La Plata County, Colorado
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La Plata County, Colorado is a county in the southwestern part of the state known for its mountainous landscapes, outdoor recreation, and the city of Durango as its largest community and economic hub.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Plata County, Colorado canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6063474 — 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: La Plata County, Colorado Context triple: [Southwestern Colorado, contains, La Plata County, Colorado]
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A.
El Paso County, Colorado
El Paso County, Colorado is a populous county in central Colorado that includes the city of Colorado Springs and several major military and educational institutions.
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B.
Pueblo County, Colorado
Pueblo County, Colorado is a county in southern Colorado known for its seat, the city of Pueblo, and its mix of industrial, agricultural, and cultural significance along the Arkansas River.
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C.
Park County, Colorado
Park County, Colorado is a sparsely populated central Colorado county known for its high-elevation grassland basin South Park, historic mining towns, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Costilla County, Colorado
Costilla County, Colorado is a sparsely populated, historically significant county in south-central Colorado known for containing the state's oldest permanent settlement and rich Hispano cultural heritage.
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E.
Garfield County, Colorado
Garfield County, Colorado is a largely rural county in western Colorado known for its rugged landscapes, energy production, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
- 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: La Plata County, Colorado Target entity description: La Plata County, Colorado is a county in the southwestern part of the state known for its mountainous landscapes, outdoor recreation, and the city of Durango as its largest community and economic hub.
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A.
El Paso County, Colorado
El Paso County, Colorado is a populous county in central Colorado that includes the city of Colorado Springs and several major military and educational institutions.
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B.
Pueblo County, Colorado
Pueblo County, Colorado is a county in southern Colorado known for its seat, the city of Pueblo, and its mix of industrial, agricultural, and cultural significance along the Arkansas River.
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C.
Park County, Colorado
Park County, Colorado is a sparsely populated central Colorado county known for its high-elevation grassland basin South Park, historic mining towns, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Costilla County, Colorado
Costilla County, Colorado is a sparsely populated, historically significant county in south-central Colorado known for containing the state's oldest permanent settlement and rich Hispano cultural heritage.
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E.
Garfield County, Colorado
Garfield County, Colorado is a largely rural county in western Colorado known for its rugged landscapes, energy production, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county
ⓘ
county of Colorado ⓘ |
| borders |
Archuleta County, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Montezuma County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ San Juan County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ San Juan County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid to alpine climate ⓘ |
| containsCity | Durango, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsProtectedArea |
San Juan National Forest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Ute Indian Reservation (part) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTown |
Bayfield, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ignacio, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countySeat | Durango, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicHub | Durango, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 08067 ⓘ |
| GNISID | 01934340 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Board of County Commissioners of La Plata County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Durango–La Plata County Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCity | Durango, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHigherEducationInstitution | Fort Lewis College (in Durango) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricResource | mining history ⓘ |
| hasMountainRange | San Juan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.co.laplata.co.us/ ⓘ |
| hasRailwayAttraction | Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Animas River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Florida River NERFINISHED ⓘ La Plata River NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Pinos River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTown |
Bayfield, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ignacio, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | State of Colorado local government system ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hiking and mountain biking
ⓘ
mountainous landscapes ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ river rafting ⓘ skiing and snowboarding ⓘ |
| largestCity | Durango, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Southwestern Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
La Plata River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish word "plata" meaning "silver" ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Four Corners region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalAbbreviation | CO ⓘ |
| region | Southwestern Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| timeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
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: La Plata County, Colorado Description of subject: La Plata County, Colorado is a county in the southwestern part of the state known for its mountainous landscapes, outdoor recreation, and the city of Durango as its largest community and economic hub.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Southwestern Colorado