Calico, Nevada
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Calico, Nevada is a historic former silver mining town turned ghost town and tourist attraction in the Mojave Desert.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Calico, Nevada canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4371247 — 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: Calico, Nevada Context triple: [The Ballad of Calico, narrativeLocation, Calico, Nevada]
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A.
Caliente, Nevada
Caliente, Nevada is a small historic railroad town in southeastern Nevada known for its hot springs and role as the primary community in rural Lincoln County.
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B.
Lovelock, Nevada
Lovelock, Nevada is a small city in northwestern Nevada known as an agricultural and transportation hub along Interstate 80 and the historic transcontinental routes.
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C.
Luning, Nevada
Luning, Nevada is a small unincorporated community and former mining town located along U.S. Route 95 in Mineral County, Nevada.
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D.
Gerlach, Nevada
Gerlach, Nevada is a small remote town in northwestern Nevada that serves as the primary gateway to the Black Rock Desert and the annual Burning Man festival.
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E.
Beatty, Nevada
Beatty, Nevada is a small desert town in Nye County that serves as a primary gateway community to nearby Death Valley National Park.
- 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: Calico, Nevada Target entity description: Calico, Nevada is a historic former silver mining town turned ghost town and tourist attraction in the Mojave Desert.
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A.
Caliente, Nevada
Caliente, Nevada is a small historic railroad town in southeastern Nevada known for its hot springs and role as the primary community in rural Lincoln County.
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B.
Lovelock, Nevada
Lovelock, Nevada is a small city in northwestern Nevada known as an agricultural and transportation hub along Interstate 80 and the historic transcontinental routes.
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C.
Luning, Nevada
Luning, Nevada is a small unincorporated community and former mining town located along U.S. Route 95 in Mineral County, Nevada.
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D.
Gerlach, Nevada
Gerlach, Nevada is a small remote town in northwestern Nevada that serves as the primary gateway to the Black Rock Desert and the annual Burning Man festival.
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E.
Beatty, Nevada
Beatty, Nevada is a small desert town in Nye County that serves as a primary gateway community to nearby Death Valley National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former mining town
ⓘ
ghost town ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| abandoned | mid-1890s ⓘ |
| climate | arid desert climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | San Bernardino County ⓘ |
| currentStatus | county regional park ⓘ |
| declineCause | falling silver prices ⓘ |
| distanceFrom |
about 10 miles northeast of Barstow, California
ⓘ
about 3 miles from Interstate 15 ⓘ |
| donatedTo | San Bernardino County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationApprox | about 2300 feet ⓘ |
| founded | 1881 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | silver mining town ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Calico Odessa Railroad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maggie Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | Calico Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
Calico Days festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Civil War reenactments ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
general store
ⓘ
replica schoolhouse ⓘ restored saloons ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | California Historical Landmark ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calico Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ |
| miningBoomPeriod | 1880s ⓘ |
| namedAfter | colorful calico-colored hills ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Barstow, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMinesApprox | 500 ⓘ |
| officialName | Calico Ghost Town Regional Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | San Bernardino County Regional Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationPeakApprox | 1200 ⓘ |
| postOfficeClosed | 1898 ⓘ |
| postOfficeOpened | 1882 ⓘ |
| primaryResourceMined |
borax
ⓘ
silver ⓘ |
| region | Inland Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restorationBy | Walter Knott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restored | 1950s ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| tourismRole | Old West themed attraction ⓘ |
| touristAttractionFeature |
historic buildings
ⓘ
mine tours ⓘ reenactments ⓘ shops and restaurants ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Calico, Nevada Description of subject: Calico, Nevada is a historic former silver mining town turned ghost town and tourist attraction in the Mojave Desert.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.