White Sands National Park
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White Sands National Park is a protected area in southern New Mexico renowned for its vast, otherworldly dunes of white gypsum sand.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Sands National Park canonical | 11 |
| White Sands National Monument | 4 |
| White Sands, New Mexico | 3 |
| White Sands (gypsum dune field) | 1 |
| White Sands National Park region | 1 |
| White Sands area of New Mexico | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T771148 — 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: White Sands National Park Context triple: [White Sands Missile Range, near, White Sands National Park]
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A.
Saguaro National Park
Saguaro National Park is a U.S. national park near Tucson renowned for its vast stands of iconic giant saguaro cacti and Sonoran Desert landscapes.
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B.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. national monument in southern Arizona renowned for its pristine Sonoran Desert ecosystem and the largest concentration of organ pipe cacti in the country.
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C.
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park is a U.S. national park renowned for its vast deposits of colorful fossilized wood, striking badlands landscapes, and rich paleontological and archaeological resources.
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D.
Southwest National Park
Southwest National Park is a vast, remote wilderness reserve in southwestern Tasmania renowned for its rugged mountains, temperate rainforests, and pristine lakes within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
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E.
Sonoran Desert National Monument
Sonoran Desert National Monument is a federally protected area in Arizona that preserves a vast expanse of the Sonoran Desert’s unique desert ecosystems, wildlife, and cultural resources.
- 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: White Sands National Park Target entity description: White Sands National Park is a protected area in southern New Mexico renowned for its vast, otherworldly dunes of white gypsum sand.
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A.
Saguaro National Park
Saguaro National Park is a U.S. national park near Tucson renowned for its vast stands of iconic giant saguaro cacti and Sonoran Desert landscapes.
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B.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. national monument in southern Arizona renowned for its pristine Sonoran Desert ecosystem and the largest concentration of organ pipe cacti in the country.
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C.
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park is a U.S. national park renowned for its vast deposits of colorful fossilized wood, striking badlands landscapes, and rich paleontological and archaeological resources.
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D.
Southwest National Park
Southwest National Park is a vast, remote wilderness reserve in southwestern Tasmania renowned for its rugged mountains, temperate rainforests, and pristine lakes within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
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E.
Sonoran Desert National Monument
Sonoran Desert National Monument is a federally protected area in Arizona that preserves a vast expanse of the Sonoran Desert’s unique desert ecosystems, wildlife, and cultural resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national park
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protected area ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| area |
about 145,762 acres
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about 589 square kilometers ⓘ |
| biome | Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| contains |
Dune fields
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Interdune areas ⓘ Lake Lucero ⓘ world’s largest gypsum dunefield ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ecosystemType | desert ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 1,291 meters
ⓘ
about 4,235 feet ⓘ |
| establishedAsNationalMonument | 1933 ⓘ |
| establishedAsNationalPark | 2019 ⓘ |
| fauna |
bleached earless lizard
ⓘ
kit fox ⓘ roadrunner ⓘ various nocturnal rodents ⓘ |
| flora |
Plains cottonwood
ⓘ
surface form:
Rio Grande cottonwood
Yucca ⓘ
surface form:
soaptree yucca
|
| geologicalFeature | gypsum dunefield ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Park Service ⓘ |
| hasScenicDrive | Dunes Drive ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter | White Sands National Park Visitor Center ⓘ |
| IUCNCategory | II ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty | Otero County, New Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southern New Mexico ⓘ |
| managedBy |
United States Department of the Interior
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of the Interior
|
| nearestCity |
Alamogordo
ⓘ
surface form:
Alamogordo, New Mexico
|
| notableFor | vast white gypsum sand dunes ⓘ |
| offersRangerPrograms | yes ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfSignage | English ⓘ |
| partiallySurroundedBy | White Sands Missile Range ⓘ |
| popularActivity |
hiking
ⓘ
photography ⓘ sand sledding ⓘ scenic driving ⓘ stargazing ⓘ |
| previousName |
White Sands National Park
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
White Sands National Monument
|
| region |
Tularosa Basin region
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surface form:
Tularosa Basin
|
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
| timeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| USStateParkCode | WHSA ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: White Sands National Park Description of subject: White Sands National Park is a protected area in southern New Mexico renowned for its vast, otherworldly dunes of white gypsum sand.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
White Sands (gypsum dune field)
this entity surface form:
White Sands, New Mexico
this entity surface form:
White Sands National Monument
subject surface form:
White Sands Space Harbor
this entity surface form:
White Sands, New Mexico
this entity surface form:
White Sands National Park region
this entity surface form:
White Sands National Monument
this entity surface form:
White Sands area of New Mexico
this entity surface form:
White Sands National Monument
this entity surface form:
White Sands National Monument
this entity surface form:
White Sands, New Mexico