Mesa Laboratory
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Mesa Laboratory is the iconic main research and administrative facility of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, known for its atmospheric and climate science work and its distinctive I. M. Pei–designed architecture in Boulder, Colorado.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mesa Laboratory canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11239288 — 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: Mesa Laboratory Context triple: [National Center for Atmospheric Research, hasFacility, Mesa Laboratory]
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A.
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories is a major U.S. Department of Energy research and development facility specializing in national security, nuclear weapons engineering, and advanced science and technology.
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B.
Ames National Laboratory
Ames National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy research facility in Iowa known for its pioneering work in materials science, chemistry, and energy-related technologies.
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C.
Hughes Research Laboratories
Hughes Research Laboratories was a pioneering industrial research center established by Hughes Aircraft that became known for significant advances in fields such as lasers, microelectronics, and space technologies.
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D.
Los Alamos Laboratory
Los Alamos Laboratory was the secret U.S. research facility in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.
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E.
Loomis Laboratory
Loomis Laboratory is a renowned private research facility in Tuxedo Park historically associated with advanced scientific experimentation and innovation.
- 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: Mesa Laboratory Target entity description: Mesa Laboratory is the iconic main research and administrative facility of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, known for its atmospheric and climate science work and its distinctive I. M. Pei–designed architecture in Boulder, Colorado.
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A.
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories is a major U.S. Department of Energy research and development facility specializing in national security, nuclear weapons engineering, and advanced science and technology.
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B.
Ames National Laboratory
Ames National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy research facility in Iowa known for its pioneering work in materials science, chemistry, and energy-related technologies.
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C.
Hughes Research Laboratories
Hughes Research Laboratories was a pioneering industrial research center established by Hughes Aircraft that became known for significant advances in fields such as lasers, microelectronics, and space technologies.
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D.
Los Alamos Laboratory
Los Alamos Laboratory was the secret U.S. research facility in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.
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E.
Loomis Laboratory
Loomis Laboratory is a renowned private research facility in Tuxedo Park historically associated with advanced scientific experimentation and innovation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
laboratory building
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research facility ⓘ scientific research center ⓘ |
| affiliation | National Center for Atmospheric Research ⓘ |
| architect | I. M. Pei ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Brutalist architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Brutalism
modernist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithField |
atmospheric science
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climatology ⓘ geosciences ⓘ meteorology ⓘ |
| category |
I. M. Pei buildings
ⓘ
buildings and structures in Boulder, Colorado ⓘ research institutes in Colorado ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fundedBy | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionType |
public education displays on weather and climate
ⓘ
science exhibits ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
computer facilities
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conference and seminar rooms ⓘ office space ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ |
| hasPublicArea | visitor center ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Boulder, Colorado
ⓘ
Flatirons rock formations ⓘ
linked to:
Flatirons
|
| locatedIn |
Boulder, Colorado
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Colorado ⓘ Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Table Mesa ⓘ |
| name | Mesa Laboratory ⓘ |
| near |
City of Boulder
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linked to:
Boulder, Colorado
Rocky Mountain foothills ⓘ
linked to:
Rocky Mountains foothills
|
| notableFor |
distinctive I. M. Pei–designed architecture
ⓘ
iconic status in Boulder skyline ⓘ |
| operator | National Center for Atmospheric Research ⓘ |
| oversees | NCAR scientific programs ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Center for Atmospheric Research facilities
ⓘ
linked to:
National Center for Atmospheric Research
|
| primaryFunction |
administrative headquarters of NCAR
ⓘ
atmospheric science research ⓘ climate science research ⓘ |
| significance |
landmark of modern scientific architecture
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major U.S. center for atmospheric and climate research ⓘ |
| usedFor |
atmospheric modeling
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climate modeling ⓘ scientific collaboration and meetings ⓘ weather and climate data analysis ⓘ |
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: Mesa Laboratory Description of subject: Mesa Laboratory is the iconic main research and administrative facility of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, known for its atmospheric and climate science work and its distinctive I. M. Pei–designed architecture in Boulder, Colorado.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.