Arena, New York
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Arena, New York was a small Catskills hamlet in Delaware County that was submerged and abandoned in the mid-20th century to create the Pepacton Reservoir, part of New York City’s water supply system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arena, New York canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8849858 — 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: Arena, New York Context triple: [Pepacton Reservoir, formedBySubmerging, Arena, New York]
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A.
Madison Square
Madison Square is a historic public square in Savannah, Georgia, known for its landscaped park, surrounding 19th-century architecture, and commemorative monuments.
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B.
Meadowlands Arena
Meadowlands Arena is a now-closed indoor sports and entertainment venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, that formerly hosted the NBA’s New Jersey Nets, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, and major concerts and events.
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C.
Orchard Park, New York
Orchard Park, New York is a suburban town southeast of Buffalo best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills.
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D.
Albany Civic Center
Albany Civic Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Albany, New York, used for sports, concerts, and other large events.
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E.
Meadowlands Park
Meadowlands Park is a public green space and recreational park located in the town of Addlestone in Surrey, England.
- 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: Arena, New York Target entity description: Arena, New York was a small Catskills hamlet in Delaware County that was submerged and abandoned in the mid-20th century to create the Pepacton Reservoir, part of New York City’s water supply system.
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A.
Madison Square
Madison Square is a historic public square in Savannah, Georgia, known for its landscaped park, surrounding 19th-century architecture, and commemorative monuments.
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B.
Meadowlands Arena
Meadowlands Arena is a now-closed indoor sports and entertainment venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, that formerly hosted the NBA’s New Jersey Nets, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, and major concerts and events.
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C.
Orchard Park, New York
Orchard Park, New York is a suburban town southeast of Buffalo best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills.
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D.
Albany Civic Center
Albany Civic Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Albany, New York, used for sports, concerts, and other large events.
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E.
Meadowlands Park
Meadowlands Park is a public green space and recreational park located in the town of Addlestone in Surrey, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former hamlet
ⓘ
submerged settlement ⓘ |
| abandonedFor | construction of Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| county | Delaware County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disestablishedFor | New York City water supply project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disestablishedInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
local commercial center for surrounding farms
ⓘ
rural residential community ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Catskill Mountains
NERFINISHED
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Pepacton River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Middletown, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInReservoirSystem | New York City water supply system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInValleyOf | East Branch Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | Delaware watershed (NYC water supply) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNearFormerSettlement |
Pepacton, New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shavertown, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Grove, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnFormerRoute | New York State Route 30 corridor (pre-reservoir alignment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nowLocatedUnder | waters of Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ |
| partOf |
Catskill Park region
NERFINISHED
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Delaware County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForDepopulation | creation of Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ |
| region | Catskills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| status |
abandoned
ⓘ
submerged ⓘ |
| submergedBy | Pepacton Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfSubmergence | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| waterSupplyFor | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Arena, New York Description of subject: Arena, New York was a small Catskills hamlet in Delaware County that was submerged and abandoned in the mid-20th century to create the Pepacton Reservoir, part of New York City’s water supply system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.