McDermit
E1001152
McDermit is an alternative spelling of McDermitt, a small town located on the Nevada–Oregon border in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McDermit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12734415 — 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: McDermit Context triple: [McDermitt, hasVariantName, McDermit]
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A.
Derrick
Derrick is the given name of Derrick Rose, an American professional basketball player and former NBA MVP.
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B.
Derek Martinus
Derek Martinus was a British television director best known for his work on classic "Doctor Who" serials during the 1960s.
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C.
Siebert
Siebert is a surname most notably associated with Sonny Siebert, an American Major League Baseball pitcher active in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Elliger
Elliger is a German-language surname most notably associated with the Baroque painter Karl Elliger.
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E.
Derek Dixie
Derek Dixie is a music producer and arranger best known for his work with major artists like Beyoncé, contributing to acclaimed live performances and recordings.
- 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: McDermit Target entity description: McDermit is an alternative spelling of McDermitt, a small town located on the Nevada–Oregon border in the United States.
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A.
Derrick
Derrick is the given name of Derrick Rose, an American professional basketball player and former NBA MVP.
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B.
Derek Martinus
Derek Martinus was a British television director best known for his work on classic "Doctor Who" serials during the 1960s.
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C.
Siebert
Siebert is a surname most notably associated with Sonny Siebert, an American Major League Baseball pitcher active in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Elliger
Elliger is a German-language surname most notably associated with the Baroque painter Karl Elliger.
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E.
Derek Dixie
Derek Dixie is a music producer and arranger best known for his work with major artists like Beyoncé, contributing to acclaimed live performances and recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| governingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAlternativeSpelling | McDermitt ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | small town ⓘ |
| hasCountrySubdivision |
State of Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevada
State of Oregon ⓘ
linked to:
Oregon
|
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | derived from surname McDermitt ⓘ |
| hasPostalCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedIn |
Nevada
ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Great Basin region
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Basin
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Nevada–Oregon state line
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevada–Oregon border
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| locatedOn | Nevada–Oregon border ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderOf |
Nevada
ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ |
| partOf |
Western United States
ⓘ
linked to:
western United States
|
| regionType | rural area ⓘ |
| roadAccess | U.S. Route 95 ⓘ |
| sharesNameWith |
McDermitt, Nevada–Oregon
ⓘ
linked to:
McDermitt
|
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: McDermit Description of subject: McDermit is an alternative spelling of McDermitt, a small town located on the Nevada–Oregon border in the United States.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.