Calexico, California
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Calexico, California canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2729982 — 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: Calexico, California Context triple: [Municipality of Mexicali, hasEconomicLink, Calexico, California]
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A.
Sonora, California
Sonora, California is a historic Gold Rush-era city in the Sierra Nevada foothills that serves as a regional hub for outdoor recreation and access to nearby national forests and parks.
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B.
Soledad, California
Soledad, California is a small agricultural city in Monterey County best known as the primary gateway to Pinnacles National Park.
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C.
San Carlos, California
San Carlos, California is a small city on the San Francisco Peninsula known for its suburban charm, vibrant downtown, and role as a local transportation and business hub.
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D.
Coloma, California
Coloma, California is a historic Gold Country town best known as the site where gold was first discovered in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush.
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E.
Tecate, California
Tecate, California is a small border town in eastern San Diego County known for its international crossing with Tecate, Mexico and its role as a gateway between the two countries.
- 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: Calexico, California Target entity description: 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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A.
Sonora, California
Sonora, California is a historic Gold Rush-era city in the Sierra Nevada foothills that serves as a regional hub for outdoor recreation and access to nearby national forests and parks.
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B.
Soledad, California
Soledad, California is a small agricultural city in Monterey County best known as the primary gateway to Pinnacles National Park.
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C.
San Carlos, California
San Carlos, California is a small city on the San Francisco Peninsula known for its suburban charm, vibrant downtown, and role as a local transportation and business hub.
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D.
Coloma, California
Coloma, California is a historic Gold Country town best known as the site where gold was first discovered in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush.
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E.
Tecate, California
Tecate, California is a small border town in eastern San Diego County known for its international crossing with Tecate, Mexico and its role as a gateway between the two countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode |
442
ⓘ
760 ⓘ |
| borderCrossingType | land port of entry ⓘ |
| borderFacilityFunction |
facilitation of commercial freight traffic
ⓘ
inspection of vehicles and pedestrians ⓘ |
| borderStatus | one of the busiest border crossings in California ⓘ |
| borderWith |
Mexicali
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexicali, Baja California
Mexico ⓘ |
| climate | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
Imperial County
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial County, California
|
| county |
Imperial County
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial County, California
|
| demographicCharacteristic | predominantly Hispanic or Latino population ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
about 120 miles east of San Diego
ⓘ
about 60 miles west of Yuma, Arizona ⓘ |
| economicRegion |
Mexicali metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Calexico–Mexicali transborder agglomeration
|
| elevation | about 4 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| founded | 1899 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1652680 ⓘ |
| governmentType | council–manager government ⓘ |
| hasBorderPortOfEntry |
Calexico Port of Entry
ⓘ
surface form:
Calexico East Port of Entry
Calexico Port of Entry ⓘ
surface form:
Calexico West Port of Entry
|
| hasEducationalInstitution | Calexico High School ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransitLink | Imperial Valley Transit ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1908 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | El Centro metropolitan area ⓘ |
| KöppenClimateClassification | BWh ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Imperial Valley ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Southern California
ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico borderlands region ⓘ
surface form:
U.S.–Mexico border region
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Colorado River ⓘ |
| majorHighway |
California State Route 111
ⓘ
California State Route 98 ⓘ |
| namedFor | combination of California and Mexico ⓘ |
| postalCode | 92231 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture-related commerce
ⓘ
international trade ⓘ retail and services ⓘ |
| regionCode | FIPS code 06-09740 ⓘ |
| role |
major gateway for trade between the United States and Mexico
ⓘ
major gateway for travel between the United States and Mexicali ⓘ |
| settlementType | border city ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| twinCity |
Mexicali
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexicali, Baja California
|
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: Calexico, California Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
U.S. Route 99