El Paso
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El Paso is a large border city in far western Texas known for its strong cultural ties with Mexico and its role as a major economic and transportation hub in the region.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Paso, Texas | 109 |
| El Paso canonical | 40 |
| El Paso, Texas, United States | 24 |
| City of El Paso | 5 |
| El Paso, Texas area | 2 |
| Downtown El Paso | 1 |
| El Paso Division | 1 |
| El Paso del Norte | 1 |
| El Paso metropolitan area | 1 |
| El Paso–Juárez metropolitan area | 1 |
| downtown El Paso | 1 |
| downtown El Paso, Texas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T27445 — 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: El Paso Context triple: [Texas, majorCity, El Paso]
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A.
San Antonio
San Antonio is a large, historic city in south-central Texas known for the Alamo, the River Walk, and its rich blend of Mexican and Texan culture.
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B.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico is the capital city of New Mexico, renowned for its Pueblo-style architecture, vibrant arts scene, and rich blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures.
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C.
Tijuana
Tijuana is a large, bustling border city in northwestern Mexico known for its cultural vibrancy, manufacturing industry, and close economic and social ties with the neighboring U.S. city of San Diego.
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D.
San Diego–Tijuana
San Diego–Tijuana is a major transborder metropolitan region spanning southern California and northwestern Mexico, known for its extensive economic, cultural, and social integration across the U.S.–Mexico border.
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E.
San Carlos
San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California, located on the San Francisco Peninsula between Belmont and Redwood City.
- 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: El Paso Target entity description: El Paso is a large border city in far western Texas known for its strong cultural ties with Mexico and its role as a major economic and transportation hub in the region.
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A.
San Antonio
San Antonio is a large, historic city in south-central Texas known for the Alamo, the River Walk, and its rich blend of Mexican and Texan culture.
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B.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico is the capital city of New Mexico, renowned for its Pueblo-style architecture, vibrant arts scene, and rich blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures.
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C.
Tijuana
Tijuana is a large, bustling border city in northwestern Mexico known for its cultural vibrancy, manufacturing industry, and close economic and social ties with the neighboring U.S. city of San Diego.
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D.
San Diego–Tijuana
San Diego–Tijuana is a major transborder metropolitan region spanning southern California and northwestern Mexico, known for its extensive economic, cultural, and social integration across the U.S.–Mexico border.
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E.
San Carlos
San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California, located on the San Francisco Peninsula between Belmont and Redwood City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border city
ⓘ
city ⓘ county seat ⓘ |
| averageAnnualSunshineDays | over 300 ⓘ |
| borderCrossingRole | major port of entry between United States and Mexico ⓘ |
| borders |
Ciudad Juárez
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ |
| climate | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | El Paso County ⓘ |
| culturalCharacteristic |
predominantly Hispanic population
ⓘ
strong cultural ties with Mexico ⓘ |
| economySector |
education
ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ military ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 1,140 meters
ⓘ
about 3,740 feet ⓘ |
| founded | 1659 ⓘ |
| governmentType | council–manager ⓘ |
| highwayServedBy |
Interstate 10
ⓘ
U.S. Route 54 ⓘ U.S. Route 62 ⓘ U.S. Route 85 ⓘ |
| hosts |
El Paso International Airport
ⓘ
Fort Bliss ⓘ University of Texas at El Paso ⓘ |
| incorporated | 1873 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf |
El Paso County
ⓘ
surface form:
El Paso County, Texas
|
| isPartOf |
El Paso
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
El Paso–Juárez metropolitan area
Northern Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
Paso del Norte region
|
| locatedIn |
Chihuahuan Desert
ⓘ
West Texas ⓘ
surface form:
Far West Texas
|
| locatedOn | Rio Grande ⓘ |
| majorIndustry |
cross-border logistics
ⓘ
maquiladora-related services ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | the pass ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish term "El Paso del Norte"
|
| population | over 600000 ⓘ |
| populationRankInTexas | sixth largest city ⓘ |
| railServedBy |
Amtrak
ⓘ
BNSF Railway ⓘ Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| region |
U.S.–Mexico border
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S.–Mexico borderlands
|
| sportsTeam |
El Paso Chihuahuas
ⓘ
El Paso Locomotive FC ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| timeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportationRole | regional transportation hub ⓘ |
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: El Paso Description of subject: El Paso is a large border city in far western Texas known for its strong cultural ties with Mexico and its role as a major economic and transportation hub in the region.
Referenced by (187)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
El Paso, Texas
this entity surface form:
El Paso, Texas, United States
subject surface form:
Southwestern United States
this entity surface form:
El Paso metropolitan area
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El Paso–Juárez metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
El Paso, Texas, United States
this entity surface form:
El Paso, Texas, United States
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso Division
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El Paso, Texas, United States
this entity surface form:
El Paso, Texas
subject surface form:
Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas, United States
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas, United States
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El Paso, Texas
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City of El Paso
this entity surface form:
City of El Paso
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas, United States
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso, Texas