District | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1244852 — 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: Owego Context triple: [Tioga County, New York, seat, Owego]
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A.
Elmira
Elmira is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Northern California.
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B.
Pawling
Pawling is a small town and village in southeastern New York State known for its rural character, historic charm, and location within Dutchess County.
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C.
Pendleton, New York
Pendleton, New York is a small suburban-rural town in Niagara County in Western New York, situated northeast of Buffalo.
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D.
Honeoye, New York
Honeoye, New York is a small hamlet in Ontario County best known as the birthplace of Helen Pitts Douglass, the suffragist and second wife of Frederick Douglass.
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E.
Clermont, New York
Clermont, New York is a small historic town in Columbia County along the Hudson River, known for its rural character and the Clermont State Historic Site.
- 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: Owego Target entity description: Owego is a village in upstate New York known for its historic downtown along the Susquehanna River and role as a local governmental and commercial center.
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A.
Elmira
Elmira is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Northern California.
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B.
Pawling
Pawling is a small town and village in southeastern New York State known for its rural character, historic charm, and location within Dutchess County.
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C.
Pendleton, New York
Pendleton, New York is a small suburban-rural town in Niagara County in Western New York, situated northeast of Buffalo.
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D.
Honeoye, New York
Honeoye, New York is a small hamlet in Ontario County best known as the birthplace of Helen Pitts Douglass, the suffragist and second wife of Frederick Douglass.
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E.
Clermont, New York
Clermont, New York is a small historic town in Columbia County along the Hudson River, known for its rural character and the Clermont State Historic Site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | village ⓘ |
| areaCode | 607 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 820 feet ⓘ |
| feature |
19th-century commercial architecture
ⓘ
county government offices ⓘ municipal government offices ⓘ riverfront business district ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0950170 ⓘ |
| governmentType | village government ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Court Street Bridge ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
regional retail center
ⓘ
service center for surrounding rural area ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict |
Owego
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Owego Central Historic District
|
| hasLandmark |
Hiawatha Island (nearby on Susquehanna River)
ⓘ
Tioga County Courthouse ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Tioga County Historical Society Museum ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Ahwaga Park
ⓘ
Hickories Park ⓘ |
| hasPart | historic downtown ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrary | Coburn Free Library ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
New York State Route 17
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York State Route 434 NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State Route 96 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasZIPCodeType | standard ⓘ |
| historicDistrictStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| isSeatOf | Tioga County government ⓘ |
| knownFor | historic downtown along the Susquehanna River ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tioga County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
New York State
ⓘ
surface form:
State of New York
|
| locatedInRegion |
Upstate New York (broad sense)
ⓘ
surface form:
Upstate New York
|
| locatedInValley |
Susquehanna Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Susquehanna River valley
|
| locatedNear | Southern Tier of New York ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Susquehanna River ⓘ |
| locatedSoutheastOf |
Ithaca, New York, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Ithaca, New York
|
| locatedWestOf | Binghamton, New York ⓘ |
| nearBorder | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Owego
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Town of Owego, New York
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| partOfMetropolitanArea | Binghamton metropolitan area ⓘ |
| postalCode | 13827 ⓘ |
| role |
county seat of Tioga County, New York
ⓘ
local commercial center ⓘ local governmental center ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Owego Description of subject: Owego is a village in upstate New York known for its historic downtown along the Susquehanna River and role as a local governmental and commercial center.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Town of Owego, New York
this entity surface form:
Owego, New York
this entity surface form:
Owego Central Historic District
subject surface form:
New York State Route 17
this entity surface form:
Owego, New York