Ocotillo, California
E1042110
Ocotillo, California is a small desert community in Imperial County known as a gateway to nearby Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the surrounding Colorado Desert region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ocotillo, California canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13386576 — 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: Ocotillo, California Context triple: [El Centro metropolitan area, containsPlace, Ocotillo, California]
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A.
Ocotillo Wells, California
Ocotillo Wells, California is a small desert community in San Diego County best known as a popular off-highway vehicle recreation area in the Anza-Borrego Desert region.
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B.
Vallecito, California
Vallecito, California is a small historic Gold Rush–era community in Calaveras County known for its proximity to natural attractions like Moaning Cavern and other Sierra Nevada foothill recreation areas.
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C.
Calexico, California
Calexico, California is a small border city in Imperial County that serves as a major gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexicali, Mexico.
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D.
Pacheco, California
Pacheco, California is a small unincorporated community in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Contra Costa County, known primarily as a suburban residential area with nearby commercial development.
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E.
Anza, California
Anza, California is a small rural community in Riverside County known for its high-desert setting in the Anza Valley and proximity to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains.
- 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: Ocotillo, California Target entity description: Ocotillo, California is a small desert community in Imperial County known as a gateway to nearby Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the surrounding Colorado Desert region.
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A.
Ocotillo Wells, California
Ocotillo Wells, California is a small desert community in San Diego County best known as a popular off-highway vehicle recreation area in the Anza-Borrego Desert region.
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B.
Vallecito, California
Vallecito, California is a small historic Gold Rush–era community in Calaveras County known for its proximity to natural attractions like Moaning Cavern and other Sierra Nevada foothill recreation areas.
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C.
Calexico, California
Calexico, California is a small border city in Imperial County that serves as a major gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexicali, Mexico.
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D.
Pacheco, California
Pacheco, California is a small unincorporated community in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Contra Costa County, known primarily as a suburban residential area with nearby commercial development.
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E.
Anza, California
Anza, California is a small rural community in Riverside County known for its high-desert setting in the Anza Valley and proximity to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode |
442
ⓘ
760 ⓘ |
| climateClassification | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Imperial County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directionFromElCentro | west ⓘ |
| distanceToElCentroInMiles | 26 GENERATED ⓘ |
| elevationInFeet | 499 ⓘ |
| elevationInMeters | 152 ⓘ |
| FIPScode | 06-53310 ⓘ |
| gatewayTo | Anza-Borrego Desert State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1652764 ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
energy infrastructure
ⓘ
recreational ⓘ residential ⓘ |
| hasNearbyRecreation |
camping
ⓘ
desert hiking ⓘ off-road vehicle use ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicActivity |
services for travelers
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| isDesertCommunity | true ⓘ |
| isGatewayToRegion |
Anza-Borrego Desert region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colorado Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAlong |
Imperial County Route S2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado Desert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern California ⓘ |
| locatedInCountySubdivision | Westmorland CCD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInDesert | Colorado Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | ocotillo plant ⓘ |
| near |
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCity | El Centro, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Imperial County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCensus2010 | 266 ⓘ |
| populationCensus2020 | 211 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 92259 ⓘ |
| region | Lower Colorado River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| timeZoneDST |
Pacific Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Daylight Time
|
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: Ocotillo, California Description of subject: Ocotillo, California is a small desert community in Imperial County known as a gateway to nearby Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the surrounding Colorado Desert region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.