Melones, California
E1082520
UNEXPLORED
Melones, California was a former mining town in Calaveras County that later became a small community near the Stanislaus River, now submerged beneath New Melones Lake.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melones, California canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14123693 — 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: Melones, California Context triple: [Old Melones Dam, locatedNear, Melones, California]
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A.
Honeydew, California
Honeydew, California is a small rural community in Humboldt County known as a remote gateway to the rugged King Range and Lost Coast region.
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B.
Guadalupe, California
Guadalupe, California is a small coastal city in Santa Barbara County known for its agricultural community and proximity to the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes.
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C.
Madera, California
Madera, California is a small city in California’s San Joaquin Valley that serves as the seat of Madera County and a regional center for agriculture and transportation.
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D.
Manteca, California
Manteca, California is a growing Central Valley city known as a regional agricultural and transportation hub between the Bay Area and the Sierra Nevada.
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E.
Dulzura, California
Dulzura, California is a small rural community in southeastern San Diego County known for its rugged terrain, ranching history, and proximity to the U.S.–Mexico border.
- 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: Melones, California Target entity description: Melones, California was a former mining town in Calaveras County that later became a small community near the Stanislaus River, now submerged beneath New Melones Lake.
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A.
Honeydew, California
Honeydew, California is a small rural community in Humboldt County known as a remote gateway to the rugged King Range and Lost Coast region.
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B.
Guadalupe, California
Guadalupe, California is a small coastal city in Santa Barbara County known for its agricultural community and proximity to the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes.
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C.
Madera, California
Madera, California is a small city in California’s San Joaquin Valley that serves as the seat of Madera County and a regional center for agriculture and transportation.
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D.
Manteca, California
Manteca, California is a growing Central Valley city known as a regional agricultural and transportation hub between the Bay Area and the Sierra Nevada.
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E.
Dulzura, California
Dulzura, California is a small rural community in southeastern San Diego County known for its rugged terrain, ranching history, and proximity to the U.S.–Mexico border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.