Waterville, New York, United States
E414420
Waterville, New York, United States, is a small village in Oneida County best known as the birthplace of George Eastman, the pioneering founder of the Eastman Kodak Company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Waterville, New York, United States canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4136150 — 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: Waterville, New York, United States Context triple: [George Eastman, birthPlace, Waterville, New York, United States]
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Waterville, Maine, United States
Waterville, Maine, United States, is a small city on the Kennebec River known for its historic mill heritage, Colby College, and role as the hometown of prominent politician Edmund Muskie.
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B.
Watertown, New York, United States
Watertown is a small city in northern New York State near the Canadian border, known historically as a regional industrial and commercial center and as the gateway to the Thousand Islands area.
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C.
Rockland, New York
Rockland, New York is a small town in Sullivan County known for its rural character and location in the Catskill region of southeastern New York State.
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D.
Waterville, Maine
Waterville, Maine is a small city in central Maine known for hosting Colby College and its historic mill and riverfront downtown along the Kennebec River.
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E.
Northwest Harbor, New York
Northwest Harbor, New York is a coastal hamlet on the South Fork of Long Island known for its scenic waterfront, woodlands, and quiet residential character within the town of East Hampton.
- 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: Waterville, New York, United States Target entity description: Waterville, New York, United States, is a small village in Oneida County best known as the birthplace of George Eastman, the pioneering founder of the Eastman Kodak Company.
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A.
Waterville, Maine, United States
Waterville, Maine, United States, is a small city on the Kennebec River known for its historic mill heritage, Colby College, and role as the hometown of prominent politician Edmund Muskie.
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B.
Watertown, New York, United States
Watertown is a small city in northern New York State near the Canadian border, known historically as a regional industrial and commercial center and as the gateway to the Thousand Islands area.
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C.
Rockland, New York
Rockland, New York is a small town in Sullivan County known for its rural character and location in the Catskill region of southeastern New York State.
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D.
Waterville, Maine
Waterville, Maine is a small city in central Maine known for hosting Colby College and its historic mill and riverfront downtown along the Kennebec River.
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E.
Northwest Harbor, New York
Northwest Harbor, New York is a coastal hamlet on the South Fork of Long Island known for its scenic waterfront, woodlands, and quiet residential character within the town of East Hampton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | village ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countrySubdivision |
Oneida County, New York
NERFINISHED
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New York State ⓘ
surface form:
State of New York
|
| county | Oneida County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 36-78672 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0971640 ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode |
315
ⓘ
680 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
local businesses
ⓘ
residential community ⓘ village center ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | village government ⓘ |
| hasLatitude | approximately 42.93°N ⓘ |
| hasLongitude | approximately 75.38°W ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson | George Eastman ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Village of Waterville ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 13480 ⓘ |
| hasRegionCode | US-NY ⓘ |
| hasSettlementClass | rural community ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | village ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | local road network ⓘ |
| isIncorporatedIn | New York ⓘ |
| knownFor | birthplace of George Eastman ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central New York
ⓘ
Oneida County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Mohawk Valley ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Utica, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Waterville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| placeOfBirth | Waterville, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC−05:00 ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | UTC−04:00 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Waterville, New York, United States Description of subject: Waterville, New York, United States, is a small village in Oneida County best known as the birthplace of George Eastman, the pioneering founder of the Eastman Kodak Company.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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place of birth
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Waterville, New York, United States
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subject surface form:
George Eastman