Raton, New Mexico
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Raton, New Mexico is a small city in northeastern New Mexico near the Colorado border, historically significant as a railroad and mining hub and a gateway to the surrounding Raton Pass and mountain region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raton, New Mexico canonical | 4 |
| Raton, New Mexico Territory, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4935204 — 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: Raton, New Mexico Context triple: [Raton Basin, namedAfter, Raton, New Mexico]
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A.
La Luz, New Mexico
La Luz, New Mexico is a small census-designated community in southern New Mexico known for its historic orchards and proximity to the Sacramento Mountains.
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B.
Vado, New Mexico
Vado, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community in southern New Mexico located near the U.S.–Mexico border in Doña Ana County.
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C.
San Rafael, New Mexico
San Rafael, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community in western New Mexico known historically as a settlement along early travel and trade routes in what is now Cibola County.
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D.
San Miguel, New Mexico
San Miguel, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community located in Doña Ana County in the southern part of the state.
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E.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Santa Rosa, New Mexico is a small city in eastern New Mexico known for its natural blue-water lakes, especially the Blue Hole, which attract divers and tourists.
- 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: Raton, New Mexico Target entity description: Raton, New Mexico is a small city in northeastern New Mexico near the Colorado border, historically significant as a railroad and mining hub and a gateway to the surrounding Raton Pass and mountain region.
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A.
La Luz, New Mexico
La Luz, New Mexico is a small census-designated community in southern New Mexico known for its historic orchards and proximity to the Sacramento Mountains.
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B.
Vado, New Mexico
Vado, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community in southern New Mexico located near the U.S.–Mexico border in Doña Ana County.
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C.
San Rafael, New Mexico
San Rafael, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community in western New Mexico known historically as a settlement along early travel and trade routes in what is now Cibola County.
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D.
San Miguel, New Mexico
San Miguel, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community located in Doña Ana County in the southern part of the state.
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E.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Santa Rosa, New Mexico is a small city in eastern New Mexico known for its natural blue-water lakes, especially the Blue Hole, which attract divers and tourists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| areaCode | 575 ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Colfax County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentEconomicActivities |
outdoor recreation
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| distanceToDenver | about 220 miles south of Denver ⓘ |
| distanceToStateCapital | about 230 miles northeast of Santa Fe ⓘ |
| economicHistory |
coal mining
ⓘ
railroad services ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 2036 meters
ⓘ
approximately 6680 feet ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 35-61740 ⓘ |
| gatewayTo |
Raton Pass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sangre de Cristo Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0915860 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Raton City Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | commission-manager government ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Raton Municipal Airport – Crews Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool | Raton High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Raton Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shuler Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Capulin Volcano National Monument
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sugarite Canyon State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
coal mining center
ⓘ
railroad hub ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1891 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Colfax County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| KöppenClimateClassification | BSk ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northeastern New Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Colorado border
ⓘ
Raton Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Interstate 25
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Spanish word "ratón" meaning "mouse" ⓘ |
| nearestMountainPass | Raton Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearGeologicalFeature | Raton Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfMetropolitanArea | none (micropolitan area center) ⓘ |
| population | approximately 6000 (early 2020s) ⓘ |
| postalCode | 87740 ⓘ |
| region | High Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| schoolDistrict | Raton Public Schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedByRailroad | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
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: Raton, New Mexico Description of subject: Raton, New Mexico is a small city in northeastern New Mexico near the Colorado border, historically significant as a railroad and mining hub and a gateway to the surrounding Raton Pass and mountain region.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Slessor
this entity surface form:
Raton, New Mexico Territory, United States