Cascadilla Creek
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Cascadilla Creek is a small stream in Ithaca, New York, that flows through the scenic Cascadilla Gorge with numerous waterfalls and cascades before emptying into Cayuga Lake.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cascadilla Creek canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T586891 — 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: Cascadilla Creek Context triple: [Cascadilla Gorge, watercourse, Cascadilla Creek]
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A.
Carroll Creek
Carroll Creek is a small waterway in Frederick, Maryland, known for the Carroll Creek Linear Park and its role in the city's flood control and downtown revitalization.
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B.
Hannibal Creek
Hannibal Creek is a waterway after which the city of Hannibal, Missouri, is named.
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C.
Tulpehocken Creek
Tulpehocken Creek is a significant waterway in southeastern Pennsylvania known for its historical role in transportation and its popular trout fishing and recreational opportunities.
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D.
Edgewood Creek
Edgewood Creek is a small Sierra Nevada stream that feeds into Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nevada, flowing through forested and meadow areas and supporting local wildlife and watershed health.
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E.
Sandburg Creek
Sandburg Creek is a small stream in New York’s Hudson Valley that feeds into the larger Rondout Creek within the Catskill region.
- 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: Cascadilla Creek Target entity description: Cascadilla Creek is a small stream in Ithaca, New York, that flows through the scenic Cascadilla Gorge with numerous waterfalls and cascades before emptying into Cayuga Lake.
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A.
Carroll Creek
Carroll Creek is a small waterway in Frederick, Maryland, known for the Carroll Creek Linear Park and its role in the city's flood control and downtown revitalization.
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B.
Hannibal Creek
Hannibal Creek is a waterway after which the city of Hannibal, Missouri, is named.
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C.
Tulpehocken Creek
Tulpehocken Creek is a significant waterway in southeastern Pennsylvania known for its historical role in transportation and its popular trout fishing and recreational opportunities.
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D.
Edgewood Creek
Edgewood Creek is a small Sierra Nevada stream that feeds into Lake Tahoe near Stateline, Nevada, flowing through forested and meadow areas and supporting local wildlife and watershed health.
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E.
Sandburg Creek
Sandburg Creek is a small stream in New York’s Hudson Valley that feeds into the larger Rondout Creek within the Catskill region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stream
ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Cornell University campus
ⓘ
linked to:
Cornell University
|
| city |
Ithaca
ⓘ
linked to:
Ithaca metropolitan area
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| environment | urban gorge ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Cayuga Inlet area of Cayuga Lake ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Cascadilla Gorge ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cascades
ⓘ
gorge ⓘ waterfalls ⓘ |
| hasGorgeName | Cascadilla Gorge ⓘ |
| hasName | Cascadilla Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfWaterfalls | multiple waterfalls ⓘ |
| hasTrail | Cascadilla Gorge Trail ⓘ |
| knownFor |
scenic waterfalls
ⓘ
steep gorge ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ithaca, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Ithaca, New York, United States
New York (state) ⓘ
linked to:
New York
Tompkins County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | City of Ithaca natural area network ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Cornell University (gorge trail and adjacent lands)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cornell Botanic Gardens
|
| mouthOfWatercourse | Cayuga Lake ⓘ |
| partOf | Cayuga Lake watershed ⓘ |
| region |
Finger Lakes region
ⓘ
linked to:
Finger Lakes
|
| tributaryOf | Cayuga Lake ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hiking
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| watercourseType | small stream ⓘ |
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: Cascadilla Creek Description of subject: Cascadilla Creek is a small stream in Ithaca, New York, that flows through the scenic Cascadilla Gorge with numerous waterfalls and cascades before emptying into Cayuga Lake.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.