Monument Valley
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Monument Valley is a striking red-sandstone desert region on the Arizona–Utah border, famed for its towering buttes and mesas and its iconic use as a backdrop in classic Western films.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monument Valley canonical | 7 |
| Monument Valley region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4245739 — 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: Monument Valley Context triple: [The Searchers, filmingLocation, Monument Valley]
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A.
Island in the Sky
Island in the Sky is a high, scenic mesa district in southeastern Utah known for its expansive overlooks and dramatic views of the canyons carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers.
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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.
Parang
Parang is a coastal town in the Philippines that served as a key Allied landing area during the World War II campaign to liberate Mindanao.
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D.
Tepezalá
Tepezalá is a small municipality and town in the northern part of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes, known for its rural character and mining history.
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E.
Ahu Tahai
Ahu Tahai is an ancient ceremonial complex on Easter Island featuring restored moai statues and serving as a significant archaeological and cultural site of the Rapa Nui people.
- 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: Monument Valley Target entity description: Monument Valley is a striking red-sandstone desert region on the Arizona–Utah border, famed for its towering buttes and mesas and its iconic use as a backdrop in classic Western films.
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A.
Island in the Sky
Island in the Sky is a high, scenic mesa district in southeastern Utah known for its expansive overlooks and dramatic views of the canyons carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers.
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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.
Parang
Parang is a coastal town in the Philippines that served as a key Allied landing area during the World War II campaign to liberate Mindanao.
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D.
Tepezalá
Tepezalá is a small municipality and town in the northern part of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes, known for its rural character and mining history.
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E.
Ahu Tahai
Ahu Tahai is an ancient ceremonial complex on Easter Island featuring restored moai statues and serving as a significant archaeological and cultural site of the Rapa Nui people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
desert region
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landform ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| contains | Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 1700 meters above sea level
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approximately 5600 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Back to the Future Part III (1990 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Forrest Gump (1994 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Once Upon a Time in the West (1968 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Stagecoach (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Searchers (1956 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Permian
ⓘ
Triassic ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | sandstone ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Artist's Point
NERFINISHED
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Camel Butte NERFINISHED ⓘ East Mitten Butte NERFINISHED ⓘ Elephant Butte NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ford Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Merrick Butte NERFINISHED ⓘ Rain God Mesa NERFINISHED ⓘ The Totem Pole NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ West Mitten Butte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | iconic Western film backdrop ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
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Navajo Nation Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderOf |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Navajo Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its numerous rock monuments ⓘ |
| nearestTown |
Kayenta, Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexican Hat, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mesas
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red sandstone landscape ⓘ towering buttes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colorado Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Four Corners region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularActivity |
guided tours
ⓘ
photography ⓘ scenic driving ⓘ |
| primaryRock |
De Chelly Sandstone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moenkopi Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Organ Rock Shale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourismInfrastructure |
scenic loop road
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visitor center ⓘ |
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: Monument Valley Description of subject: Monument Valley is a striking red-sandstone desert region on the Arizona–Utah border, famed for its towering buttes and mesas and its iconic use as a backdrop in classic Western films.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rio Grande (1950 film)
this entity surface form:
Monument Valley region