Oneida Lake
E87537
Oneida Lake is a large, shallow lake in central New York known for its recreational fishing, boating, and role as an important link in the region’s waterways.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oneida Lake canonical | 44 |
| Oneida Lake basin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T553981 — 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: Oneida Lake Context triple: [Finger Lakes, contains, Oneida Lake]
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A.
Otisco Lake
Otisco Lake is one of New York State’s Finger Lakes, known for its scenic beauty, recreational opportunities, and role as a regional water resource.
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B.
Owasco Lake
Owasco Lake is one of New York State’s Finger Lakes, known for its clear waters, scenic surroundings, and recreational activities like boating and fishing.
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C.
Tioga Lake
Tioga Lake is a high-elevation alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada of California, just east of Yosemite National Park, known for its scenic mountain views and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Skaneateles Lake
Skaneateles Lake is one of New York State’s cleanest and most scenic Finger Lakes, known for its clear drinking water and picturesque shoreline communities.
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E.
Seneca Lake
Seneca Lake is one of New York State’s largest and deepest Finger Lakes, renowned for its scenic beauty and prominent wine-producing 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: Oneida Lake Target entity description: Oneida Lake is a large, shallow lake in central New York known for its recreational fishing, boating, and role as an important link in the region’s waterways.
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A.
Otisco Lake
Otisco Lake is one of New York State’s Finger Lakes, known for its scenic beauty, recreational opportunities, and role as a regional water resource.
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B.
Owasco Lake
Owasco Lake is one of New York State’s Finger Lakes, known for its clear waters, scenic surroundings, and recreational activities like boating and fishing.
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C.
Tioga Lake
Tioga Lake is a high-elevation alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada of California, just east of Yosemite National Park, known for its scenic mountain views and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Skaneateles Lake
Skaneateles Lake is one of New York State’s cleanest and most scenic Finger Lakes, known for its clear drinking water and picturesque shoreline communities.
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E.
Seneca Lake
Seneca Lake is one of New York State’s largest and deepest Finger Lakes, renowned for its scenic beauty and prominent wine-producing region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
inland lake
ⓘ
lake ⓘ |
| averageDepth | approximately 22 feet ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Erie Canal
ⓘ
Oswego River ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 370 feet ⓘ |
| fishSpecies |
largemouth bass
ⓘ
northern pike ⓘ panfish ⓘ pickerel ⓘ smallmouth bass ⓘ walleye ⓘ yellow perch ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Dunham Island
ⓘ
Frenchman Island ⓘ Little Island ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
part of the Erie Canal system
ⓘ
transportation route between the Mohawk River and Lake Ontario ⓘ |
| inflow |
Chittenango Creek
ⓘ
Fish Creek ⓘ Oneida Creek ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boating
ⓘ
ice fishing ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ role as a regional waterway link ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 21 miles
ⓘ
approximately 34 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New York ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty |
Madison County
ⓘ
Oneida County ⓘ Onondaga County ⓘ Oswego County ⓘ
linked to:
Oswego County, New York
|
| locatedInRegion | Central New York ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 55 feet ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Brewerton, New York
ⓘ
Cicero, New York ⓘ Sylvan Beach, New York ⓘ Syracuse, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Syracuse
|
| notableFor | large, shallow basin ⓘ |
| outflow | Oneida River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lake Ontario drainage basin
ⓘ
Oswego River watershed ⓘ
linked to:
Oswego River
|
| recreationActivity |
camping
ⓘ
sailing ⓘ swimming ⓘ water skiing ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| surfaceArea |
approximately 207 square kilometers
ⓘ
approximately 79.8 square miles ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | freshwater lake ⓘ |
| width |
approximately 5 miles
ⓘ
approximately 8 kilometers ⓘ |
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: Oneida Lake Description of subject: Oneida Lake is a large, shallow lake in central New York known for its recreational fishing, boating, and role as an important link in the region’s waterways.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oneida Lake
subject linked to:
Little Island
subject linked to:
Little Island
subject linked to:
Clay, New York, United States
subject linked to:
Lenox