New Mexico Territory
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New Mexico Territory was a large U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest, organized in 1850 and encompassing present-day New Mexico and Arizona as well as parts of surrounding states before later being subdivided into smaller territories and states.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Mexico Territory canonical | 63 |
| New Mexico | 2 |
| New Mexico (part) | 1 |
| New Mexico territorial government | 1 |
| Territory of New Mexico | 1 |
| western New Mexico Territory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T424724 — 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: New Mexico Territory Context triple: [Compromise of 1850, appliesToJurisdiction, New Mexico Territory]
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A.
Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma Territory was a historical U.S. territory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that preceded the formation of the state of Oklahoma.
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B.
New Mexico
New Mexico is a southwestern U.S. state known for its diverse landscapes, rich Native American and Hispanic cultural heritage, and historic cities like Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
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C.
Missouri Territory
The Missouri Territory was a vast early-19th-century U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the central and western regions of North America that preceded the creation of several Midwestern and Great Plains states.
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D.
District of New Mexico
The District of New Mexico is a federal judicial district encompassing the state of New Mexico, where federal cases are tried before being appealed to the Tenth Circuit.
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E.
Mexican Alta California
Mexican Alta California was a vast northwestern province of Mexico from 1821 to 1848, encompassing much of present-day California and parts of neighboring U.S. states before its cession to the United States.
- 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: New Mexico Territory Target entity description: New Mexico Territory was a large U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest, organized in 1850 and encompassing present-day New Mexico and Arizona as well as parts of surrounding states before later being subdivided into smaller territories and states.
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A.
Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma Territory was a historical U.S. territory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that preceded the formation of the state of Oklahoma.
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B.
New Mexico
New Mexico is a southwestern U.S. state known for its diverse landscapes, rich Native American and Hispanic cultural heritage, and historic cities like Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
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C.
Missouri Territory
The Missouri Territory was a vast early-19th-century U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the central and western regions of North America that preceded the creation of several Midwestern and Great Plains states.
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D.
District of New Mexico
The District of New Mexico is a federal judicial district encompassing the state of New Mexico, where federal cases are tried before being appealed to the Tenth Circuit.
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E.
Mexican Alta California
Mexican Alta California was a vast northwestern province of Mexico from 1821 to 1848, encompassing much of present-day California and parts of neighboring U.S. states before its cession to the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Arizona Territory
ⓘ
Territory of Colorado ⓘ
surface form:
Colorado Territory
Indian Territory ⓘ Kansas Territory ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Nebraska Territory ⓘ Texas ⓘ Utah Territory ⓘ |
| capital | Santa Fe ⓘ |
| changedBy |
Gadsden Purchase agreement
ⓘ
surface form:
Gadsden Purchase
creation of Arizona Territory ⓘ creation of Colorado Territory ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdFrom |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican Cession
Republic of Texas claimed territory ⓘ |
| currency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| endDate | 1912-01-06 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Compromise of 1850 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Governor of New Mexico Territory ⓘ |
| includedArea |
parts of present-day Colorado
ⓘ
parts of present-day Kansas ⓘ parts of present-day Nevada ⓘ parts of present-day Oklahoma ⓘ parts of present-day Texas ⓘ parts of present-day Utah ⓘ present-day Arizona ⓘ present-day New Mexico ⓘ |
| judicialBody | New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legislature | New Mexico Territorial Legislature ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Southwest
North America ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of Glorieta Pass ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory ⓘ |
| partOf | United States territorial system ⓘ |
| partOfConflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Mexican territory of New Mexico
ⓘ
unorganized territory of the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sovereignState | United States of America ⓘ |
| startDate | 1850-09-09 ⓘ |
| successor |
Arizona Territory
ⓘ
Arizona ⓘ
surface form:
State of Arizona
Colorado ⓘ
surface form:
State of Colorado
Kansas ⓘ
surface form:
State of Kansas
Nevada ⓘ
surface form:
State of Nevada
New Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
State of New Mexico
U.S. state of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form:
State of Oklahoma
Texas ⓘ
surface form:
State of Texas
Utah ⓘ
surface form:
State of Utah
|
| 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: New Mexico Territory Description of subject: New Mexico Territory was a large U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest, organized in 1850 and encompassing present-day New Mexico and Arizona as well as parts of surrounding states before later being subdivided into smaller territories and states.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
western New Mexico Territory
this entity surface form:
New Mexico
subject surface form:
The Rifleman
this entity surface form:
Territory of New Mexico