Plains of San Agustin
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The Plains of San Agustin is a broad, high desert basin in central New Mexico known for hosting the iconic Very Large Array radio telescope complex.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plains of San Agustin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4001172 — 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: Plains of San Agustin Context triple: [Very Large Array, locatedIn, Plains of San Agustin]
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A.
Mesa Grande
Mesa Grande is a significant prehistoric platform mound and archaeological site in present-day Mesa, Arizona, associated with the ancient Hohokam civilization.
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B.
Horcones Valley
Horcones Valley is a glacial valley in the Argentine Andes that serves as the main trekking and mountaineering approach route to Mount Aconcagua.
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C.
Paso Icalma
Paso Icalma is a mountain pass and international border crossing in the Andes connecting southern Argentina and Chile.
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D.
Mesa Grande Diegueño
Mesa Grande Diegueño is a specific dialect of the Diegueño (Kumeyaay/Ipai-Tipai) language traditionally spoken by Indigenous people in the Mesa Grande region of Southern California.
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E.
Mesa del Norte
Mesa del Norte is a high, arid plateau region in northern Mexico that forms part of the country’s broader Mexican Plateau.
- 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: Plains of San Agustin Target entity description: The Plains of San Agustin is a broad, high desert basin in central New Mexico known for hosting the iconic Very Large Array radio telescope complex.
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A.
Mesa Grande
Mesa Grande is a significant prehistoric platform mound and archaeological site in present-day Mesa, Arizona, associated with the ancient Hohokam civilization.
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B.
Horcones Valley
Horcones Valley is a glacial valley in the Argentine Andes that serves as the main trekking and mountaineering approach route to Mount Aconcagua.
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C.
Paso Icalma
Paso Icalma is a mountain pass and international border crossing in the Andes connecting southern Argentina and Chile.
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D.
Mesa Grande Diegueño
Mesa Grande Diegueño is a specific dialect of the Diegueño (Kumeyaay/Ipai-Tipai) language traditionally spoken by Indigenous people in the Mesa Grande region of Southern California.
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E.
Mesa del Norte
Mesa del Norte is a high, arid plateau region in northern Mexico that forms part of the country’s broader Mexican Plateau.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
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high desert basin ⓘ valley ⓘ |
| accessedVia | U.S. Route 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateLength | about 80 kilometers ⓘ |
| approximateWidth | up to 25 kilometers ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 2100 meters above sea level
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approximately 7000 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| featureOf |
Chihuahuan Desert
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surface form:
New Mexico high desert
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| formerFeature | Pleistocene lake ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic basin fill ⓘ |
| geologicalFeature | closed drainage basin ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | ancient lake basin ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
grazing
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ranching ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | partly within Cibola National Forest vicinity ⓘ |
| hosts |
Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope
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surface form:
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
|
| hydrology | internally drained ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope
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surface form:
Very Large Array radio telescope
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| locatedIn |
Catron County, New Mexico
NERFINISHED
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New Mexico ⓘ Socorro County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ central New Mexico ⓘ |
| near |
Datil, New Mexico
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Magdalena, New Mexico ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Socorro, New Mexico ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
high altitude
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low population density ⓘ low radio-frequency interference ⓘ wide open sky views ⓘ |
| partOf |
Basin and Range Province
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Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition ⓘ
surface form:
Colorado Plateau margin
|
| region |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Southwest
|
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
| surroundedBy |
Datil Mountains
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Gallinas Mountains ⓘ Magdalena Mountains ⓘ San Mateo Mountains ⓘ mountain ranges ⓘ |
| terrain | broad flat basin ⓘ |
| usedBy | National Radio Astronomy Observatory ⓘ |
| usedFor | radio astronomy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Plains of San Agustin Description of subject: The Plains of San Agustin is a broad, high desert basin in central New Mexico known for hosting the iconic Very Large Array radio telescope complex.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Very Large Array
subject surface form:
Very Large Array