West Branch Tunnel
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West Branch Tunnel is a major underground conduit within New York’s Delaware Aqueduct system that transports drinking water from upstate reservoirs toward New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| West Branch Tunnel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9739078 — 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: West Branch Tunnel Context triple: [Delaware Aqueduct, hasPart, West Branch Tunnel]
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A.
Sumner Tunnel
The Sumner Tunnel is a major vehicular tunnel in Boston that carries traffic under Boston Harbor between East Boston and downtown.
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B.
Bosley Tunnel
Bosley Tunnel is a historic narrowboat canal tunnel in Cheshire, England, forming part of the Macclesfield Canal navigation route.
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C.
Adams Tunnel
Adams Tunnel is a major transmountain water diversion tunnel in Colorado that conveys Colorado River water beneath the Continental Divide to the eastern slope as part of a large federal water project.
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D.
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a combined rail and highway tunnel in Alaska that provides the only road access to the town of Whittier through the Chugach Mountains.
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E.
Clyde Tunnel
The Clyde Tunnel is a road tunnel in Glasgow, Scotland, carrying vehicular traffic beneath the River Clyde to connect the city’s north and south banks.
- 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: West Branch Tunnel Target entity description: West Branch Tunnel is a major underground conduit within New York’s Delaware Aqueduct system that transports drinking water from upstate reservoirs toward New York City.
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A.
Sumner Tunnel
The Sumner Tunnel is a major vehicular tunnel in Boston that carries traffic under Boston Harbor between East Boston and downtown.
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B.
Bosley Tunnel
Bosley Tunnel is a historic narrowboat canal tunnel in Cheshire, England, forming part of the Macclesfield Canal navigation route.
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C.
Adams Tunnel
Adams Tunnel is a major transmountain water diversion tunnel in Colorado that conveys Colorado River water beneath the Continental Divide to the eastern slope as part of a large federal water project.
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D.
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a combined rail and highway tunnel in Alaska that provides the only road access to the town of Whittier through the Chugach Mountains.
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E.
Clyde Tunnel
The Clyde Tunnel is a road tunnel in Glasgow, Scotland, carrying vehicular traffic beneath the River Clyde to connect the city’s north and south banks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
underground conduit
ⓘ
water supply tunnel ⓘ |
| conduitType | pressure tunnel ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Delaware Aqueduct system
ⓘ
linked to:
Delaware Aqueduct
New York City water distribution system ⓘ upstate New York reservoirs ⓘ |
| constructionForm | tunnel ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| feeds | downstream sections of the Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ |
| function | transport water from upstate reservoirs toward New York City ⓘ |
| isPartOfInfrastructureType |
long‑distance water conveyance system
ⓘ
municipal water infrastructure ⓘ |
| isUnderground | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New York State ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | upstate New York ⓘ |
| locatedInWaterSystem | New York City water supply system ⓘ |
| operator | New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ |
| owner | New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ |
| partOf |
Delaware Aqueduct
ⓘ
New York City water tunnels and aqueducts network ⓘ
linked to:
New York City water tunnels
|
| purpose | ensure reliable water supply to New York City ⓘ |
| roleInSystem | major conveyance link within the Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ |
| serves | New York City ⓘ |
| servesPopulation |
New York City metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
New York metropolitan area
|
| subsystemOf |
New York City Delaware System
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City water supply system
|
| transportedMedium |
drinking water
ⓘ
potable water ⓘ |
| use | drinking water conveyance ⓘ |
| waterSource | upstate New York reservoirs ⓘ |
| waterSourceSystem | Delaware System reservoirs ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: West Branch Tunnel Description of subject: West Branch Tunnel is a major underground conduit within New York’s Delaware Aqueduct system that transports drinking water from upstate reservoirs toward New York City.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.