Yuma, Arizona
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Yuma, Arizona is a southwestern Arizona city on the Colorado River known for its historic river crossing, desert climate, and role as a transportation and military hub near the California and Mexico borders.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yuma, Arizona canonical | 47 |
| Yuma | 9 |
| City of Yuma | 2 |
| Yuma metropolitan area | 2 |
| Yuma, Arizona, United States | 2 |
| Yuma, Arizona Territory, United States | 1 |
| Yuma, Arizona area | 1 |
| city of Yuma | 1 |
| modern city of Yuma, Arizona | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T250253 — 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: Yuma, Arizona Context triple: [Old Spanish Trail (auto trail), notableCityAlongRoute, Yuma, Arizona]
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A.
Mesa, Arizona
Mesa, Arizona is a large city in the Phoenix metropolitan area known for its desert climate, suburban communities, and role as a major spring training hub for Major League Baseball.
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B.
Tucson
Tucson is a major city in southern Arizona known for its desert landscape, rich Native American and Mexican cultural influences, and the University of Arizona.
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C.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona is a resort city in the Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, known for its upscale tourism, golf courses, and vibrant arts and nightlife scenes.
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D.
Prescott
Prescott is a historic city in north-central Arizona known for its Old West heritage, Victorian architecture, and role in the early political development of the state.
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E.
Bear Down, Arizona
"Bear Down, Arizona" is the official fight song of the University of Arizona, closely associated with the Arizona Wildcats and their athletic traditions.
- 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: Yuma, Arizona Target entity description: Yuma, Arizona is a southwestern Arizona city on the Colorado River known for its historic river crossing, desert climate, and role as a transportation and military hub near the California and Mexico borders.
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A.
Mesa, Arizona
Mesa, Arizona is a large city in the Phoenix metropolitan area known for its desert climate, suburban communities, and role as a major spring training hub for Major League Baseball.
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B.
Tucson
Tucson is a major city in southern Arizona known for its desert landscape, rich Native American and Mexican cultural influences, and the University of Arizona.
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C.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona is a resort city in the Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, known for its upscale tourism, golf courses, and vibrant arts and nightlife scenes.
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D.
Prescott
Prescott is a historic city in north-central Arizona known for its Old West heritage, Victorian architecture, and role in the early political development of the state.
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E.
Bear Down, Arizona
"Bear Down, Arizona" is the official fight song of the University of Arizona, closely associated with the Arizona Wildcats and their athletic traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ |
| agriculturalRole | major winter vegetable growing area ⓘ |
| borderProximity |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Mexico ⓘ |
| climate | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| climateClassification | Köppen BWh ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Yuma County, Arizona ⓘ |
| crossBorderRegion |
Sonora
ⓘ
surface form:
Yuma–San Luis region
|
| distanceToBorder | near the U.S.–Mexico border at San Luis Río Colorado ⓘ |
| economySector |
agriculture
ⓘ
military ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 43 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| geography | Sonoran Desert ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Yuma International Airport ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite |
Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
ⓘ
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryInstallation |
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
ⓘ
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground ⓘ |
| highwayServedBy |
Interstate 8
ⓘ
U.S. Route 95 ⓘ |
| historicalName |
Arizona City
ⓘ
Colorado City ⓘ |
| incorporatedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
desert climate
ⓘ
historic Colorado River crossing ⓘ military hub ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southern Arizona
ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Arizona
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Mountain Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Mountain Standard Time
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| locatedOnRiver | Colorado River ⓘ |
| near |
California–Arizona border
ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
surface form:
United States–Mexico border
|
| notableFor |
one of the sunniest cities in the world
ⓘ
very low annual rainfall ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | no ⓘ |
| populationRankInArizona | one of the larger cities in Arizona by population ⓘ |
| region |
Lower Colorado River region
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surface form:
Lower Colorado River Valley
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| regionalRole | economic center of Yuma County, Arizona ⓘ |
| riverCrossingImportance | historic Colorado River crossing point ⓘ |
| riverFeature | Yuma Crossing ⓘ |
| state | Arizona ⓘ |
| transportationRole |
rail transportation hub
ⓘ
regional road transportation hub ⓘ |
| waterBodyNearby |
Gila River
ⓘ
surface form:
Gila River (confluence region with Colorado River)
|
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: Yuma, Arizona Description of subject: Yuma, Arizona is a southwestern Arizona city on the Colorado River known for its historic river crossing, desert climate, and role as a transportation and military hub near the California and Mexico borders.
Referenced by (66)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yuma, Arizona, United States
subject surface form:
San Luis, Arizona
this entity surface form:
Yuma metropolitan area
subject surface form:
San Luis, Arizona
subject surface form:
Eastern Colorado
this entity surface form:
city of Yuma
this entity surface form:
Yuma, Arizona area
this entity surface form:
Yuma
this entity surface form:
Yuma metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
Yuma
this entity surface form:
City of Yuma
this entity surface form:
Yuma
this entity surface form:
modern city of Yuma, Arizona
this entity surface form:
Yuma
this entity surface form:
Yuma
this entity surface form:
City of Yuma
this entity surface form:
Yuma