Elephant Butte, New Mexico
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Elephant Butte, New Mexico is a small city best known for its proximity to Elephant Butte Lake, the state’s largest reservoir and a popular recreation area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elephant Butte, New Mexico canonical | 3 |
| Elephant Butte | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3922683 — 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: Elephant Butte, New Mexico Context triple: [Sierra County, New Mexico, contains, Elephant Butte, New Mexico]
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A.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Shiprock, New Mexico is a Navajo Nation community in the northwestern part of the state, known for its proximity to the Four Corners region and the iconic Shiprock volcanic monadnock.
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B.
White Rock, New Mexico
White Rock, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community in Los Alamos County known primarily as a residential area serving the Los Alamos National Laboratory and nearby scientific and high-tech facilities.
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C.
Tierra Amarilla
Tierra Amarilla is a small mining-oriented town and commune in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, known for its copper and gold production.
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D.
Pecos
Pecos is a historic village in northern New Mexico known for its rich Indigenous and Spanish colonial heritage, nearby ancient pueblo ruins, and scenic location along the Pecos River.
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E.
Jemez Springs
Jemez Springs is a small village in northern New Mexico known for its natural hot springs, scenic mountain setting, and proximity to historic Native American sites.
- 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: Elephant Butte, New Mexico Target entity description: Elephant Butte, New Mexico is a small city best known for its proximity to Elephant Butte Lake, the state’s largest reservoir and a popular recreation area.
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A.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Shiprock, New Mexico is a Navajo Nation community in the northwestern part of the state, known for its proximity to the Four Corners region and the iconic Shiprock volcanic monadnock.
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B.
White Rock, New Mexico
White Rock, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community in Los Alamos County known primarily as a residential area serving the Los Alamos National Laboratory and nearby scientific and high-tech facilities.
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C.
Tierra Amarilla
Tierra Amarilla is a small mining-oriented town and commune in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, known for its copper and gold production.
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D.
Pecos
Pecos is a historic village in northern New Mexico known for its rich Indigenous and Spanish colonial heritage, nearby ancient pueblo ruins, and scenic location along the Pecos River.
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E.
Jemez Springs
Jemez Springs is a small village in northern New Mexico known for its natural hot springs, scenic mountain setting, and proximity to historic Native American sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Truth or Consequences, New Mexico ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| economyType | tourism ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 575 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
boat ramps
ⓘ
campgrounds ⓘ marinas ⓘ recreation area ⓘ tourism-based economy ⓘ |
| hasNearbyInfrastructure |
Elephant Butte Reservoir
ⓘ
surface form:
Elephant Butte Dam
|
| hasNearbyProtectedArea |
Elephant Butte Reservoir
ⓘ
surface form:
Elephant Butte Lake State Park
|
| hasOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
jet skiing
ⓘ
sailing ⓘ swimming ⓘ water skiing ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| isTouristDestination | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ proximity to Elephant Butte Lake ⓘ water recreation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Mexico
ⓘ
Sierra County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Rio Grande valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Rio Grande Valley
southern New Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Rio Grande ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Elephant Butte, New Mexico
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Elephant Butte
|
| near |
Elephant Butte Reservoir
ⓘ
surface form:
Elephant Butte Lake
Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ |
| observesTimeZone |
Mountain Daylight Time
ⓘ
Mountain Standard Time (no DST) ⓘ
surface form:
Mountain Standard Time
|
| postalCodeRegion | 87935 ⓘ |
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
| transportationAccess |
New Mexico State Road 187
ⓘ
surface form:
New Mexico State Road 195
|
| usesCurrency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Elephant Butte, New Mexico Description of subject: Elephant Butte, New Mexico is a small city best known for its proximity to Elephant Butte Lake, the state’s largest reservoir and a popular recreation area.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Elephant Butte