Springer, New Mexico, United States
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Springer, New Mexico, United States, is a small town in Colfax County known historically as a ranching and railroad community in northeastern New Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Springer, New Mexico | 1 |
| Springer, New Mexico, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8402924 — 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: Springer, New Mexico, United States Context triple: [Ernest Medina, placeOfBirth, Springer, New Mexico, United States]
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A.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos, New Mexico is a small town in northern New Mexico best known as the birthplace of the atomic bomb and a historic center of U.S. nuclear research.
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B.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (in Socorro)
The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a public research university in Socorro, New Mexico, renowned for its strong programs in science, engineering, and technology, particularly in fields related to mining and geosciences.
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C.
Board of Regents of New Mexico Tech
The Board of Regents of New Mexico Tech is the institution’s governing body responsible for overseeing its policies, finances, and overall strategic direction.
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D.
Taos, New Mexico, United States
Taos, New Mexico, United States, is a historic high-desert town known for its centuries-old Taos Pueblo, vibrant arts community, and scenic location in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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E.
Colorado Springs experimental station
The Colorado Springs experimental station was Nikola Tesla’s high-voltage research facility in Colorado where he conducted pioneering experiments in wireless power transmission and atmospheric electricity around 1899–1900.
- 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: Springer, New Mexico, United States Target entity description: Springer, New Mexico, United States, is a small town in Colfax County known historically as a ranching and railroad community in northeastern New Mexico.
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A.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos, New Mexico is a small town in northern New Mexico best known as the birthplace of the atomic bomb and a historic center of U.S. nuclear research.
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B.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (in Socorro)
The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a public research university in Socorro, New Mexico, renowned for its strong programs in science, engineering, and technology, particularly in fields related to mining and geosciences.
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C.
Board of Regents of New Mexico Tech
The Board of Regents of New Mexico Tech is the institution’s governing body responsible for overseeing its policies, finances, and overall strategic direction.
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D.
Taos, New Mexico, United States
Taos, New Mexico, United States, is a historic high-desert town known for its centuries-old Taos Pueblo, vibrant arts community, and scenic location in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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E.
Colorado Springs experimental station
The Colorado Springs experimental station was Nikola Tesla’s high-voltage research facility in Colorado where he conducted pioneering experiments in wireless power transmission and atmospheric electricity around 1899–1900.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 575 ⓘ |
| climateClassification | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
USA
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| county | Colfax County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceToLasVegasNewMexico | approximately 70 miles north ⓘ |
| distanceToRaton | approximately 40 miles south ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
railroad-related services ⓘ ranching ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
approximately 1,770 metres
ⓘ
approximately 5,800 feet ⓘ |
| governingBody | Springer town government ⓘ |
| hasCorrectionalFacilityNearby | Springer Correctional Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historic railroad infrastructure
ⓘ
ranching landscape ⓘ |
| hasGNISFeatureClass | populated place ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Town of Springer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandUse |
cattle ranching
ⓘ
dryland farming ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrary | Springer Municipal Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | incorporated town ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | local road network ⓘ |
| hasUTCOffsetDaylightSavingTime | UTC−06:00 ⓘ |
| hasUTCOffsetStandardTime | UTC−07:00 ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
railroad community
ⓘ
ranching community ⓘ |
| isInCountySeatProximity | Raton, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United States Census geographic areas ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northeastern New Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | Frank J. Springer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyHighway |
Interstate 25
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 412 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 56 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Cimarron River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Colfax County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 87747 ⓘ |
| region |
High Plains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northeast New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
| transportationHistory | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Springer, New Mexico, United States Description of subject: Springer, New Mexico, United States, is a small town in Colfax County known historically as a ranching and railroad community in northeastern New Mexico.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Springer, New Mexico