Triple

T6978695
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Onondaga Lake E161780 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed
The Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed is a drainage basin in central New York State that collects water from Onondaga Lake and surrounding tributaries before ultimately feeding into the larger Oswego River system.
 E633598 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed | Statement: [Onondaga Lake, partOf, Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed
Context triple: [Onondaga Lake, partOf, Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed]
  • A. Cayuga Lake watershed
    The Cayuga Lake watershed is the drainage basin in central New York State that collects water from numerous streams and creeks and ultimately feeds into Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes.
  • B. Genesee River watershed
    The Genesee River watershed is the drainage basin encompassing all the land and waterways that ultimately feed into the Genesee River in western New York and northern Pennsylvania.
  • C. Hudson River watershed
    The Hudson River watershed is the extensive drainage basin in eastern New York (and parts of surrounding states) whose rivers, streams, and reservoirs ultimately flow into the Hudson River and then the Atlantic Ocean.
  • D. Onondaga Creek
    Onondaga Creek is a stream in central New York that flows north through the city of Syracuse into Onondaga Lake.
  • E. Oneida River
    The Oneida River is a short but significant waterway in central New York that drains Oneida Lake and helps form the Oswego River system flowing toward Lake Ontario.
  • 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: Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed
Target entity description: The Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed is a drainage basin in central New York State that collects water from Onondaga Lake and surrounding tributaries before ultimately feeding into the larger Oswego River system.
  • A. Cayuga Lake watershed
    The Cayuga Lake watershed is the drainage basin in central New York State that collects water from numerous streams and creeks and ultimately feeds into Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes.
  • B. Genesee River watershed
    The Genesee River watershed is the drainage basin encompassing all the land and waterways that ultimately feed into the Genesee River in western New York and northern Pennsylvania.
  • C. Hudson River watershed
    The Hudson River watershed is the extensive drainage basin in eastern New York (and parts of surrounding states) whose rivers, streams, and reservoirs ultimately flow into the Hudson River and then the Atlantic Ocean.
  • D. Onondaga Creek
    Onondaga Creek is a stream in central New York that flows north through the city of Syracuse into Onondaga Lake.
  • E. Oneida River
    The Oneida River is a short but significant waterway in central New York that drains Oneida Lake and helps form the Oswego River system flowing toward Lake Ontario.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed
Triple: [Onondaga Lake, partOf, Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed]
Generated description
The Onondaga Creek–Seneca River watershed is a drainage basin in central New York State that collects water from Onondaga Lake and surrounding tributaries before ultimately feeding into the larger Oswego River system.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c68855dc0481909b4c7e9e9ed273db elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6db6aa6188190af7656ff4d0e3230 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c761b614e88190877455edd5f64cf1 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c76329a47081909b47894ba0e1cad1 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c7629031608190b1ef76e969c97925 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:31 p.m.