Project 23
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Project 23 is a major ongoing fossil excavation initiative at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, uncovering exceptionally well-preserved Ice Age animal and plant remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Project 23 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1628936 — 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: Project 23 Context triple: [La Brea Tar Pits, hasExcavationSite, Project 23]
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A.
Project 211
Project 211 is a Chinese government initiative launched to strengthen about 100 key universities and colleges in the 21st century by prioritizing them for additional funding and development.
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B.
Project Alpha
Project Alpha was a famous early-1980s hoax experiment in which teenage magicians, backed by skeptic James Randi, infiltrated a parapsychology lab to expose its poor scientific controls and challenge claims of psychic phenomena.
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C.
Project Y
Project Y was the secret codename for the Los Alamos Laboratory, the central research site of the Manhattan Project where the first atomic bombs were designed and built during World War II.
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D.
The Energy Project
The Energy Project is a consulting and training firm that helps organizations improve performance and employee well-being by managing energy rather than time.
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E.
Project Longshot
Project Longshot was a late-1980s NASA and U.S. Naval Academy concept study for an unmanned, nuclear-powered interstellar probe designed to travel to nearby stars such as Alpha Centauri.
- 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: Project 23 Target entity description: Project 23 is a major ongoing fossil excavation initiative at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, uncovering exceptionally well-preserved Ice Age animal and plant remains.
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A.
Project 211
Project 211 is a Chinese government initiative launched to strengthen about 100 key universities and colleges in the 21st century by prioritizing them for additional funding and development.
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B.
Project Alpha
Project Alpha was a famous early-1980s hoax experiment in which teenage magicians, backed by skeptic James Randi, infiltrated a parapsychology lab to expose its poor scientific controls and challenge claims of psychic phenomena.
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C.
Project Y
Project Y was the secret codename for the Los Alamos Laboratory, the central research site of the Manhattan Project where the first atomic bombs were designed and built during World War II.
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D.
The Energy Project
The Energy Project is a consulting and training firm that helps organizations improve performance and employee well-being by managing energy rather than time.
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E.
Project Longshot
Project Longshot was a late-1980s NASA and U.S. Naval Academy concept study for an unmanned, nuclear-powered interstellar probe designed to travel to nearby stars such as Alpha Centauri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fossil excavation project
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paleontological excavation ⓘ |
| associatedWith | La Brea Tar Pits excavation history ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
paleoecology of Southern California
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research on Ice Age ecosystems ⓘ research on Quaternary extinction ⓘ |
| excavationSiteType | asphaltic fossil deposit ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Ice Age fossils
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Pleistocene megafauna ⓘ animal remains ⓘ plant remains ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
large-scale
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ongoing ⓘ urban paleontology ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| location | La Brea Tar Pits ⓘ |
| managedBy | La Brea Tar Pits and Museum staff ⓘ |
| partOf |
La Brea Tar Pits
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surface form:
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
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| preserves | exceptionally well-preserved fossils ⓘ |
| timePeriodStudied |
Last Glacial Period
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surface form:
Late Pleistocene
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| usedFor |
museum exhibits
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public education ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| yields |
invertebrate fossils
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microfossils ⓘ plant macrofossils ⓘ vertebrate fossils ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Project 23 Description of subject: Project 23 is a major ongoing fossil excavation initiative at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, uncovering exceptionally well-preserved Ice Age animal and plant remains.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.