Nevada Proving Ground

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Nevada Proving Ground, now known as the Nevada Test Site, is a U.S. government nuclear weapons testing facility in Nevada where numerous atmospheric and underground nuclear tests were conducted during the Cold War.

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Label	Occurrences
Nevada Proving Grounds	2
Area 10 of the Nevada Test Site	1
Area 12 of the Nevada Test Site	1
Area 18 of Nevada Test Site	1
Area 19 of Nevada Test Site	1
Area 2 of Nevada Test Site	1
Area 3 of Nevada Test Site	1
Area 3 of the Nevada Test Site	1
Area 32 of Nevada Test Site	1
Area 4 of Nevada Test Site	1
Area 4 of the Nevada Test Site	1
Area 8 of the Nevada Test Site	1
Area 9 of the Nevada Test Site	1
Nevada Proving Ground canonical	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nevada Proving Ground
Context triple: [Operation Hardtack II, testSeriesIn, Nevada Proving Ground]

A. Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
B. Tonopah Test Range, Nevada
Tonopah Test Range in Nevada is a remote U.S. weapons testing facility primarily used for the development and evaluation of military aircraft-delivered munitions and nuclear weapons components.
C. Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground is a large U.S. Army facility in Utah primarily used for testing chemical, biological, radiological, and defense systems in a remote desert environment.
D. U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground is a major U.S. Army testing facility in southwestern Arizona known for evaluating military equipment, weapons systems, and munitions in desert conditions.
E. Gila Flats Test Base
Gila Flats Test Base is a fictional U.S. nuclear research and testing facility in the Watchmen universe, known as the site of Jon Osterman’s catastrophic accident that transforms him into Doctor Manhattan.
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: Nevada Proving Ground
Target entity description: Nevada Proving Ground, now known as the Nevada Test Site, is a U.S. government nuclear weapons testing facility in Nevada where numerous atmospheric and underground nuclear tests were conducted during the Cold War.

A. Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
B. Tonopah Test Range, Nevada
Tonopah Test Range in Nevada is a remote U.S. weapons testing facility primarily used for the development and evaluation of military aircraft-delivered munitions and nuclear weapons components.
C. Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground is a large U.S. Army facility in Utah primarily used for testing chemical, biological, radiological, and defense systems in a remote desert environment.
D. U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground is a major U.S. Army testing facility in southwestern Arizona known for evaluating military equipment, weapons systems, and munitions in desert conditions.
E. Gila Flats Test Base
Gila Flats Test Base is a fictional U.S. nuclear research and testing facility in the Watchmen universe, known as the site of Jon Osterman’s catastrophic accident that transforms him into Doctor Manhattan.
F. None of above. chosen