present-day Colorado
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Present-day Colorado is a U.S. state in the central Rocky Mountains known for its high-altitude landscapes, diverse Indigenous histories, and rich archaeological record.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| present-day Colorado canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9738547 — 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: present-day Colorado Context triple: [Basketmaker III period, region, present-day Colorado]
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A.
Southern Colorado
Southern Colorado is a region of Colorado known for its high desert landscapes, mountain ranges, and cities such as Pueblo that blend agricultural, industrial, and cultural influences.
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B.
southwestern Colorado
Southwestern Colorado is a region of the U.S. state of Colorado known for its rugged Rocky Mountain landscapes, rich Native American history, and archaeological sites such as Mesa Verde.
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C.
southeastern Colorado
Southeastern Colorado is a largely rural region of Colorado known for its high plains landscapes, agricultural economy, and historic frontier and railroad heritage.
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D.
Western Colorado
Western Colorado is a largely rural, mountainous region of the U.S. state of Colorado known for its high desert landscapes, outdoor recreation, and communities like Grand Junction that serve as hubs for agriculture, energy, and tourism.
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E.
Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado is a region in the U.S. state of Colorado known for its rapidly growing cities, research universities, and proximity to the Rocky Mountains.
- 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: present-day Colorado Target entity description: Present-day Colorado is a U.S. state in the central Rocky Mountains known for its high-altitude landscapes, diverse Indigenous histories, and rich archaeological record.
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A.
Southern Colorado
Southern Colorado is a region of Colorado known for its high desert landscapes, mountain ranges, and cities such as Pueblo that blend agricultural, industrial, and cultural influences.
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B.
southwestern Colorado
Southwestern Colorado is a region of the U.S. state of Colorado known for its rugged Rocky Mountain landscapes, rich Native American history, and archaeological sites such as Mesa Verde.
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C.
southeastern Colorado
Southeastern Colorado is a largely rural region of Colorado known for its high plains landscapes, agricultural economy, and historic frontier and railroad heritage.
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D.
Western Colorado
Western Colorado is a largely rural, mountainous region of the U.S. state of Colorado known for its high desert landscapes, outdoor recreation, and communities like Grand Junction that serve as hubs for agriculture, energy, and tourism.
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E.
Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado is a region in the U.S. state of Colorado known for its rapidly growing cities, research universities, and proximity to the Rocky Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | U.S. state ⓘ |
| admittedAs | 38th state of the United States ⓘ |
| admittedToUnionOn | 1876-08-01 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFeature | Four Corners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Denver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateType | semi-arid continental climate in much of the state ⓘ |
| containsMajorCity |
Aurora
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boulder NERFINISHED ⓘ Colorado Springs NERFINISHED ⓘ Denver NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMajorRiver |
Arkansas River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ Gunnison River NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande headwaters ⓘ San Juan River headwaters ⓘ South Platte River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsNationalMonument | Colorado National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsNationalPark |
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesa Verde National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountain National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWorldHeritageSite | Mesa Verde National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| deFactoLanguage | English ⓘ |
| elevationCharacteristic | one of the highest average elevations among U.S. states ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalTradition |
Ancestral Puebloan sites
ⓘ
Archaic period sites ⓘ Fremont culture sites ⓘ Paleoindian sites ⓘ Plains Village sites ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Colorado Plateau portion
ⓘ
Eastern Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Front Range Urban Corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ San Juan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ San Luis Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Slope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Elbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestPointElevation_m | 4401 ⓘ |
| historicalTerritorialPredecessor |
Colorado Territory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas Territory (partial) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska Territory (partial) NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico Territory (partial) NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah Territory (partial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousPeoplesHistoricallyAssociated |
Apache
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arapaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Navajo (Diné) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pueblo peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Ute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO3166-2Code | US-CO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
central Rocky Mountains scenery
ⓘ
diverse Indigenous histories ⓘ high-altitude landscapes ⓘ rich archaeological record ⓘ ski resorts ⓘ |
| largestCity | Denver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mountain West region of the United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
central Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguageStatus | no official language at state level ⓘ |
| postalAbbreviation | CO ⓘ |
| statehoodEra | post-Civil War United States expansion ⓘ |
| timeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
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: present-day Colorado Description of subject: Present-day Colorado is a U.S. state in the central Rocky Mountains known for its high-altitude landscapes, diverse Indigenous histories, and rich archaeological record.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.