Town of Patterson, New York
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The Town of Patterson, New York, is a small Putnam County community in the Hudson Valley known for its rural character, reservoirs, and access to outdoor recreation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Town of Patterson, New York canonical | 5 |
| Town Board of Patterson | 1 |
| Town of Patterson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T360933 — 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: Town of Patterson, New York Context triple: [Town of Southeast, adjacentTo, Town of Patterson, New York]
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A.
Newburgh, New York
Newburgh, New York is a historic city in the Hudson Valley known for its waterfront along the Hudson River and its significant role in early American history.
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B.
Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown, New York is a historic Hudson River village in Westchester County known for its picturesque setting, 19th-century architecture, and ties to Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
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C.
Greenlawn, New York
Greenlawn, New York is a suburban hamlet on Long Island known for its residential character and location within the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County.
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D.
Town of Highlands, New York
The Town of Highlands, New York, is a Hudson Valley municipality in Orange County best known as the home of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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E.
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey is a historic industrial city in northern New Jersey known for its diverse immigrant communities, including a significant Dutch American presence.
- 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: Town of Patterson, New York Target entity description: The Town of Patterson, New York, is a small Putnam County community in the Hudson Valley known for its rural character, reservoirs, and access to outdoor recreation.
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A.
Newburgh, New York
Newburgh, New York is a historic city in the Hudson Valley known for its waterfront along the Hudson River and its significant role in early American history.
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B.
Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown, New York is a historic Hudson River village in Westchester County known for its picturesque setting, 19th-century architecture, and ties to Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
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C.
Greenlawn, New York
Greenlawn, New York is a suburban hamlet on Long Island known for its residential character and location within the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County.
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D.
Town of Highlands, New York
The Town of Highlands, New York, is a Hudson Valley municipality in Orange County best known as the home of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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E.
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey is a historic industrial city in northern New Jersey known for its diverse immigrant communities, including a significant Dutch American presence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county | Putnam County, New York ⓘ |
| governmentType | town government ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 845 ⓘ |
| hasBodyOfWater | reservoirs in Putnam County ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
small community
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suburban-rural mix ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
forested areas
ⓘ
lakes and reservoirs ⓘ rolling hills ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
open space
ⓘ
residential ⓘ rural ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment |
Town of Patterson, New York
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Town Board of Patterson
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| hasPostalCode | 12563 ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalResource |
nearby trails
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water-based recreation areas ⓘ |
| hasRuralCharacter | yes ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess | regional roads in Putnam County ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Putnam County, New York local government structure ⓘ |
| knownFor |
outdoor recreation
ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ rural character ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeastern United States
ⓘ
southeastern New York ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Connecticut border ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
| offersActivity |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ nature observation ⓘ |
| partOfMetropolitanArea | New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
| partOfRegion |
Hudson Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Hudson Valley
|
| region | Hudson Valley ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
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: Town of Patterson, New York Description of subject: The Town of Patterson, New York, is a small Putnam County community in the Hudson Valley known for its rural character, reservoirs, and access to outdoor recreation.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Town of Patterson
Town of Patterson, New York
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hasLocalGovernment
→
Town of Patterson, New York
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Town Board of Patterson