Waterford, New York
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Waterford, New York is a historic village and town at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, known as the eastern terminus of the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Waterford, New York canonical | 13 |
| Town of Waterford, New York | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14400088 — 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: Waterford, New York Context triple: [New York State Route 32, passesThrough, Waterford, New York]
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Watertown, New York
Watertown, New York is a small city in northern New York State that serves as the commercial and cultural hub of the surrounding rural region near the Canadian border.
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B.
Medford, New York
Medford, New York is a suburban hamlet on Long Island known for its residential neighborhoods, shopping centers, and proximity to major highways and nearby Long Island Rail Road service.
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C.
Buchanan, New York
Buchanan, New York is a small village in northern Westchester County along the Hudson River, known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
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D.
Brunswick, New York
Brunswick, New York is a small town in eastern New York State known for its rural-residential character and proximity to the city of Troy.
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E.
Fonda, New York
Fonda, New York is a small village in the Mohawk Valley that serves as the administrative and governmental center of Montgomery County.
- 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: Waterford, New York Target entity description: Waterford, New York is a historic village and town at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, known as the eastern terminus of the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal.
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A.
Watertown, New York
Watertown, New York is a small city in northern New York State that serves as the commercial and cultural hub of the surrounding rural region near the Canadian border.
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B.
Medford, New York
Medford, New York is a suburban hamlet on Long Island known for its residential neighborhoods, shopping centers, and proximity to major highways and nearby Long Island Rail Road service.
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C.
Buchanan, New York
Buchanan, New York is a small village in northern Westchester County along the Hudson River, known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
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D.
Brunswick, New York
Brunswick, New York is a small town in eastern New York State known for its rural-residential character and proximity to the city of Troy.
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E.
Fonda, New York
Fonda, New York is a small village in the Mohawk Valley that serves as the administrative and governmental center of Montgomery County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.