Area 18 of the Nevada Test Site
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Area 18 of the Nevada Test Site is a designated section of the U.S. nuclear weapons testing grounds in Nevada that hosted underground nuclear experiments during the Cold War.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16989420 — 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: Area 18 of the Nevada Test Site Context triple: [Operation Grommet, testSite, Area 18 of the Nevada Test Site]
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A.
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.
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B.
Yucca Flat
Yucca Flat is a large basin within the Nevada Test Site that served as one of the primary locations for U.S. atmospheric and underground nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War.
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C.
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.
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D.
Nevada National Security Site
The Nevada National Security Site is a U.S. Department of Energy reservation in southern Nevada historically used for nuclear weapons testing and now for national security research, training, and hazardous materials experiments.
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E.
Nevada Proving Ground
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.
- 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: Area 18 of the Nevada Test Site Target entity description: Area 18 of the Nevada Test Site is a designated section of the U.S. nuclear weapons testing grounds in Nevada that hosted underground nuclear experiments during the Cold War.
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A.
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.
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B.
Yucca Flat
Yucca Flat is a large basin within the Nevada Test Site that served as one of the primary locations for U.S. atmospheric and underground nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War.
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C.
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.
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D.
Nevada National Security Site
The Nevada National Security Site is a U.S. Department of Energy reservation in southern Nevada historically used for nuclear weapons testing and now for national security research, training, and hazardous materials experiments.
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E.
Nevada Proving Ground
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.