Baker, California
E16440
Baker, California is a small desert town in San Bernardino County known as a roadside stop along Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, featuring landmarks like the World’s Tallest Thermometer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baker, California canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12101 — 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: Baker, California Context triple: [Mojave Desert, contains, Baker, California]
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A.
Lancaster, California
Lancaster, California is a high-desert city in northern Los Angeles County known for its aerospace industry, solar energy projects, and annual poppy festival.
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B.
Barstow
Barstow is a small city in Southern California known as a major transportation hub and gateway between Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and the Mojave Desert.
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C.
Fresno
Fresno is a major agricultural and economic center in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its role in the state’s farming industry and its diverse urban population.
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D.
Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California, known for its role as the state’s political center and its historic roots in the Gold Rush era.
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E.
Pasadena
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, known for its scientific and cultural institutions and as the longtime host of the annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game.
- 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: Baker, California Target entity description: Baker, California is a small desert town in San Bernardino County known as a roadside stop along Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, featuring landmarks like the World’s Tallest Thermometer.
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A.
Lancaster, California
Lancaster, California is a high-desert city in northern Los Angeles County known for its aerospace industry, solar energy projects, and annual poppy festival.
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B.
Barstow
Barstow is a small city in Southern California known as a major transportation hub and gateway between Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and the Mojave Desert.
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C.
Fresno
Fresno is a major agricultural and economic center in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its role in the state’s farming industry and its diverse urban population.
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D.
Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California, known for its role as the state’s political center and its historic roots in the Gold Rush era.
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E.
Pasadena
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, known for its scientific and cultural institutions and as the longtime host of the annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode |
442
ⓘ
760 ⓘ |
| climateClassification | Köppen BWh ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
approximately 280 meters
ⓘ
approximately 930 feet ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureClass | populated place ⓘ |
| governingBody |
San Bernardino County
ⓘ
surface form:
San Bernardino County government
|
| hasClimate | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| hasEducationalFacility | Baker Valley Unified School District schools ⓘ |
| hasEmergencyService | California Highway Patrol presence on I-15 near Baker ⓘ |
| hasFeature | rest stops for I-15 travelers ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Alien Fresh Jerky store
ⓘ
Baker Airport ⓘ Baker Community Church ⓘ Mad Greek Cafe ⓘ World’s Tallest Thermometer ⓘ |
| hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation |
Fort Irwin National Training Center
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Irwin National Training Center (regional vicinity)
|
| hasReligiousBuilding | Baker Community Church ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction |
Alien Fresh Jerky store
ⓘ
surface form:
Alien Fresh Jerky themed store
World’s Tallest Thermometer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
World’s Tallest Thermometer
ⓘ
extreme desert heat ⓘ roadside services for travelers ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Las Vegas, Nevada
ⓘ
surface form:
Las Vegas
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Mojave Desert ⓘ San Bernardino County ⓘ
surface form:
San Bernardino County, California
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Death Valley National Park access routes
ⓘ
Mojave National Preserve ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Interstate 15 ⓘ |
| nickname | Gateway to Death Valley ⓘ |
| partOf |
Inland Empire region of California
ⓘ
surface form:
Inland Empire region
|
| population | fewer than 1,000 inhabitants (approximate, varies by census) ⓘ |
| postalCode | 92309 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
fast food restaurants
ⓘ
gas stations and convenience stores ⓘ tourism-related services ⓘ |
| roadJunction |
California State Route 127
ⓘ
California State Route 178 ⓘ |
| servedBy | Baker Airport ⓘ |
| transportRole | major rest and service stop between Southern California and Las Vegas ⓘ |
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: Baker, California Description of subject: Baker, California is a small desert town in San Bernardino County known as a roadside stop along Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, featuring landmarks like the World’s Tallest Thermometer.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
World’s Tallest Thermometer